The Unrepairable iPod Touch
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- Known for its hard to repair design, what makes the iPod so hard to repair and will Hugh be able to fix his?
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Starting the new decade off with a new intro!
My old intro has had a very long run from March 2nd 2016 - Dec 29th 2019
I miss the old one lmao
I think I prefer the old one
I don't want to be that guy, but this new intro is, well... it reminds me of early tech videos. Your video quallity/standard is amazing, this new intro ruins it a bit for me. You should change it. Mayby you should do a contest for new intro, so it's community made.
Hugh You Repair Anything And Everything
I liked the old one better though :(
teacher: the test isn’t that hard you won’t fail
the test: *repairing an iPod touch*
Dcwest 0616 still easier than a maths test
Hugh: *GETS AN A+++++++++++++++++*
Lol he got a C- on my books. I have fixed countless of these. The teacher was correct its not that hard...
Dcwest 0616 true🤣
811 is my most liked comment
and i don’t care at all lol all i care is the reply’s their funny
If Hugh Jeffreys says its unrepairable, it’s unrepairable.
Ben KT777 ikr
AND THATS A FACT
Pass it on to Jerryrigeverything
I smell facts 😂😂
@@ilhantele yup he's our only hope
Hugh Jeffrey:"Unfortunately Apple Glues the device shut"
Also Hugh: *Glues screen down permanently*
Since it's the only thing holding the display on.
@@TR2000LT There are 2 screws in iPhones, ipods dont have these
The Random the ipods always used glue
The Random, Con is correct. To avoid water getting into the backlight you use adhesive around the glass. Why? If water is slipping by the glass it has a perfect route to go into the backlight layers due to water tension. Anyways the real reason they used adhesive is because of various advantages, not just because apple is greedy.
Honestly just stay away from Apple...hence why they're a multibillion dollar company
I bet Apple is proud and cheering in california that even hugh jeffreys says its unrepairable
And then soon the Apple Genius Bar receives a similar iPod touch to repair but even they can't
It’s a little late for that. This is a super old device.
@@appleintosh True
@@appleintosh gosh, you gotta be fun at parties..
@@mirono3099 So fun I'll cough out my liver!
I repaired so many of these. When you lifted the metal plate that has all the screws you need to push the board down near the flex cable is soldered or you tear it like you did the first time you opened it. Also removing the board and battery with the copper back part helps not mess up the battery. My specialty was replacing the charging port because nobody on this island could do it.
Island? U from Puerto Rico?
FroyourFilms 🌴😎🌴yup!
@@jesusyuca1483 The yuca Made me think so. 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷
@@jesusyuca1483 Me too 🇵🇷
@@FroyourFilms Yo pensé lo mismo 🤣
>Unrepairable iPod
Apple: Write that down, Write that down!
Nope, Apple to its workers would be like : " Good job people, we are proud of you. Everyone will be getting a raise".
"Mission Failed. Don't worry we'll get em next time."
Him?
*Throws away cigar*
In year 2042 just before the rev9 robot sent back by legion, hugh tries to repair this ipod touch again, and survival of the human race depends on the repairability of it, and hence why we are all doomed and have to go back to fix it before it destroys us all
I'm getting flashbacks to when I tried this on my sister's ipod years ago...
Did you do it?
Did it work?
Was it successful?
Me too. I've tried to repair three of these iPods. One had a gap under the screen, second one sealed correctly but the buttons flex was damaged and wired manually causing power+volume up when pressing power. Last one was almost done and the speaker connector broke off the board. Now it is cheaper to buy used working iPod touch than repairing one >_
My girlfriend's iPod has a dead battery. It's in a pile of things to do someday in the future.
I made an attempt a year ago and I stopped caring when I realized holy fuck this is going to take hours.
This video gave me Vietnam flashbacks to my phone repair days. I had an order of 10 of these in for repair once. I did all of them in about 6 hours and using the last shred of my sanity. I managed to save 8 of them fully while the other two were too far gone to be worth fixing. I don't envy you on this repair.
Hugh: the unrepairable ipod tpuch
Jerryrigeverything: hold my mohs scale of hardness
duck duck *jerry damage test everything
Wii RVL-001 jerryrig scratches everything
6:08 headphone jack... Man those were the days, back before you had to take a drill straight to you brand-new iphone 11
Easy, don't buy a flagship. It's also tons cheaper XD
I broke one of those iPods when I was little. My dad repaired it himself after seeing how hard this repair is I'm wondering how he didn't break it
He probably told you he repaired it and just bought a new one
Hey, a little idea for the new intro:
Fade in the voice as fade out the intro's audio. It could look a little bit smooth and nice imo, but do as you want!
