iPod battery - Directions on how to replace your iPod battery

iPod battery replacements with these easy instructions. Please be forewarned that although replacing the battery is easy, it will nullify your warranty with Apple. I don't want to be kept liable for the harm done to your iPod because of this article, so do this at your own venture.

Things you should understand before replacing your iPod battery:

1. Apple has an official out-of-warranty battery replacement program for $59 + $6.95 shipping in the United States(see Europe and Canada pricing). The program requires that you send in your iPod (any model), and Apple will switch the battery and deliver it to you for $59 plus handling and shipping. Technically, Apple really exchanges your whole unit with an equivalent new model or factory-refurbished model in a brand new cover, with its own 90-day service warranty; if it was already engraved by Apple, it will be engraved again.

2. The iPod warranty is one year but you can extend it for two years with AppleCare Protection Plan for iPod. Numerous retailers have inexpensive extended warranty coverage available and often these programs purely exchange the product with a corresponding new unit.

3. Over time, the battery will not hold the same degree of charge as when it was newly purchased. This is natural, and occurs to all lithium ion batteries. This gradual degradation will not affect, or be noticed by, most users during the life of their iPod. Nevertheless, based on usage, environmental factors, and many other variables, some heavy users may realize a great degradation than others. It is important to know that this is the exact same degradation that would occur with any lithium ion battery applied in any laptop, cell phone, portable music player, etc.

4. The iPod's cover is not designed to be opened, so, in that respect, it's not what would in general be referred to as "user-replaceable". Nevertheless, with the proper set of tools you can exchange the iPod battery yourself and avert all the fuzz by going through Apple.

Procedures:

Step 1 - Purchase an iPod battery online or in a retail shop nearest you. iPod batteries sells for as low as $11. You have to be sure that the replacement battery you buy is for your iPod.

Step 2 - Turn off your iPod and set the hold button to the on position. Get a flathead screwdriver, as thin as possible but oftentimes the retail shop that ships you the battery will spare you a tool. In any case, you must pry open the unit by putting the tool or screwdriver between the plastic and the metal. Once you feel a clip, pry it ever so gently. Keep going around the iPod, opening up each latch.

Step 3 - You are going to have to employ that tool or screwdriver again to extract the battery from the hard drive. Once removed, unplug it from the board.

Step 4 - Connect in the newly purchased battery to the board of the iPod (where you unplugged the old battery) and set it on the glue that remained on the hard drive. Make sure that the battery and the wires are set right so you can actually close the iPod. Snap the cover back together, you'll hear it when it's finished!

Step 5 - Switch on and charge the device. That's it and your iPod battery is successfully replaced.

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