iPod 4th Generation - Re-Animation

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After seeing iFixit's great Halloween video 'iPod ReAnimation! Adding Flash Storage and a New Battery to a 4th Gen iPod', I decided to bring some life back into my old 4th Gen iPod.

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Very easy. Compared to fixing iPhones, this was so easy. The hardest part was sourcing the correct SSD.

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If you want to bring life back into an old 4th Generation iPod, watch iFixit's video and look at their guides. I purchased the replacement battery from iFixit and the SSD from Amazon (64GB KingSpec 1.8-inch IDE CF 50-pin SSD Solid State Disk (MLC)). Battery was easy to replace. SSD was even easier - connects to the iPod without the need for an adaptor.

My iPod was just sitting in the bottom of my drawer because the battery was dead. I watched iFixit's video and thought it would be nice to bring it back to life with a new battery and the addition of a SSD.

My iPod was originally 40gb. It now shows 60gb of available storage and it boots up in no time thanks to the SSD.