Ipod battery replacements with these easy procedures. Please be warned that although replacing the battery is easy, it will void 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 realize 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 policy demands that you send in your iPod (any model), and Apple will exchange the battery and ship it to you for $59 plus handling and shipping. Technically, Apple actually exchanges your whole unit with an equivalent new model or factory-refurbished model in a brand new case, with its own 90-day service warranty; if it was already engraved by Apple, it will be engraved over again.

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

3. Over time, the battery will not maintain the same amount of charge as when it was newly bought. This is natural, and occurs to all lithium ion batteries. This continued degradation will not affect, or be detected by, most users during the life of their iPod. %Yet%, based on usage, environmental factors, and several other variables, some heavy users may observe a great degradation than others. It is crucial to know that this is the exact same degradation that would happen with any lithium ion battery applied in any laptop, cell phone, portable music player, etc.

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

Instructions

Step 1 - Procure an iPod battery online or in a retail store closest you. iPod batteries can be bought for as low as $11. You have to be sure that the replacement battery you buy is for your iPod.

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

Step 3 - You are going to have to employ that tool or screwdriver again to take out the battery from the hard drive. Once taken out, disconnect it from the board.

Step 4 - Plug in the newly bought battery to the board of the iPod (where you unplugged the old battery) and set it on the glue that stayed 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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