Really great videos dude, keep it up!
Hi Hugh, Since watching them I’ve been inspired to fix some phones, and it worked! Thanks for the amazing content and great videos, keep it up!
Love the intro Hugh! Great video! 👍
2:50 le jerryrig- bent batteries become dangerous with layers folded and can explode
Hugh- hold my battery
the amount of work you put into these videos is insane. this is a great 'do not proceed' warning to most people thinking of trying to repair one of these things, but a complete guide on how to if you dare. invaluable information
I'm so glad the intro changed. The previous one gave me the creeps.
Thank you for this video, Hugh. I recently had to lift up the rear seats in a car I bout a couple years ago. I found an 8 gb iPod touch under there. It was all grimy and dirty, but after a wipe down it cleaned up ok. I plugged in a charger I had. At first it didn't do anything. I waited for it to charge up enough to power up, but nothing. Eventually I unplugged the charger, and pushed it in and out of the charger port, wiggling it as I did. Eventually it powered up, but as soon as I unplug it, it shuts down. I was looking to see how hard it would be to change the battery. This video has shown me that it's not worth it. If I want to use it, I will have it plugged in, in my car or something.
Of all the devices out there I really didn't think the simple iPod touch would be the most difficult to repair..
“This stuff is like super strength”
I used to work on mobile repair between 2013-2017. The first few devices I worked on was this iPod touch 4th gen since in 2013, that device is widely used.
They're bane to my existence and the primary reason I get a lot of angry returning customers. Also the 5th/6th gen iPod touch are nightmare as well. The only other device I have the hardest time is the HTC One M7 (2013).
I'm a software developer now. But I miss and don't miss mobile repair career. Maybe I can do some side hustles for fun later on.
I miss your old intro 😭❤️
Not really
Chris Epp no we don’t.
Yes
Chris Epp get tf out
Lol
If Hugh can't repair
Then no one can either
2022 next attempt
Louis Rossmann ;)
I had one of these and the screen got smashed. I decided to buy a screen replacement from amazon when I was 15 or so. I did the replacement and it worked! I didn't have adhesive so I just ducktaped the corners to hold the screen in place. About a week later, only the bottom half of the screen worked and it slowly got worse and worse. I still have it, it can power on but the screen just doesn't work. I thought about replacing it now and properly fixing it but I'm not sure its worth it
Hey. I was wondering what you do with ur refurbished phones? I am interested in a 8 or 8 plus. I am not sure if ur selling or not. Ps i love ur vids. Keep going!
maybe a screw short-circuits the power button.
not grabbing a cable, when you screw it down.
but removing one screw and checking each time if the power button works is a little bit tedious.
Missing the old intro :(
Same
Hugh: the unrepairable ipod tpuch
Jerryrigeverything: hold my mohs scale of hardness
These iPod 4th Gens were a beautiful and elegant device, and I still have one, which is in beautiful condition. The battery is beginning to show some age and I hesitate getting it replaced.
New intro is dope. Previous one gave me chills idk why lol
I already broke 2 iPod Touch 4th Gen trying to replace the screen, one 32Gb other 8Gb 😡
I used to repair these back in the day. Easy stuff compared to todays stuff. (I do microsoldering on iphones etc)
I'll just start by letting you know that the 2 holes behind the power button you need to keep those intact as theres a wire that runs just above or below the holes so most likely you tore it when you assembled it. Also you need to use FLUX when soldering. I cringed when I saw your solder joints.. Good luck let me know if you have any more questions
The iPod touch 4g was the first „high tech“ device i tried to repair. It turned out great but now the volume up functions also the power button, so now i have 2 power buttons instead of none you got. This thing is crazy
Nice intro Hugh. Really good to have a change.
2:08
That’s what you get when u take standard shipping from AliExpress
True
This explains a lot, had similar troubles some years ago! My iPod 4 was never the same after a screen replacement
Somehow I managed to replace the screen on it while in high school. I used normal hairdrier to take it apart, also broke and replaced that flatflex cable, and didn't have good glue to keep new screen properly in place. But it worked.
Definitely removed motherboard in process. I remember that thin strip of pcb keeping two halves together and bending it to take board out, luckily didn't break it
And I always wondered how shops used to repair iPods. I had a classic like the one you show that had a messed up hard drive that I had fixed. Then I got an iPod touch that has a bad battery that I want to get repaired and no one seems to repair them now. Lastly I had to use an old iPhone 4 to hear my music and the power button got stuck and you gotta press really hard to turn it on or off. I would have tried a home repair but there's way too many pieces and I'd probably lose the pieces
If Hugh Jeffrey's says it's unrepairable it's unrepairable
Mustafa Hussain what don’t make sense
@@ar8812 he meant unrepairable.
