pfych - Daily driving an iPod classic

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2024-11-28 02:00:02

A while back I got my hands on a 80GB 6th gen iPod classic for free. It still worked great but the battery life was pretty mediocre and using it with my Linux desktop was a pain.

I ended up installing Rockbox on the iPod, since it make managing music easier and allowed the iPod to play flac files, which most of my music is in. However, with this custom firmware, and prettier skins. It was pretty obvious that this old 80GB hard drive was struggling.

I ended up purchasing a iFlash Quad & a 3000mAh Battery, with the plan to just swap them in, add a 256 GB MicroSD and put it all back together. It couldn’t be that hard right?

I ended up absolutely obliterating the rear case, main frame clips and the headphone ribbon cable… Meaning I had to order a new rear case and headphone assembly …

The top clip is concerning since I don’t know if the battery is being squashed or if the new back case is just not great quality, and the headphones being imbalanced is nothing Rockboxes balance settings can’t fix…