iPod screen and battery replacement

I recently did a repair for a coworker’s iPod. The LCD screen was cracked so I offered to replace it for him. Order a new LCD and better battery on eBay since the battery probably wasn’t so good anyway and it was cheap. The following is pictures and how I did the repair.

Before beginning, turn off the iPod and have it on hold so it doesn’t power back on. The battery and the screen came with plastic tools to open the iPod. Plastic so there are no scratches. They worked decently but I needed the aid of a flathead screwdriver to get it open. I was very careful not to make any dents or scratches, I was successful!

Be careful not to break any the cables when taking apart the iPod.

Carefully unplug the cable to the metal half of the iPod and the harddrive.

Unscrew the 6 Torx5 screws on the mainboard.

Lift up the black pice on the connector to the LCD and clickwheel ribbon cable and slide out the cables. Next unplug the battery. Note the notch on the battery plug so it can only be pulled out on an angle. Do not force it too much or it will break off.

Removed the LCD and placed in a new one. Now I was ready to install the new battery.

The new battery was difficult to get in because the wires came out too far to the right and was squishing against the side. I was able to press them closer together. Wires went under the mainboard like the original battery and plugged in.

Put the iPod back together in the reverse order and it worked and played music like new. Only problem I ran into was the new LCD did not have a backlight.(from older iPod I guess) I’m going to complain to the seller and hopefully get it resolved. Otherwise the battery and LCD work.