I swapped out the logic boards, reconnected everything, and plugged the iPod into my computer. It restored, but the click wheel was unresponsive. Thinking I received a bad board, I reassembled the iPod with the original board, restored via iTunes… and have the same problem. I cannot reset or get into the diagnostic menu because the buttons won’t work. When I plug in a power cord, the iPod powers up and the “lock” icon still appears and disappears on screen as I toggle the hold switch, but the click wheel does nothing.

The possible causes seem to be 1) I have a damaged click wheel (but wouldn’t the buttons on the board still be responsive even if the scrolling feature didn’t work?), 2) I shorted something on each board during assembly and fried the buttons on both logic boards (seems less likely), 3) the hold switch is faulty and is not unlocking the click wheel controls, regardless of whether the lock icon is showing on screen.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can narrow down the problem?

⟐ Answer accepted augustus 25, 2020 at 6:03 MST

Can the parts of an IPod Classic 5th generation be used on an iPod Classic 6th or 7th?

thabks

⟐ Answered augustus 03, 2020 at 15:24 MST

I didn't know it was the wrong adapter until I inserted my iPod and the speakers (still off) started making a buzzing sound. The iPod then displayed: Connect to iTunes to restore. When I felt the upper back case, it was hot, and now it won't turn on at all. I've tried connecting to iTunes (nothing happened), reseting (nothing) and trying another power source (nothing).

What part of my iPod do I need to replace?

⟐ Answered juni 07, 2020 at 10:50 MST

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⟐ Commented januari 06, 2020 at 5:29 MST

However, when I set it into disk mode and connect it to my iMac, it shows up and I can see the disk in "Disk Utilities" and iTunes. I have scanned it with TechTools' surface scan, and it tested ~58k blocks and came back with no errors. I formatted it in Disk Utilities with the zero out all data option. Still no luck.

When I try to restore the iPod, the installer runs and says its finished and that the iPod is restarting... but the iPod just sits there with the 'OK to disconnect' check symbol and never restarts. When I reset it (Menu, Play/Pause), it starts up with the apple logo with a loading bar underneath which fills up and disappears. Then the apple logo comes back up and it freezes there. (Seems like it does not load the firmware restore properly to me...)

The battery is decent and I am doing all of this with a firewire dock cable... It seems to charge fine.

What is going on? Has the logic board gone bad, is is the firmware on the hard drive corrupted and not reinstalling?

⟐ Commented november 20, 2019 at 6:52 MST

couple of weeks ago my iPod classic started acting weird, to the point that I can't sync it with iTunes anymore. I have checked number of reallocs on the HDD and its around 13k so I guess this is the problem. While looking into the topic of fixing the devil, I've came across couple of options:

1) Apple Store - cost between 120-250 quid so nah

2) Fixing it by myself with a 1.8" HDD - cost around 100 quid (getting there but still nah)

3) Fixing it by myself with a iFlash SD/microSD card adapter - adapter itself 33 quid plus the cost of the sd cards *winner?*

I want to go with option number 3, as it will be easier/cheaper to fix in the future (instead of buying new disk, ill just but new cards), but it generates couple concerns.

1. Is it actually a good option? Are these adapters an actual thing, or just a rip off

2. Is it better to go for double SD or quad microSD? It would be cheaper to acheive lets say 256gb with quad microSD than with two SD cards, but is the save/read speed would be the same?

What do you guys think?

⟐ Commented oktober 16, 2019 at 9:54 MST

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⟐ Answered juni 03, 2019 at 19:36 MST

⟐ Commented januari 06, 2019 at 11:55 MST

Is there any USB splitter available which will allow me to connect it to external power as well as to PC USB port for data transfer?

⟐ Commented januari 05, 2019 at 9:58 MST

⟐ Answered oktober 13, 2018 at 5:15 MST

⟐ Answer accepted augustus 10, 2018 at 4:31 MST

⟐ Answer accepted mei 25, 2018 at 4:31 MST

I took it to apple but obviously it's too old to be repaired or replaced by them.

Any help would be much appreciated!

⟐ Answer accepted mei 12, 2018 at 6:12 MST

⟐ Edited mei 03, 2018 at 21:17 MST

Does someone now what the problem is?

Thanks for your help!!!

⟐ Answer accepted april 08, 2018 at 8:15 MST