Is your iPod low on battery power ? If yes, send the iPod (with the battery) to Apple and they'll will send you a replacement iPod fitted with a brand new battery for around $65 as service charges. All your existing songs and video collection will obviously get erased.If that sounds too expensive an option, get an an iPod battery kit at half the Apple price from the market and replace the iPod battery yourself by disassembling the unit as explained in the following Youtube video.
Though it is not so difficult a task to replace the iPod battery at your home - if you not too adventurous, it's better to pay those extra bucks and get a new one from Apple.
If you iPod batter runs out of juice in the first year of operation, you can ask for a free replacement since the iPod 1-year warranty also covers the iPod battery unit. [via]
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Reader Comments
Sending your iPode back to Apple doesn't always work. I sent my iPod in to get a new battery and after charging me $71 plus shipping charges they sent it back without doing anything. To top it off they didn't send any of the cordage back that I sent with the pod. In fact it took me three attempts and them three tries with shipping to get me EVERYTHING back. I spent a lot of frustrating time on the phone talking to phantom customer support and getting hung up on at least twice. And lodging a complaint over the phone, email and snail-mail did nothing to remedy the problem.
So, I only recommend this to the stout of heart. Meanwhile I will never send Apple another thing of mine and in fact hope MS soon gets rid of DRM from the Zune.
Written on 9/5/07 12:05 PM