I also went the archive route, but I checked 2004 since that's when the 40GB model shown was manufactured. It was only $399 by then. Nobody was paying $1,000 for small electronics back then! Even a few hundred bucks for a base iPod was regarded as way overpriced by many.
I loved the update process on the first iPod -- how many people happen to have multiple generations of old MacBooks lying around just in case they are needed?
I bought a 40Gb in 2003. I can't overstate how revolutionary it was to carry all your music with you. I had a Belkin FM transmitter on it and every radio I had was tuned to it. My music literally followed me more seamlessly than it does today. Bluetooth is better but FM was idiot proof. It's hard to be impressed by tech in the way the iPod was impressive. Everyone had portable audio and everyone had lots of physical media at home. And everyone had to choose what to carry around with them and what to play at any one time because changing took time. The iPod completely upended that forever. Its on-demand access to all your music foreshadowed streaming access to *all the music*. I'm now looking back to resurrecting my dead 3rd Gen. It caught the click of death after about three years of intense daily use. With no tutorials of any kind online at the time I made a hole in the touchwheel trying to open it. I'm encouraged to see new batteries, storage and boost convertors available to give the poor battered thing some new life.
I have a samsung galaxy s21 ultra...over 300 songs on it through bluetooth, but apart of me missing just having a wired ipod headphones. :( So I'm looking to buy a retro ipod.
Hugh and dankpods are very different people. One who is an expertise in electronic and another is a musician but both are collectors. Love dank and hughy.
Nice restoration :) I've been watching DankPods as well and the phrase "someone's been in here before" rings bells! I had a problem (once before) with one of those adapters on my Philips 20GB media player. I'll have another look at it at some point to see if I can get it working (not that I need to bother with the Philips as its original 20GB IDE HDD works OK). Also, thanks to watching your videos, DankPods videos, and a video fron Budget Builds Official (all about iPods), I bought myself an 80GB iPod Classic (can't remember which generation). It's a great device - all I need to do is transfer my music on it via Itunes, as being a Windows PC user, I've been predominantly using Windows Media Player.
For my own footnote. I still use the older iPod Mini (2004-2005). I absolutely LOVE the thing and will keep it forever. Upgraded the drive to an SSD (64 or 128, I forgot). New battery and Rockbox'ed it. Sound is amazing. Have countless extras for parts. It's easy to work on, reliable. The only minor thing about it that I do not like is that cable that connects the MB to the HD is delicate and can get damaged. Even when ordering that cable off of eBay, I have received damaged ones. Beyond that, it is a perfect device.
4 years late, but anyway I just repaired the same gen 3 classic iPod and the easiest way to restore is via USB on either XP or Windows 7 with Apple's iPod Updater, 2005-03-23 for Windows (it has all the firmware, so no internet needed), worked flawlessly, just restore then plug into power socket via firewire brick, exit disk mode and reboot while plugged in. No faffing around in disk utility with old/newer macs, which all failed or wanted to use firewire.
The price of a 40 gb was $499. It was really expensive. I bought a few of these models and I had the same problem with one of the headphones. Really cool design
This brought back some memories, I actually still have my original 40gb ipod sitting in a box somewhere lol. And yes I did actually use up all 40gbs back in the day, evanescence discog ftw lol. I'm an Aussie BTW and I think I paid like $500 or $600 for it, but the fact I used it for a solid 10+ years I think it was good value
As old as you are? Man, I'm old. I bought a 20GB 3rd gen iPod in 2004. I still have it and it's in near mint condition. I've replaced the battery twice in it. It's no longer my daily music player (I have a 7th gen and my iPhone for that), but I still really like the look and feel of it. The 40GB model was $399 US in 2004. My 20GB model was $299 and came with a case, the dock, the remote, and all the accessories.
oh god what a nightmare with the restoring. how does apple still have the 'plug and play everything is so easy and perfectly engineered and user friendly' reputation? also BAT-TREE
@3:40 - RE: OS Restore. The 3rd Gen iPod I bought new here in Canada back in the day , and still have to this day, came with a cable that was USB 2.0 and Firewire. You plugged the Firewire into the charge brick and the USB 2.0 into the computer for sync. Made just about everything about it a pain in the butt. Glad that by the time I got my iPhone 3GS that replaced carrying around 2 devices, that Apple had overcome this restriction.
