Stories about iPod repairs, how to fix iPods, iPod repair service in Middle Village, New York, iPod repair service in Troy, Missouri, iPod repair service in South San Francisco, California - Recent Fixes - i Sick Bay

Jovan Mrvos sent his Video iPod in from Middle Village, New York This was a water immersion case. When he got a hold of me by phone what wasn't clear based on the error he described is whether we had a failed logic board or a failed hard drive.

He had already sent the device to a place to get repaired but they had thrown up their hands and decided it was beyond repair. I didn't hear from Jovan for several days then I got this message, "I apologize for the delay in following up but i had get my iPod back from ipodcorrectors.com, whom I had sent the unit to originally. So this will serve as a heads up that I've sent the sick iPod to you via Fed-Ex which you should receive tomorrow with a check for $40. Here's hoping you can repair the unit."

It arrived within a day or so and I was able to determine that everything worked except the logic board, which had become permanently damaged from lead oxide corrosion.

Since the device was one of the earliest video iPods, the battery in it was nearly 2 years old and I suggested it was time to replace it.

Jovan agreed to replace the logic board at $90 and the battery at $23. He PayPal'd the $113 in.

He also wanted the music on the drive extracted and parked on the drive so he could add it permanently back to his new iTunes Library. So I ran the data extraction and reformatted the drive, (he's a Mac user... wise choice.. it smokes Windows in ease of use and has virus/malware problems) and copied back to the drive all the music files.

He intends to use the iPod less as a music playing device and more as a video playback device. Remember, the Video iPod will play back and present a 640 by 480 full size standard NTSC TV signal out the headphone jack if you have the composite video/stereo cable.

In his case for $153 he got back a digital video recorder to play back TV shows on.

Fixed - Total cost..$153 .

Lydia Kroninger of Troy, Missouri

called me to discuss her Green Nano 2nd Gen and it's being dropped in water. I have developed a reputation for being able to fix iPods that have been "dropped in soup", "dropped in a toilet", "dropped in a jar of honey". A lot of people read the Jason Rockhill article on the site and get a hold of me some as far away as Brazil and Scotland. I sent an email describing how she could send it in to get repaired and it arrived a few days later. I was able to get all aspects of the Nano again except the screen. It had a failed trace from corrosion on its ribbon connector. She agreed to get the screen replaced and sent $33 for the new LCD via PayPal. Here's her working iPod.

Fixed - Total cost $73.

Matt Clegg sent his 4th Generation Photo iPod in from South San Francisco
Frankly this was a long shot. He had dropped his iPod in water months and months earlier. We had hoped I would be able to make it work and that being true would have also put a new battery in it. I was never able to get it to work again, and had to send it back with a $20 refund.

I'm in Sonoma County... Northern California wine country.

If you live nearby, are traveling through or live in the San Francisco Bay Area bring your iPod to me and I can do the work while you wait or go wine tasting for a while. Send me an email just to make sure I have on hand whatever parts your repair will require.

Call or email me with questions or to set up a repair. You can also call, I am here most days from 8am to 8pm
Toll Free 1-877-476-3776 (1 - 877 - 476-3776)

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