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450mAh Battery fits Apple iPod nano 3rd Generation 4Gb and 8Gb series

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If you just want a product review, I'd have to say the battery works, but you don't end up using the plastic safe tool very much. The people upset with the product are really upset with Apple for making it nearly impossible to replace the battery. If you're not sure about how to do this, go one youtube or google instructions. You will see tools you need and how flippin' small everything is. I ended up using a tiny eyeglass screwdriver to pry into the back cover and then slid a guitar pick into the opening (took me 30-45 mins just to get this far). Once I got the back cover off, I used the screwdriver to remove 5 screws (was missing one). Then I used the safe pry tool to flip open the tiny ribbon cable holder. Once this was up, I used tweezers to pull back the ribbon cable. Next I pulled out a small metal clip around the headphone jack with tweezers. Now I had to flip open the LCD ribbon cable connector and pull out the ribbon cable. Finally I had the motherboard out by itself. I sandwiched it on its end between two tall, heavy novels. This allowed me to place my solder pencil on one side of the motherboard and pull the wire from the other side with tweezers. Once I got all 3 wires out, I used the pry tool to get the battery out (it is glued in). With the ipod still sandwiched, I placed the new battery in and then lined up each wire individually and pushed them against the circuit board hole with my thumbnail. Then I took the solder pencil and touched the other side of the board. Note, I don't know if I needed to, but stripped the white wire a little more. I didn't feel like there was enough bare wire - even though there probably was. Anyway, this worked well except the black wire gave me troubles. I ended up just throwing a bit more solder on that one and got some of the individual wires through but not all. Ok all done! I place the LCD ribbon cable back (difficult) and the clickwheel ribbon cabled (difficult) and placed one screw in. I connected it up to my computer and received 2 loud beeps. Nothing on the LCD, but the clickwheel sound was there and the ipod showed up on my computer. So I assumed correctly that the LCD ribbon cable was not in correctly. I took it apart again and reseated the LCD cable (used small needle-nose pliers). This worked! I was actually surprised this whole thing worked. We're talking 3-4 hours of work here. Not for the average ipod user. I had equipment and experience to make this work. Getting the back cover back on was no walk in the park either. So, recap on tools: eye glass screwdriver, guitar pick, razor blade (had to clean off some glue), tweezers, very small needle nose pliers, safe pry tool, solder pencil, solder and wire stripper. All of this with a steady hand and patience will get your ipod working again.

I recently purchased a replacement battery for a 3rd generation Apple iPod. The battery was under $10 including shipping and it included a tool for opening the iPod. The battery itself was of very good quality and had more capacity than the original. There are plently of instructions on the web as well as YouTube videos on how to open the iPod and install the battery. A soldering iron and solder is needed and you must be very careful but I replaced my iPod battery and it works great again.

My ipod wouldn't turn on. I found this item here on Amazon.

Followed the instructions and had the ipod up and running in no time.

Product is just what I wanted, but this can be a challenging battery swap. First, use a plastic guitar pick to open the case. It took an hour to get the case open. Second, it really make s sense to order a new back plate for $20 as the chances of removing the back plate without deforming it are remote. Mine was not perfect, and I had to re-remove it, bend it back in shape an reinstall. Still not perfect. Third, strongly consider cutting the existing wires soldered to the circuit board, and soldering to those wires rather than soldering the new battery to the circuit board. Either way, use a really really small soldering iron with a pencil tip, do not use your normal general purpose electronics soldering iron.

I thought my iPod nano 3rd Gen was done for. Until I purchased this replacement battery for it. It only took me 25 min to replace it and now my iPod is good as new. Thank you

Would not come apart easy.Stupid dis assembly tools broke right away.They dont provide a microscopic flat head screw driver you HAVE to have.Even when you do get it completely apart,you have to have a very small soldering gun.Funny no warning about that before hand.If i end up getting a soldering gun and replace the battery ill let you know.

I received an ipod at work which had a depleted battery because my company kept them in storage for so long after buying them. It's impossible to replace the battery without destroying the ipod. Don't bother. Buy another ipod or player. I bought another brand player for a fraction of the price of the ipod. So it's got half the memory, but the user interface is much more intuitive than the ipod and it works great.