Super amazing video man, I love the work you do, very clear info also is inspiring how you put efforts time and money into bringing up of Apple devices back to life. Keep it up Huges.
I think many users in the 2003 era would have not been able to fill 40GB of space. Not only were the only files available from Apple (in ITunes default mode) in AAC, they were only 128kb. When you buy music now in AAC, the smallest files are 256kb.
In my head, this is what I looked like fixing my own iPod classic as a teen. In reality, I just banged on it until the clicking sound stopped. Worked for another 10 years though so I guess it worked. Haha!
You can get these faceplates like new by wet sanding with 2000 and then buffing with an excenter polisher and compound (otherwise used for car detailing).
¨this looks like a fun little project¨ Nice one, Hugh. Such a trip. BTW when you work with several of the same item, you first detect problems, then open and try to repair swapping parts, and finally resolve what are you going to do. Humble suggestion. Also all those scratches can be removed or at least hidden with some medium car wax.
I have 3. One was an original christmas of 2003 gift. They have great DAC's. I have a IDE>CF>SD>MicroSD card in mine. I will always love the 3rd gen the most. I loved the button layout that was never used again. Also in a seperate but no completely unrelated fact: The terrible stock batteries in these models led eventual RUclipsr Casey Neistat to make a short movie about how the batteries basically suck and Apple just wanted you to buy a whole new iPod. It's not his first ever video but it did go viral back when there was no standardized online video platform. I got his name on the map so to speak.
0:57 Dankpods: I raised that boy
*_SOMEONES BEEN IN HERE_*
🎶Someone's been in here🎶
No just joking it was me
@@afrociaal8073 what
everyone on here talking about DankPods and I am 100% ok with that
"sahmone's bin in heere!"
Hugh and Dankpods should do a collab
Yes
Wade should
@Örs Bota **gasp**
pandemic: I'll stop you right there
exactly and they are both aussie
Dankpods would approve
Yesss
Yas he would say someones been in here
Dingus
Haitch pea
Just thinking that myself.
Hugh is 17 years old & mastered the art of repairing... What am I doing with my life?!
We're watching a 17 year old that has mastered the art of repairing... What are we doing with our lives?!
He loved his job so he learned and practiced from the internet and became this professional 👌 we are learning too from his vedios
0:57 SOMEONE’S BEEN IN HERE!
i checked internet archives
the 40GB was $499
20GB was $399
and 10GB was $299
( prices are in USD )
What Are The Aussie Prices
For Hugh
#dankpods
@@Stick_official1 40gb is 685, 20gb is 548 and 10 gb is 410
I also went the archive route, but I checked 2004 since that's when the 40GB model shown was manufactured. It was only $399 by then. Nobody was paying $1,000 for small electronics back then! Even a few hundred bucks for a base iPod was regarded as way overpriced by many.
Kristopher Tope I Tried The Wayback Machine But I Get Redirected To The US Site
I guess that's the closest we'll go
“These iPods are almost as old as I am”
Welp, I’m dead inside.
Are u fucking kidding me?
Really? I caught the sads :(((((((((((
Just get your batteries changed, you’ll be fine
I absolutely love how he just pulls up 3 computers just to restore the iPod
Dankpods: someone's been in here!!
*stares longingly at the 1 grit*
There is such thing as a Dankpod
@stephensnell5707 holy shit, I made that comment 3 years ago
Someone’s been in here!
DankPods Itself!
"yea it's me"
I loved the update process on the first iPod -- how many people happen to have multiple generations of old MacBooks lying around just in case they are needed?
DankPods would love this.
