I’m a huge fan of re-using and recycling, and try and do my best to avoid wanton consumerism. I’m not always successful. However since my beloved ipod mini (2nd gen) had been suffering aged battery complex, and giving me a mere hour or so of playing time I decided to pop a new battery in myself. This has the added bonus of getting to see what’s in that almost hermetically sealed case, and as every good geek knows, it’s always fun to handle a little hardware once in a while.
Here are some pics of a naked, green ipod mini, during the operation, and afterwards. Thankfully, she made a full recovery. Click the image to see it large..
The batteries cost between about 4 and 10 quid on ebay, depending on the battery mAh (Milliamp Hour – how much charge it holds). Another great thing is that the batteries you can buy now are actually better and longer lasting than the ones that were included. I bought a 750mAh battery, the original is suspected to be about 450mAh.
You get two tiny screwdrivers in the kit with which to butcher your ipod open, and the process takes a few minutes.
My next project, when that tiny little hard drive begins to fail will be to convert my mini from the current microdrive into a solid state flash drive player. That shit is coooool.
Operation was a success! 🙂