Apparently it is unrepeatable lol
The repair difficulty on this device is about a 6 out of 10. With a little practice, you dont need to remove the mainboard to replace the screen. The pcb has some elasticity to it and as long as certain connections are freed up, it can be bent slightly to reconnect the digitizer connection much more easily.
Unfortunately you did a lot more work than was necessary.
Practice makes perfect definitely.
I’d throw it across the room 😂
ElectronicsAreMyThingTM I had this phone and I did it and the hoe still worked 🗿some girl dented the side though and I was mad at her for a while but then I got the 5s and now have the X so all’s good
•Ь3thálluяing• But this is... not a phone.. u know
luckily I have one in perfect condition with a scratch less screen and perfect battery that I found for 15 bucks at a yard sale it was used in a weird scanner case in a warehouse
If Hugh Jeffries fails, we send it to Louis rossman
You mean Hugh Jeffery
Love the new intro for 2020 hugh, hope you had a great Christmas and all the best for 2020, looking forward to another year of top notch videos ❤️
The trace in the board may be broken. Tightening the screw causes the break to separate enough to prevent the power button from functioning. Just a thought. CB curious to know how this turns out. Thanks:)
I've only ever done one of these, got it cheap back in the day so thought why not give it a go 'cause if I break it it's nothing much lost. For me though I didn't have a heat gun or anything so just brute forced it from a crack then picked the edges away, I used normal manicure tweezers to press the connector in which worked reasonably well for me 'cause I had to do it again for it after I sold it but I guess I was lucky 'cause I never had any issues with the power button after doing it. Think the most difficult apple device I've done was the original iPhone but that was 'cause it was the first thing I'd ever opened to actually repair with the tools you get with a screen and probably 'cause I was like 14-15 at the time
Hey Hugh Jefferies I'm your biggest fan arching all the way from jamaica and I got a phone for u to fix and keep up the good work your a pro
Cool new intro
Keep it up 👏🏻👏🏻
This is a very simple repair requiring basic knowledge and ability to solder. You shouldn’t have this many subs for something that’s not impressive
Bro can you send me the stuff you can’t repair, I’d be able to talk to you why it doesn’t work. You made 2-3 major errors
Nice try
Always wanted an iPod. The new intro really good ☺
Damn! I love the new introduction!
I didn't know this was this bad to fix, I remember back in 2016 I managed to swap out the back and front casings without problems, huh, granted I broke the screen off but I got a new screen to replace it but wow, no wonder, it was a pain in the rear.
if I had to make a guess, I`d bet that what broke the power button was Apple`s brilliant idea of placing the camera screw hole right above the power button cable, so if you screw it firmly into place as is expect of screws, it actually pierces through the button cable
Hugh try some isopropyl alcohol on the power button. My 2nd Gen touch was not working properly either. I applied some 91% isopropyl alcohol & it worked like a charm. GOOD LUCK I hope this works for you. THANKS for all these very entertaining videos. PEACE ✌
The contacts for the power flex cable could be grounding out on the mid plate. Pretty sure that’s why there was gunk over the contacts when you removed the flex cable initially.
I feel your pain though, always end up breaking something when trying to repair one of these iPods.
Yes indeed. I also face the same issue with the power button. back in 2014. Very unrepairable.
I didn't saw it exactly but you should leave some length to the power button. I did this repair myself and made the same fault 1st time. The flexcable somehow breaks if you adhere it to many on the right.
i remember when i was young the first thing i did with a "phone repair" was replace the front screen and the metal rear case. I never thought anything of how it was put together till i opened an iphone 5 later in life and realized the ipod was ridiculously overdone
Glad I found this video. I got my first haul of iPhones to practice repairs and the iPod 4th Gen looked so meek and simple I figured I'd pratice on that first. Then I saw this video. I'll now probably start with the iPhone 4 or 4s. Any suggestions on the most reliable vendor for gold plated/solid replacement chassis?
Try an 8+
I ripped the Home Button's flex whilst transplanting it from the broken screen.
The cable is honestly about 2mm wide, the connector is tightly secured and the entire flex is adhesived to the chassis. Prying from the chassis will rip it, like I did.
Now here's the kicker, Apple will not sell home buttons. The security logic is built into them and I guess it could circumvent their Touch ID security.
The only solution is to buy a reproduction home button that connects as some sort of bluetooth device? Not ideal...