His chanel is great and he is hilarious but he should branch out and mess around with tech that is not ipod related
he does, check out some of the recent vids, he’s doing a lot of different things at the minute👍
I was thinking the same thing dude
Yep, especially since he fixed the first one using "the cheap and dirty" method. 😁
@@elgigante2001 give her the old one grit
I bought a 40Gb in 2003. I can't overstate how revolutionary it was to carry all your music with you. I had a Belkin FM transmitter on it and every radio I had was tuned to it. My music literally followed me more seamlessly than it does today. Bluetooth is better but FM was idiot proof.
It's hard to be impressed by tech in the way the iPod was impressive. Everyone had portable audio and everyone had lots of physical media at home. And everyone had to choose what to carry around with them and what to play at any one time because changing took time.
The iPod completely upended that forever. Its on-demand access to all your music foreshadowed streaming access to *all the music*. I'm now looking back to resurrecting my dead 3rd Gen. It caught the click of death after about three years of intense daily use. With no tutorials of any kind online at the time I made a hole in the touchwheel trying to open it. I'm encouraged to see new batteries, storage and boost convertors available to give the poor battered thing some new life.
I have a samsung galaxy s21 ultra...over 300 songs on it through bluetooth, but apart of me missing just having a wired ipod headphones. :( So I'm looking to buy a retro ipod.
Needs a 1 grit for the old hard drives
I would like this comment, but I can’t ruin that lovely number of likes.
@@itsbriarwallace I can
@@itsbriarwallace me too
SOMEONES BEEN IN HERE!
Hugh Jefferys watches Dankpods confirmed
91tech almost dies trying to open the iPod, Hugh just pops it right out lmao
Somebody's been in here. #DankPodGang
Dankpods would be in his Glory watching this
I was thinking about that
Dude! That’s sooooo true
"SOMEONES BEEN IN 'ERE!!" ~ Dankpods
Hugh and dankpods are very different people. One who is an expertise in electronic and another is a musician but both are collectors. Love dank and hughy.
This guy should do a collab video with Dank Pods
yes
Yeah. Or else he's gonna be a Dingus
They are also both Australians
Or with Jerry Rig everything so he can fix them again xD
Aussies gonna Aussie.
The phrase "Someone's been in here" works too well with this video
Dankpods wants to know your location
@Ellis The DJ iPod RUclipsr, you should check him out you're going to see Dankpods comments all around lol
Error Internet disconnected
Nice restoration :) I've been watching DankPods as well and the phrase "someone's been in here before" rings bells!
I had a problem (once before) with one of those adapters on my Philips 20GB media player. I'll have another look at it at some point to see if I can get it working (not that I need to bother with the Philips as its original 20GB IDE HDD works OK).
Also, thanks to watching your videos, DankPods videos, and a video fron Budget Builds Official (all about iPods), I bought myself an 80GB iPod Classic (can't remember which generation). It's a great device - all I need to do is transfer my music on it via Itunes, as being a Windows PC user, I've been predominantly using Windows Media Player.
The following people are asking for your location: *DankPods*
Do you want to share your location?
Yes <
No
*Location sharing for 1 hour.*
They're both aussie
I think DankPods is from Adelaide. Hugh is from Frankston in Melbourne
Dankpods be like: "HEY I'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE"
For my own footnote. I still use the older iPod Mini (2004-2005). I absolutely LOVE the thing and will keep it forever. Upgraded the drive to an SSD (64 or 128, I forgot). New battery and Rockbox'ed it. Sound is amazing. Have countless extras for parts. It's easy to work on, reliable. The only minor thing about it that I do not like is that cable that connects the MB to the HD is delicate and can get damaged. Even when ordering that cable off of eBay, I have received damaged ones. Beyond that, it is a perfect device.
0:44 0:55 SOMEONE’S BEEN IN HERE
"These Ipods are almost as old as I am"
HOW OLD ARE YOU?? I refuse to believe that someone so young is so talented in restoring phones
I was saying the exact thing lol
Hugh Jeffreys: Uploads an ipod repair video
Everyone in the comments: *Dankpods! Someone’s been in here!*
I bought a custom USB charger for mine, with 5V to 12V conversion built-in. Nice video Hugh.
