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S said 11:20AM on 9-09-2006
If you bring that dead iPod to an Apple Store (rather than bury it, which is illegal) they'll give you 10% off a new one. If you're a student or a teacher, that works in addition to your $20-$30 discount.
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Query said 11:33AM on 9-09-2006
God bless its soul. :-(
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Ken Walker said 12:07PM on 9-09-2006
I had a 20Gb iPod with significant problems and made use of Apples repair service, which I believe was put in place to have a way to get batteries replaced. Anyhow, for ~80 CDN they basically took the old one and shipped me a brand new one (might have been refurbished, I can't tell). I think people toss things to easily these days without looking for a way to reuse it. Even if I wanted a new one, certainly I'd be able to find someone who wanted my refurbished 20Gb.
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Nordberg said 12:11PM on 9-09-2006
What to do with a dead iPod depends on the cause of death. For example, I have a "dead" iPod that the screen died and the battery was shot. Dead? Hardly. It lives, thrives in fact, comfortably in my glove compartment hooked up to the iPod interface in my car.
A useless iPod out in the world, but perfect in this setting where the screen and battery are not relevant. Dig that sucker up and put it on eBay, because I'm sure there are plenty of others looking for iPods for just this use.
Hell, I still maintain that Apple should make a $50 screenless, batteryless, control-free iPod for just this use.
Enjoy.....................G
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Huze said 12:57PM on 9-09-2006
Oh, the environmentalists are gonna looooove this one. :)
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teece said 1:27PM on 9-09-2006
I'd wager that, 95 times out of a 100 (I made that stat. up), a new hard drive and battery will make a 4g iPod as good as the day it was bought.
30gb hard drive, drop-in replacement for the 20gb: $100 (very easy to do). I resurrected my 4g iPod this way -- it works without a hitch, and took all of 10 minutes to do. Toshiba MK3006GAL is the part number of the hard drive you're looking for. Try eWiz.
New, longer-life lion battery: $20 (very easy to do -- if you do this first, they give you a handy plastic tool and a video on how to get the case apart).
Don't toss that sucker.
For $120, it'll be *better* than the day you bought it. Of course, assuming the hard drive is the problem, which is the case in the overwhelming majority of dead iPods, I suspect.
(Of course, if you're dirt poor, and can't spend $100 for a hard drive, you are indeed SOL. Or if you are afraid of taking things apart, a refurbished 4g exactly like the one you had is $160 from Apple.com, with a one year warranty and the option of AppleCare. Or if you were dying for a new iPod anyway, and the 4g death was just an excuse to plunk down the $300+ for a new one, then this makes no sense either. But even then, make sure the Flickr burial is a photo-op only -- put that thing on eBay or something).
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Sir Not Appearing in this Blog said 2:16PM on 9-09-2006
joke |jōk| noun a thing that someone says to cause amusement or laughter, esp. a story with a funny punchline : she was in a mood to tell jokes. • a trick played on someone for fun. • [in sing. ] informal a person or thing that is ridiculously inadequate : the transportation system is a joke.
funny |ˈfənē| adjective ( -nier , -niest ) 1 causing laughter or amusement; humorous : a funny story | the play is hilariously funny.
tongue-in-cheek adjective & adverb with ironic or flippant intent : [as adj. ] her delightful tongue-in-cheek humor | [as adv. ] “I swear there's a female conspiracy against men!” he complained, tongue-in-cheek.
Because apparently some folks don't get that this was a joke. It's funny. They're not serious, this was done with tongue firmly in cheek. They didn't REALLY bury the iPod.
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JJ Forde said 2:34PM on 9-09-2006
That really is said, especially since my 10 gig 3G which I got the day they were released still runs perfectly without any applecare touch ups. Its hard to watch those younger than you pass on.
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Tony said 3:02PM on 9-09-2006
Just wondering what would yall to if you had a water logged 5g ipod? Get it repaired, scrap it, ect.? Any comments would help.
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James Whited said 4:03PM on 9-09-2006
Lets see here, Music > Songs > Taps > Play.
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Paul said 4:22PM on 9-09-2006
or you could sell your dead ipod on ebay for 50-100$ i got 113$ for my dead ipod...
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Roger said 4:26PM on 9-09-2006
Ok, but if your pre-5th gen ipod isn't dead, head on over to this link to get a FREE firewire mini-dock.
No BS. $6.80 for shipping though.
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Roger said 4:27PM on 9-09-2006
Heh.
Forgot the link.
here it is:
http://www.maccast.com/2006/09/08/how-much-free-free-is-good/
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henryaj said 6:10PM on 9-09-2006
WON'T SOMEONE PLEASE THINK OF THE LITHIUM IONS?
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sabellachan said 9:00PM on 9-10-2006
To clarify everyone (since I would be the owner of those photographs), we did NOT leave the iPod in the ground. That is an obvious environmental hazard. We just thought it'd be funny to bury it (temporarily) to get these photographs.
Thanks to Sir Not Appearing in this Blog for sticking up for us! And thanks for featuring us on tuaw.com!
I can die happy now.
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