Next up is the 4th generation iPod Classic. Honestly, I took on this project just to see if it would be more difficult to mod than the iPod Mini and iPod Classic 3rd gen I had modded before. Turns out, it’s not particularly challenging—as long as you're careful and precise, you’ll be fine.

All of my USB-C mods on iPods are done without a custom PCB. I wire and solder everything directly onto the iPod’s mainboard.

Here’s the pinout I use:

• VCC → Pin 23
• D- → Pin 25
• D+ → Pin 27
• GND → Pins 29-30

Additionally, I add a 5.1kΩ pull-down resistor to both CC1 and CC2 pins on the USB-C connector.

For my needs, I don’t require audio output or a dock—I just need the iPod to charge and sync with a computer. So this kind of mod works perfectly for me.

Thanks for reading this far, and I wish you the best of luck with your own mods.
Feel free to drop any questions below—I’ll answer them when I see them!

The most modded ipod. usbc, taptic engine, bluetooth, speaker, wireless charging, 2000 mah battery, sd card storage, and a custom (thick) clipless backplate!

It keeps doing this then goes black but I really wanna see my old photos and that on it, any tips?

Just bought this iPod classic 6th Gen for 5€. Was that a deal? It turns on, as u can see it is a little bit scratched, and the gear’s (idk if this is its name) touch is not regular in every point, but it works. No charger nor accessories.

Saved this iPod from a flea market (got for 9$ and it’s nearly intact, view other post for more iPods I found).

The main idea i had was to use it just to archive my current Spotify playlist (I used a downloader that kinda did the job, downloading around half of my current list cause it’s too long, not efficient enough tho).

Do I just keep it as my archive by putting it into deep sleep and updating the playlists every now and then?

Or am I missing something about keeping an iPod nowadays?

One of the videos is a 5.5 gen, no idea what touch generation and the Nanos battery isn’t expanded, so I’ll replace it. Was it a good deal? (Haven’t got them yet so can’t check anything, sellers pic)

I got this iPod 5th gen (or 5.5 idk) for 30€, fully working. (The custom UI’s ’cause I already set up RockBox lol)

hey everyone, over the past few months I have been developing a all-in-one music social media app that allows you to share, discover, review, and compete in all things related to music and events. I was told by a user that this would be a good place to find music lovers who may be interested, so if it sounds interesting to you i would really appreciate a download and any feedback. It’s also a social media so it’s best enjoyed with your friends, so share around and follow me @ghasler9

Scored this beauty for $10! (Well technically no because I had to have the battery serviced but still waaayy lower than the prices in Marketplace lol)

I got a 4th gen monochrome classic, recently. I want to like it so bad, but it's been a major hassle to use thus far.

First off, figuring out how to charge it took ages. I thought it was broken at first. A 30 pin cable didn't charge it from my computer, nor any of the bricks I normally use, nor a fast charging brick with a USB C to A adapter. I ended up finding an ancient iPhone charging brick that worked, thankfully, but it's the only one I have that will charge it.

Second, music. When I got this iPod, it had a bad drive, so I replaced it with a drive from a donor classic (that one had a bad battery, and it wouldn't charge, so I thought I'd messed up. I threw away the iPod except for the drive. It wasn't til recently that I understood that it wasn't charging because of the brick stipulation. I did a lot of research into why it wouldn't charge, but the only thing that people seemed to say was that the board was toast, or that the replacement battery itself was bad, but I tested it with a multimeter and it seemed fine. So I threw that iPod away for nothing). There were a bunch of songs on it (that I didn't like), but a number of them seemed corrupted or something? There were parts of some songs that would skip and get all messed up, but somehow it was accounted for in the song's runtime, which I thought was strange. So I reset the iPod, and had to plug it into a wall outlet for it to finish resetting. Looking into this is the only reason I learned about the charging brick thing, as it was mentioned in passing on one of these posts.

Third, syncing. I have 3 of my own songs on it right now. Why not more? Because it won't sync! It takes 15-20 minutes *per song* to sync. It usually overheats and disconnects itself at some point, resetting all progress. My computer says, "There's something wrong with the drive," but when I repair it, it says there's no errors. I pointed a fan at it to prevent it from overheating, and that helped, but after 10 songs, it disconnected anyway. I think the battery died on it. Windows gave the same error of something being wrong with the drive, but when I unplugged it, the battery was almost drained. It had been stuck on one song for half an hour before that happened though, so maybe not.

Is this just me not knowing how to use it? Is my iPod toast? Do I have to get iFlash or whatever? It'd be kind of annoying to have to spend more on a mod for it than I spent on the iPod itself. By the time I buy one of those, this thing will have cost more than purchasing a used, newer gen classic that doesn't have issues. I'm getting really tired of this thing.

Is there a way to power an ipod mini through the 30 pin connector, with NO internal battery in place? With a power bank/adapter or similar?

Hace poco consegui un iPod Mini Modificado, en su parte trasera duce 4Gb, pero viene con 128Gb Estube averiguando como poder conectarlo mis AirPods y encontre una forma, le consegui un transmisor Bluethoot de la marca SoomFon Detalles con el transmisor - en lugar cerrado o en espacios pequeños es muy bueno, poca latencia, sonido espectacular Pero ya al caminar con el ipod y el transmisor a la altura de cintura a mano suelta, la señal se pierde, nesesita esta en posicion viendo hacia los airpods, ¿Alguien sabe de alguna otra opcion de un transmisor mas potente y que sea de pequeño tamano?!

All of these Audiophiles keeps saying “the 5th Gen’s DAC sounds warm and is superior to the 6th/7th Gen.

I want to mod my 160gb thick 6th gen. And i want to know if this would work woth a cf to zif adapter.

Hi,
Just got introduced and about to buy my first ipod, really excited about modding it. Found these cheap, but is it possible to see the model of these ipods by just this picture of the front? Am just interested in the two models to the right, thank you very much :)

Just recently got into iPods and I’m wondering if this is a big problem or not. It works fine just has a line on the screen, which is only noticeable when I boot it up. Thanks

As the title says, I have a working iPod video that has been connected in my car forever, but my perfect scenario would be to have Bluetooth capabilities and USB 3.0.

I couldn't find a mega thread on this sub but maybe I missed it.

I appreciate any help!

I have an iPod touch gen 2 that I bought and it was wiped when I bought it. I set it up and put a password on but forgot the password and got locked out to a point it says disabled connect to iTunes I tried multiple versions of iTunes just to be told iTunes can't do anything since it has a password and I need to unlock it but I can't even enter the password. I tried to put it in recovery mode but it won't go in recovery mode what can I do to fix this?

Most of the time I see a old apple device, they are all scratched up because they didn’t have a case, but why is that?

Hi,

I'm considering buying an iPod Touch Gen 7 for dirt cheap to use it as an running tracker and music player. The iPhone is just too big and bulky and I know the Apple Watch and other fitness watches exist but I don't want to spend money on a device that would just lie around (tried using smart watches multiple times but it ended up the same). So is it possible to use the iPod touch with Beats Fit Pro and use the Nike NRC app for tracking workouts? I suppose that Spotify works just fine on the iPod.

Thanks

Just ordered a 4th gen with the description of a battery problem, I charged it, updated it and let it charge for around 10 hours and that seems to have woken up the battery. But I just added a song to it to test it out and nothing comes out of the headphone jack, audio still comes out of the 30 pin on speaker docks and stuff but so far nothing from the headphone jack. is this going to be a hard/expensive fix? any advice would be much appreciated. p.s. i dont know if it will matter but its a 40 gig