just wondering where the best place to buy a good battery. i bought some spare phone batteries off ebay and they are pretty junky..don't want the same issue for a replacement ipod battery.
^^ Understandable. I replaced my 30g battery, and the 'new' one didn't hold charge anywhere like I would have expected, though it was better than the old one. I replaced my daughter's too, though, and also the headphone jack, and that one held charge fine. I don't remember which place I got it from. There are a bunch on Amazon. At least on Amazon there are writeups and people will say if the battery was good. The hardest part is opening the device. I've worked on a couple of Ipod touches too.
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You just want the battery and fix yourself? My guy who does all my repair (mostly just swaping batteries) charges me $15 if you want him to do it. Hes professional. They actually are a bit tricky to swap since the ribbon cables and other parts are so small. They break easily. Battery is free I bought a shit load of them for units I needed repaired and got them for like $2 each. Hes in cally for the next week or so though.
I ordered an inverter for my laptop display. It started acting wonky about a month ago, flickering oddly, then yesterday a black mark appeared on the lower right hand corner and it grew to the point where it covered the time. The bezel at that corner was extremely hot. I took the whole thing part trying to test everything I could find, did some internet research. Now the screen turns on for just a few seonds and the backlight goes out. you can still see the image, so its just the power to the bulb, wich is the inverter. $20 from Amazon. I'll report back.
an update for the laptop: I put in the new inverter, that did not work, so I began to think it was the LCD bulb, which looked like a major pain to replace, but still less than replacing the whole screen. To do a check, I took a screen out of another old laptop that had died a few years back and plugged it in. It worked for a bit, then the whole pc just died. Cannot power it up at all.
so I went on ebay and bought the same exact laptop (used) for $200. it should arrive today. I should be able to take my hard drive from my laptop and put it in this one. A major gamble, yes, but I thought for $200 if this one lasts a year, that is not too bad, as I paid about $600 for the original 3 years ago.
woman ended up ordering a battery and her coworker put it in. reports are, it works good.
it was a 1st gen for the record.
I did that a few years ago on my 30g, ordered it from somewhere, I don't remember. Still works great, my son uses it.
funny ipod story: I began to notice that the screen looked very weird, but not all the time. I slowly figured out that it only happened in the car. I began thinking about fixing it, getting the screen replaced, or just replacing the whole thing. then one day, in the car, it happened again. I looked at the screen and it was all messed up, then another moment, i looked at it but this time my head shifted and I saw the screen looked normal, but this time I was looking below the lens of my sunglasses. Turns out the polarization of my sunglasses makes the ipod screen look all messed up, the ipod was fine. duh.
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an update for the laptop: I put in the new inverter, that did not work, so I began to think it was the LCD bulb, which looked like a major pain to replace, but still less than replacing the whole screen. To do a check, I took a screen out of another old laptop that had died a few years back and plugged it in. It worked for a bit, then the whole pc just died. Cannot power it up at all.
so I went on ebay and bought the same exact laptop (used) for $200. it should arrive today. I should be able to take my hard drive from my laptop and put it in this one. A major gamble, yes, but I thought for $200 if this one lasts a year, that is not too bad, as I paid about $600 for the original 3 years ago.
i have my fingers crossed.
so, an update: the guy I bought it from apparently didn't pack it in the box too well. When it was delivered I immediately knew it was broken, I could hear pieces rattling around in the box. It was packed with those air pouches on three sides out of six of the box. Then I had a hard time getting a refund. I sent it back and had to have ebay get involved - they ruled in my favor and I just got my money back.
Long story short - f ebay! going to bite the bullet and just get a new one. what a pain in the ass
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Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
planned on it....
just wondering where the best place to buy a good battery. i bought some spare phone batteries off ebay and they are pretty junky..don't want the same issue for a replacement ipod battery.
Poke around here.
http://www.imore.com/
and of course:
that's what she said.....
that was about useless. :fp:
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looks like the place speedy linked to is a good start. i'm just leary of ebay batteries now.
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That's what she said
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DId you look on the forums?
i knew it was somebody from chicago...tried to search but could find the post...
it's 3rd or 4th gen nano (i'd have to dobule check)...power is pretty much dead...it barely holds a charge
do you have a quality battery that you would recommend?
I have new batteries for 4th gens. Can you post a pic? 3rd gens are more box shapped ..4ths more rectangular.
it's at home....
defefianlty rectangle. couple inchs tall, inch or so wide.
Ok and it doesnt have camera/camcorder right? If not its a 4th.
no camera
so I went on ebay and bought the same exact laptop (used) for $200. it should arrive today. I should be able to take my hard drive from my laptop and put it in this one. A major gamble, yes, but I thought for $200 if this one lasts a year, that is not too bad, as I paid about $600 for the original 3 years ago.
i have my fingers crossed.
it was a 1st gen for the record.
I did that a few years ago on my 30g, ordered it from somewhere, I don't remember. Still works great, my son uses it.
funny ipod story: I began to notice that the screen looked very weird, but not all the time. I slowly figured out that it only happened in the car. I began thinking about fixing it, getting the screen replaced, or just replacing the whole thing. then one day, in the car, it happened again. I looked at the screen and it was all messed up, then another moment, i looked at it but this time my head shifted and I saw the screen looked normal, but this time I was looking below the lens of my sunglasses. Turns out the polarization of my sunglasses makes the ipod screen look all messed up, the ipod was fine. duh.
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never look at mine. it sits in the center console day after day after day.
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so, an update: the guy I bought it from apparently didn't pack it in the box too well. When it was delivered I immediately knew it was broken, I could hear pieces rattling around in the box. It was packed with those air pouches on three sides out of six of the box. Then I had a hard time getting a refund. I sent it back and had to have ebay get involved - they ruled in my favor and I just got my money back.
Long story short - f ebay! going to bite the bullet and just get a new one. what a pain in the ass
Not today Sir, Probably not tomorrow.............................................. bayfront arena st. pete '94
you're finally here and I'm a mess................................................... nationwide arena columbus '10
memories like fingerprints are slowly raising.................................... first niagara center buffalo '13
another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14