| iPod battery replacements with these easy instructions. | | | | that this is the exact same degradation that would |
| Please be warned that although replacing the battery | | | | occur with any lithium ion battery employed in any |
| is easy, it will nullify your warranty with Apple. I don't | | | | laptop, cell phone, portable music player, etc. |
| want to be deemed liable for the harm done to your | | | | 4. The iPod's cover is not designed to be opened, so, in |
| iPod because of this article, so do this at your own | | | | that respect, it's not what would in general be referred |
| stake. | | | | to as "user-replaceable". Yet, with the proper set of |
| Things you should realize before replacing your iPod | | | | tools you can change the iPod battery yourself and |
| battery: | | | | avert all the trouble by going through Apple. |
| 1. Apple has an official out-of-warranty battery | | | | Procedures: |
| replacement program for $59 + $6.95 shipping in the | | | | Step 1 - Procure an iPod battery online or in a retail |
| United States(see Europe and Canada pricing). The | | | | shop nearest you. iPod batteries can be bought for as |
| policy requires that you send in your iPod (any model), | | | | low as $11. You have to be sure that the replacement |
| and Apple will change the battery and ship it to you for | | | | battery you buy is for your iPod. |
| $59 plus handling and shipping. Technically, Apple in | | | | Step 2 - Turn off your iPod and set the hold button to |
| reality exchanges your whole unit with an equivalent | | | | the on position. Take a flathead screwdriver, as thin as |
| original model or factory-refurbished model in a brand | | | | possible but oftentimes the retail store that sends you |
| new cover, with its own 90-day service warranty; if it | | | | the battery will give you a tool. In any case, you must |
| was previously engraved by Apple, it will be engraved | | | | open up the unit by putting the tool or screwdriver |
| again. | | | | between the plastic and the metal. Once you sense a |
| 2. The iPod warranty is one year but you can expand | | | | clip, pry it ever so gently. Continue around the iPod, |
| it for two years with AppleCare Protection Plan for | | | | opening each latch. |
| iPod. Various merchants have inexpensive extended | | | | Step 3 - You are going to have to employ that tool or |
| warranty coverage available and often these | | | | screwdriver again to extract the battery from the hard |
| programs purely change the product with a | | | | drive. Once taken out, unplug it from the board. |
| corresponding new unit. | | | | Step 4 - Connect in the newly bought battery to the |
| 3. Over the course of time, the battery will not hold the | | | | board of the iPod (where you unconnected the old |
| same degree of charge as when it was newly bought. | | | | battery) and set it on the glue that remained on the |
| This is natural, and occurs to all lithium ion batteries. This | | | | hard drive. Make sure that the battery and the wires |
| gradual degradation will not affect, or be noticed by, | | | | are set properly so you can actually close the iPod. |
| most users during the life of their iPod. %Yet%, based | | | | Snap the cover back together, you'll hear it when it's |
| on usage, environmental factors, and several other | | | | finished! |
| variables, some heavy users may observe a great | | | | Step 5 - Switch on and charge the device. That's it |
| degradation than others. It is important to understand | | | | and your iPod battery is successfully replaced. |