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These are a few my recent iPod repair experiences.
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Ricardo Mendoza lives in Wichita Kansas (67203).
He's a hair stylist there and called me one day to discuss his 6th Gen 80GB video iPod. It seems he was using it in the bathroom and it somehow dropped into his not yet flushed toilet. (Yes, I work on iPods like this too... you just put it out of your mind.) He couldn't get it to work again and sent it to me.
I took it completely apart, 'barnyard acids' require me to process things a bit differently. I need to neutralize the acidity and then go about trying to restore the device. Ultimately I was able to get everything working again except the the LCD screen. The corrosive acid had destroyed the backlight connection and it wasn't able to get the backlight on.
The replacement LCD was $41 and labor was $40... this is the point where I need to tell you that he officially renamed the device "The Pee Pod".
Works perfectly now.
Fixed - Total cost $81.
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This next story is about something I warn people about all the time.
That they *CANNOT* positively influence the out come of a water case by taking the device apart. Pierce Tibma lives in Safety Harbor Florida (34695). He has an 8GB 4th Gen Nano. Let me re-qualify that, he had an 8GB 4th Gen Nano. Like many people ran the Nano through the washer and dryer and didn't discover it until after the fact.
Unlike many people he decided to take it apart himself and see if could positively influence things. In each iteration of iPods, Apple makes it more difficult to dis-assemble and repair. Frankly they in the sales business and aren't even a repair part supplier to iPods see they would probably prefer that people like me don't exist.
Apple has several trip wires that lead to the destruction of the Nano 4th Gen and when Pierce opened his up he hit tow of them. He ripped the hold lock switch ribbon, permanently destroying that utility. He also ripped the scroll wheel ribbon, permanently destroying the connection *on* the logic board for the scroll wheel. These are not fixable or replaceable issues.
If you've read this site at all, you know I have a certain... candor. This is the message I sent Pierce,
"Well that was a waste of a an iPod I might have had a chance at saving.
What made you think you were capable of adding anything positive to the result by opening the device... REALLY?
You've destroyed it, just the way Apple hoped you would by opening it.
There are 3 hair triggers that have to be worked around, you stepped on everyone.
Sending it back with a $20 refund, your ripped the hold/lock, ripped the scroll wheel ribbon, stripped and lost screws.
Bad Human...
Frank"
It was in the mail back to him the same day it arrived. I don't count that one on my fatality column because I never had a chance. I get a pass when ever a bad Human screws the pooch.
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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-IPOD-PRO (1 - 877 - 476-3776)
Send the device to:
Frank Walburg
2145 Service Court
Santa Rosa, Ca 95403-3139
Methods of payment
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