Hugh: 2 of 3 Done!
DankPods: SOMEONE HAS BEEN IN HERE!
Always love these vintage iPod videos - thank you for this great content!
They weren't the best iPods though and would quite power hungry because of the Hard Drive rather than Flash Storage
Me: breaks iPad mini while trying to fix it aka ripped the lcd flex then I couldn’t hear anything after turning it on
Hugh Jeffery: a very fun project
R.I.P. Zaid Mujadidi's iPad Mini
DankPods makes it look so easy
4 years late, but anyway I just repaired the same gen 3 classic iPod and the easiest way to restore is via USB on either XP or Windows 7 with Apple's iPod Updater, 2005-03-23 for Windows (it has all the firmware, so no internet needed), worked flawlessly, just restore then plug into power socket via firewire brick, exit disk mode and reboot while plugged in. No faffing around in disk utility with old/newer macs, which all failed or wanted to use firewire.
The price of a 40 gb was $499. It was really expensive. I bought a few of these models and I had the same problem with one of the headphones. Really cool design
This brought back some memories, I actually still have my original 40gb ipod sitting in a box somewhere lol. And yes I did actually use up all 40gbs back in the day, evanescence discog ftw lol.
I'm an Aussie BTW and I think I paid like $500 or $600 for it, but the fact I used it for a solid 10+ years I think it was good value
As old as you are? Man, I'm old. I bought a 20GB 3rd gen iPod in 2004. I still have it and it's in near mint condition. I've replaced the battery twice in it. It's no longer my daily music player (I have a 7th gen and my iPhone for that), but I still really like the look and feel of it. The 40GB model was $399 US in 2004. My 20GB model was $299 and came with a case, the dock, the remote, and all the accessories.
"THE BOIS ALIVE!!!!"-dankpods
Mate, Someone's been in here!
I'm sure many people yelled "someone's been in here"
Ah yes, a young dankpods apprentice. Brings tears to my eyes.
you should do a collab with dankpods, its gonna be interesting watching 2 australian opening up iPods
*SOMEONE’S BEEN IN HERE!*
Bought one of these 3rd gens brand new when I was 30. Stolen off my desk at work. SIGH loved it.
Brings back memories.
0:07 The council will now decide your fate
oh god what a nightmare with the restoring. how does apple still have the 'plug and play everything is so easy and perfectly engineered and user friendly' reputation? also BAT-TREE
Comments:
95%: Dankpods related
4%: Everything else
1%: This comment
Actually your comment would be around .5%
I see these comments on every video with several reoccurring comments
My favourite part of my Saturday, thanks Hugh! ❤️
Man the content is released at that moment. Why?????
You did the cheap and dirty way when flash modding that iopod
I still have mine. So this video is great tool for me to get it up and running
@3:40 - RE: OS Restore. The 3rd Gen iPod I bought new here in Canada back in the day , and still have to this day, came with a cable that was USB 2.0 and Firewire. You plugged the Firewire into the charge brick and the USB 2.0 into the computer for sync. Made just about everything about it a pain in the butt. Glad that by the time I got my iPhone 3GS that replaced carrying around 2 devices, that Apple had overcome this restriction.
Yessssss it wouldn’t be a 2003 iPod if avril lavigne wasn’t playing
I swear to god your video adds a unique touch to my day
He must be really confused with the comments,
And yes, SOMEONES BEEN IN HERE
*Dankpods* viewers also watch this channel
All of the comments are about dankpods and i love it
"these ipods from 2003 are almost as old as I am"
now i feel really old
Gonna be honest I thought this was an upload from dankpods
I am so proud of the dankpods comments.
I'm just here for Dankpods comments. Good on'ya mate.
Love how many DankPods fans there are here :))
2003 is apparently vintage now, bloody hell.
