is it time to change the battery

[unreal hornet]

i see a tiny air bubble on my 6g ipod...is it time 😦

[boreal snow]

it may be time

good luck opening it though

[unreal hornet]

yeah its cooked, i'm worried if I open up the ipod front plate wont fit as snug as before

[boreal snow]

https://youtu.be/a3gPf6obQHs

Teaches you how to get the tight fit back too

[unreal hornet]

Goat thank you! Have you ever opened one of these before?

[boreal snow]

I've opened 3

Different experience on each iPod

[unreal hornet]

ah ok ok, kinda scared of doing this but will give it a shot. I spend 90CAD on this ipod

[boreal snow]

oof yea that's a little pricey

[unreal hornet]

yeah 😦 they a bit rare so I didn't really know where to get them. This one is in good shape tho just the battery swelling

[boreal snow]

check your local fb marketplace for some

no clue if offerup is in Canada

[unreal hornet]

nah in canada we use Facebook marketplace but even then most of them range 180-200CAD so this was pretty cheap

[boreal snow]

mmm fair enough

you can check #ipod-deals for some

[unreal hornet]

ohhh ok ok

also sorry one last question thank you for being so helpful this entire time

[boreal snow]

no worries

[unreal hornet]

is it still ok for me to use the ipod if the battery is slightly bloated? im planning to get it repaired within the next 2-3 weeks but I'm hearing stuff about ipod explodings 😦

[boreal snow]

iPod exploding?

Never really heard about it

[unreal hornet]

oh lol i just heard lithium batteries could explode but it could be people making it a bigger deal then it need to be

[boreal snow]

Mhm

maybe the nanos but never seen one outright combust

or heard of one i guess

[unreal hornet]

ah ok ok that makes me feel better

thank you for being helpful! I'm flying to hong kong soon so i might try to get it repaired there for cheap but if not ill just buy the kit and fix it back home

[boreal snow]

No worries

Hong Kong is close to a big iPod parts manufacturer in China too

So you're lucky I'd say

[unreal hornet]

do you by chance know how much it would be to get it repaired in hongkong and/or china?

[boreal snow]

I unfortunately do not

[unreal hornet]

ah all good 🙂

[boreal snow]

I would recommend checking Taobao while you're there however

They sell pretty cheap parts as compared to AliExpress

[unreal hornet]

ahhh ok ok I will give it a shot

[boreal snow]

You can see that most of the time they have the same sellers

[boreal snow]

Do note that you'd have to be able to read Mandarin Chinese

[unreal hornet]

im cooked...

[boreal snow]

There's Taobao in English too don't worry

[unreal hornet]

oh blessed

[boreal snow]

But for some reason, some products may not be available ro be purchased

I have no clue why

[unreal hornet]

ah i think im gonna test my luck with the irl stores and worst comes to worst i will go to taobao