So as title says I revived my beloved iPod, upgraded its storage and also modeled and printed some accessories for my iPod. I made a TPU case, a dock using the original cable and a storage box.
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Modding classic iPods is such an awesome rabbit Hole. You can exchange the mini hard drive with anything from regular SD cards to quad micro-SD cards to even MSATA and M.2 SSDs. This also creates extra room to install a giant battery if you want to.
I am currently trying to find a way to embed a Bluetooth transmitter so I can use my Bluetooth headphones with it.
There’s even an alternative firmware called Rockbox that allows you to just plug in the iPod using USB and put MP3s on it instead of using iTunes.
I also own a Creative Zen Vision but it’s sadly not as customizable and there’s no Rockbox firmware for it.
Edit: before posting I didn’t see the link to the original post which talks about most of the above.
Neat! Your original post about upgrading your iPod sent me down a rabbit hole of AliExpress mod parts so this is nicely timed for post upgrade. Thanks for sharing.
I am glad to hear that :D Did you find something so far? Or is there already a plan?
Wasn’t timed on purpose, I finished the box this morning and am so hyped right now, that I had to share with somebody
I have ordered an iflash card, 128gb micro SD card, clear front and blue (the shiny electric blue)back for the initial transplant. I’m thinking the slightly bigger battery (850mah?) rather than the 1800-3000mah ones at the moment.
Heard that 3000mah is wishful thinking for most of those advertised as such so need to investigate that a bit more.
There wasn’t that much space left as I went with the CF to microSD adapter, so I got a 650mah battery. Still gets me through a whole workday of constantly playing music. But with the iflash you might have some more space. What model do you have? 60gb?
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Pretty cool! I miss iPods 🥺
I missed them, too. So happy i could bring this one back to life :)
Modding classic iPods is such an awesome rabbit Hole. You can exchange the mini hard drive with anything from regular SD cards to quad micro-SD cards to even MSATA and M.2 SSDs. This also creates extra room to install a giant battery if you want to.
I am currently trying to find a way to embed a Bluetooth transmitter so I can use my Bluetooth headphones with it.
There’s even an alternative firmware called Rockbox that allows you to just plug in the iPod using USB and put MP3s on it instead of using iTunes.
I also own a Creative Zen Vision but it’s sadly not as customizable and there’s no Rockbox firmware for it.
Edit: before posting I didn’t see the link to the original post which talks about most of the above.
Neat! Your original post about upgrading your iPod sent me down a rabbit hole of AliExpress mod parts so this is nicely timed for post upgrade. Thanks for sharing.
I am glad to hear that :D Did you find something so far? Or is there already a plan? Wasn’t timed on purpose, I finished the box this morning and am so hyped right now, that I had to share with somebody
I have ordered an iflash card, 128gb micro SD card, clear front and blue (the shiny electric blue)back for the initial transplant. I’m thinking the slightly bigger battery (850mah?) rather than the 1800-3000mah ones at the moment.
Heard that 3000mah is wishful thinking for most of those advertised as such so need to investigate that a bit more.
There wasn’t that much space left as I went with the CF to microSD adapter, so I got a 650mah battery. Still gets me through a whole workday of constantly playing music. But with the iflash you might have some more space. What model do you have? 60gb?