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These are a few my recent iPod repair experiences.
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Laurence Groffman emailed me from Montclair New Jersey (07043) about his 16GB 6th Gen Nano. The message read,
"Hello,
I accidentally (of course) put my Nano in the washing machine. While it is sparkling clean, it is not functional. I put the device in rice for a couple of days, and it actually powered on after connecting it to the computer. I even heard it play some music when I clicked on a song. But the volume control does not work, and when I tried to play it in my car today, nothing played when I tried to start a song.
Any thoughts on whether or not this is worth repairing?
Thanks so much.
Laurence Groffman"
We went back about the project and it got here a week later. I was able to make it work again perfectly after 4 days.
The total cost including return shipping was $40
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Kendra Gaither called me from Martinsburg West Virginia (25405) about her iPod Touch 3rd Gen.
Actually it's her daughter's iPod. It had two problems, one was the Home key wouldn't work faithfully, the other was the Power on/Off button wasn't working properly.
The iPod arrived it had the problems I thought. The switch on the upper glass digitizer had problems. Replacing that piece corrected the problem.
The power on/off switch problem stem from how Apple chose to solve a problem. In many of Apple's products they have moved to cold forged aluminum parts that are NC machined to their final form. Think Laptops, think iPad backs and think the iPhone 5's back. When they use Aluminum it no give and doesn't flex under finger pressure.
For the Power button on the Touch they use Black plastic to press a smaller single pole, single throw push button switch. Under strong finger pressure... think most guys... the button will distort and in some cases the two screws holding the push button switch to the button itself back off. When the screws back off slightly there is a tendency to press even harder because the switch is harder to close.
Apple in order to over come a bit of the flex in the plastic button decided to glue a small metal disc to the back of the plastic piece. The disc is to reduce flex under pressure so the switch behind the button actually gets pressed.
In a number of cases the glue fails and the metal disc un-seats and shifts. When this happens the Power button is almost impossible to turn on or off.
That is what happened to the Gaither daughter's iPod.
Replacing the upper glass was $59 and the correcting the Power button was $20.
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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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