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These are a few my recent iPod repair experiences.
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Charlie Herber called me from Altura, Minnesota
to discuss his daughter's 3rd Gen Nano that had gone through the washer a month earlier.
It got here a or two later and I could tell right away that it needed a new LCD screen. I opened it up, processed the corrosion which is pictured here and replaced the LCD so I could see what it was doing. The new one worked fine and did the scroll wheel and the memory was intact all the songs were there.
The iPod seemed to work, the one thing I didn't try was to see if the Firewire of UBS power connections would recharge the battery. These tests would see if we had a failed connection on the port or perhaps a bad recharge circuit on the logic board or a good recharge system.
The device wouldn't take a charge from either the FW or USB so we had a logic board failure point. I called Charlie and let him in on the bad news. What I hadn't done so was check to see if the USB port had a good data connection which it did.
So the iPod could have new material added to it but it would never be able to be used as a battery based portable device and I let Charlie know it could be the basis of an 'iHome' or car stereo but it would only work in something that was plugged into an external power system.
He elected to forego the repair and I set up a refund for him of $20 of the $40 he sent. We then reached a second arrangement where he sold iPod for $20 so I would have a good scroll wheel for someone else that encountered a problem in the future.
This is shot of the corrosion after a month of waiting post trip through washer. Notice the legs of the Apple branded 338S0408 07288HAX (e4 in a circle) power chip regulating/recharge chip are clearly corroded away and missing in a few cases. You can click on the image below and it will pop a detail shot of the same image
He received a refund of $20 on the $40 he sent in to get it repaired.
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Valentine Feldman sent her 30GB 5th Generation video iPod in from Hazlet, New Jersey.
It was the result of a phone call we had where she described now being able to hear in one side of the earbuds.
It required replacing the headphone jack and hold lock switch.
The part was $35 and labor with return shipping was $40. A total of $75 to get her iPod working perfectly again.
Fixed - Total cost..$75.
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Charlotte Kowalski sent her iPod in from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Her 30GB 5th Generation video iPod had been water immersed and needed my special abilities to bring it back to life.
It got here and I went to work. I was able to get most aspects working correctly, but the LCD screen had a lot of water trapped between the layers leaving a grey and cloudy screen.
She need to get the LCD replaced and it was the right time to change the battery too.
The LCD was $33, the battery was $23 and labor including return shipping was $40 totaling $96 to get her iPod back with all of her music working perfectly.
Fixed - Total cost..$96.
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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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