The battery on that first iPod was absolutely horrifying and needs to be quarantined
Super amazing video man, I love the work you do, very clear info also is inspiring how you put efforts time and money into bringing up of Apple devices back to life. Keep it up Huges.
I don’t see why he isn’t at 1 million yet, I subscribed when he nearly just started and it’s been fun watching his channel grow
This was the first ipod i ever saw. a classmate brought his to school in 04 and he was instantly the coolest kid in class lol.
I think many users in the 2003 era would have not been able to fill 40GB of space. Not only were the only files available from Apple (in ITunes default mode) in AAC, they were only 128kb. When you buy music now in AAC, the smallest files are 256kb.
DankPods Will Be Proud.
This sounds really interesting thanks for your content 😁😁😁😁
Same
In my head, this is what I looked like fixing my own iPod classic as a teen. In reality, I just banged on it until the clicking sound stopped. Worked for another 10 years though so I guess it worked. Haha!
SAMEONES BIN IN HERE!
Dankpod and you should do a collapsed!
collasped lol
Never change this
Edit: actually imma preserve the comment by saying it says:
Dankpod and you should do a collapsed
It’s ok if autocorrect gets you
Yes they must collapse.
Auto correction problem
@@Mrwhosethesus I know but it was pretty funny.
You can get these faceplates like new by wet sanding with 2000 and then buffing with an excenter polisher and compound (otherwise used for car detailing).
Someone has been in here!
-Dankpods
-Hugh
Where is DankPods with that 1 grit like he would use that beauty to fix that dead iPod right up.
¨this looks like a fun little project¨
Nice one, Hugh. Such a trip.
BTW when you work with several of the same item, you first detect problems, then open and try to repair swapping parts, and finally resolve what are you going to do. Humble suggestion.
Also all those scratches can be removed or at least hidden with some medium car wax.
Proud Filipino here as I seen your videos that these hard drives came from the Philippines. 🇵🇭
From where do you get all these free stuff?
TEAM UP WITH DANKPODS
one of my favourite youtuber! keep up the good work!
at 4:43 is that the original BB software?
Because it doesnt look like android 6 to me
so did you custom rom it or something?
everyone's been at it with the "SHUMWUN'S BEEN IN HERE" meme so i'll go with the other meme "BAT-TREE"
*one grit coming along your way*
You need to do a collab with DankPods
I have 3. One was an original christmas of 2003 gift. They have great DAC's. I have a IDE>CF>SD>MicroSD card in mine. I will always love the 3rd gen the most. I loved the button layout that was never used again. Also in a seperate but no completely unrelated fact: The terrible stock batteries in these models led eventual RUclipsr Casey Neistat to make a short movie about how the batteries basically suck and Apple just wanted you to buy a whole new iPod. It's not his first ever video but it did go viral back when there was no standardized online video platform. I got his name on the map so to speak.
'These ipods are almost as old as I am' I left school in 04' - I now feel really old!
This was my first iPod loved it 👌
thanks for the tip about restoring the ipod i spent hours trying to do it with no luck but after your tips it was working just fine thank you
'Made in 2003 - Almost as old as I am' - I feel attacked, you young whippersnapper!
I wanna see you and dankpods do a video together now that would be fun to watch
Hugh And Dankpods Are Related
Reason
Dankpods Says iChoons
Hugh Says iChoons
You are doing great, Hugh.
I feel so old seeing these ipods i had 3... im 32 btw
No one gives a freak !!!
@@chocolatemilkshake9168 shut yo ass up young whipper-snapper lol
Bruh I'm about 13 and I feel old just realizing that 2012 was 8 years ago.
King Dee, Gaming and Memes brah just thinking about that is insane. 8 years ago, how time flies and I’m only 17.
I remember Duraga1 converting his iPod to SSD ZIF Drive I wonder if that project was completed...
It wasn’t
wait until he finds out that these ipods work with almost no accessories, and that they require FireWire
(note: dankspods is cool)
That first one had a nice spicy pillow