It's going in the draw for now, same as your Ipod did in 2018. Maybe i'll come back to it in 2022 and break even more of it...
I recommend using more flux when soldering
I bought one in 2012, a couple years later I shattered the screen and it was like $100 to replace and now I see why
Hugh Jeffreys is there any chance the solder is exposed to any metal parts when in the housing? Hence shorting out and not working?? Try covering the solder joints with an insulator
Woah! Nice Intro!!
Love It ❤
Love the new logo! Keep up the good work!
Repairing since 2019 🤣🤣🤣. Love your videos and it's unique too because what you show no other RUclipsr shows. Love from India Since 2016.
Hugh goes overboard in this Video
The iPod Touch is just fantastic and very power efficient and the one I have still works even after 6 years of heavy usage
My iPod Touch doesn't have no damage either to it as I handle my devices with great care so I don't do no damage to them
When you removed the power button cable you mentioned that it had something sticky over it. Could the connections be shorting on the metal frame that screws down on top of it. If that's the case then it would explain why it worked before the shield was screwed down.
Get a soldering wick, it’s a copper braided wick that helps you pick up solder with a problem. Watch some RUclips vids on it, I hope it’ll help
"The Hammers...the Hammers, is a nickname for which football team?"
"Wink, wink. Nudge, nudge. Know what I mean? Know what I mean??"
I wish I knew you were going to do this, I would have given you tips over Twitter, I have repaired about 20 iPod touch 4th gens.
Nice intro Hugh!
I highly recommend a TS100 solding iron. Its a amazing soldering iron and can output a lot of heat on things with many layers of copper
Piggy backing off my old comment, the ts100 would INSTANTLY melt those pads Hugh struggled on, even at a lower temperature. And it doesn't take 2-4 minutes to reach its full potential like those eBay 20 dollar cheapo kits do. It takes about 15 seconds from cold start to target temperature. And it recovers extremely fast after soldering a huge ground plane.
it’s a tie for hardest to repair device between the ipod touch and ipad mini 1/2, both suck to repair, don’t sell for much and are super easy to break, ended up just selling the ipad as parts that i was trying to fix as every time i fixed it something else broke, worst devices to repair by far
Hugh can i ask wat we goin todo if we forgot the icloud? We have i cloud issue iphone x
Can you make a video about Unlock tool?
i can feel you as i did it myself 6 months ago...still cant place the display on the chassis properly...."there is a spring near the top corner somewhere giving earth to the body"..try checking that
Hi Hugh Jeffreys I’m a huge fan of your videos and advices! Thanks for you good content. I was wishing if you can tell where and how can I find iPhones to repair and get started ! Thank you and have a nice day !
Love the new intro bro. Happy New year!
Wow that looks tough. Great effort. 👍
Maybe use some kapton tape on pcb where you place screw (in most case it help) :)
Please tell me you didn't use the same battery that you bent up while removing it from the case.
I've had one with dead pixels, so I was planning to change the screen but I saw that the screen literally costed as much as the iPod, and the process to replace the screen looked so hard, so I ended up selling it, and now I have a 6th gen
The screw close to the power bottom can easily damage the power bottom cable, in most case that is the issue
Still have mine. The only problem I have with mine is that the battery drains really fast now. Thought about getting it replaced but after seeing this video its not worth it. I'll just keep it on my bluetooth radio that has a charging dock.
2:27 dude you just broke the speaker open. To the left of the port. I did the same thing the first time I opened one of those
This guy has the patience of Job. I would have taken a sledgehammer to it! 🤣🤣
Meanwhile, I be sitting and typing on an *ipod touch 7*
I've repaired multiple ipod touch 4th gen screen in the past and never once had this problem kinda strange when I had no idea what I was doing
I recall going to the apple store to get the cracked screen fixed on mine back in around 2011. Apple's "repair" was that they just gave me some refurbished one instead of fixing the one I had. It was even unrepairable for them xd
Hugh, why did you put the bend battery back in the ipod...? Seems kind of dangerous
Sound like a short to ground for the power button.
Looking forward to your repair of this in 2022
When you clicked the Power Button and it wasn’t working, I could hear you lightly chuckling “How? *slightly chuckles* I have no idea”
The iPod touch was the first device I ever opened up and still the only one I couldn’t repair. Reconnecting that cable behind the logic board is an absolute nightmare. Such poor design.
could u pls do a ipod touch 1 gen . i need to repair it!
The ipod touch 4th gen was my first
i have an ipod 4 like that. my screen is crack and my camera software is froze, plus its laggy as hell