A+ , my iPod went from dead and never used to alive and running everyday with amazing battery life. 🔋 Thank you! Perfect fit , easy install

product as expected

This brought my iPod Classic back to the day I bought it. I tested the battery life at over 20 hours listening at moderate volume. My only complaint is that the thickness of this battery is right at the limit for what will allow you to clip the case back closed and not have the LCD press into the front polycarbonate from the back side. If it were just a paper's thickness thinner it would be much easier to fit.

I have done one of these before but many years ago. Decided to buy the kit to have the needed tools fir this and future jobs like this. The Ifix it tool kit was good quality for the price. This is not really a complaint but the Ifixit tools were packaged in a bo, that was in a box, that was in a box. The boxes made a nice presentation of the product and the packaging was very good and made the product look smart but in reality everything could have been in a ziploc bag and maybe just the separate screwdriver bits stored in the handle of the screwdriver and that would have been acceptable to me. Oh and all the boxes were in an Amazon box as well which I don't mind at all but the items could have been placed inside a smaller box with no problems. Experience of Amazon parts shipping in a bag almost always arrive damaged in some way so an Amazon box works for me. I rate the product 5 stars with sufficient online information to carry out the task. I support Ifixit as a retired service engineer I fix stuff for a living or used to👍🏻😆😀

This is a review of the iFixit Battery Compatible with iPod Classic (Thin)Disclaimer: Don’t go by what I say here, as I might have made incorrect statements. Do your own research.I replaced the battery in each of my two Gen 5.5 iPods (Models MA448LL & MA450LL). Since I was opening each iPod anyway, I also replaced the original 80 GB hard drive with a 256 GB solid state drive (Tarkan iFlash-Solo SDXC Adapter with a Samsung 256GB EVO Plus microSDXC).The battery package does not come with any tools to open your iPod. You can search for: iPod tools or spudgers. I bought a iSesamo, but I had better luck using a narrow putty knife, a pocket knife, and some guitar picks. Some people use plastic tools designed for opening phones.My two batteries came with a pretty good charge.If you do not know what you are doing, you can destroy your iPod. So, look for Youtube videos that show how to: (1) Open the iPod safely without damaging it; and (2) Disconnect and reconnect (unlatch and relatch) the battery ribbon cable.Important things to know:- Watch Youtube videos! Learn from others before you start. Just search Youtube for: iPod classic battery replacement. Pay particular attention to the parts about unlatching and relatching the battery ribbon cable.- Visit iFlash website for helpful instructions and tips on opening the iPod.- For the battery connector, the clip is positioned "Up" to unlatch the battery cable, and "Down" to latch the cable. If you apply enough force to pull the connector off the circuit board, you may destroy your iPod. Watch a Youtube video that shows proper method. After unlatching, you can pull the ribbon out of the connector with very little force. Do NOT try to pull off the black plastic connector.- Be careful removing the old battery. You may need to gently pry under the old battery to release it from the adhesive. On the new battery, peel off the plastic covering the adhesive pad, then position the new battery in place.- With the new battery installed, insert the battery ribbon cable into the connector (you may need to hold it in place), then gentle move the connector “Down” to latch the cable. You might consider using needle nose pliers or tweezers to push the ribbon cable back into the connector. If you do not relatch the ribbon cable, it will probably pop out.WARNING: Watch a good Youtube video that shows unlatching and latching of the battery cable. The connector on the circuit board for the battery connection is very fragile. The connector pins (underneath) are only spot-soldered to the board and they can easily (very easily) break off. If a pin breaks off the board, your iPod is dead. You do not need to remove the black plastic connector. All you need to do is move the sliding part of the connector up to unlatch the battery ribbon cable. You then just very gently pull out the ribbon cable, but NOT the connector (and do NOT push connector to the side). If you pull the plastic connector off the circuit board, your iPod will probably be irreparably damaged. This may be the risky part of this whole operation. After battery replacement, you insert the battery ribbon cable into the connector then push the sliding part down to latch the cable. Again, do not put any force on the connector or you might break it off and kill your iPod.SUGGESTIONS:- Find a Youtube video showing the locations of the clips, ribbon cables, and internal parts. You want to know enough about the insides to avoid damaging the fragile ribbon cables, connectors, face plate, circuit board, headphone jack, switch, and data port.- There are 11 clips. With the iPod face down (screen-side down) with the earphone jack at the top, there are: (1) 4 clips along the right side; (2) 4 clips along the left side; (3) 1 clip at top (about 23 mm from right side, next to the headphone jack); and 2 clips at bottom (on either side of connector plug). Find a Youtube video describing or showing locations of clips.- I started opening case at along the right side (with screen facing down and the headphone jack at upper right pointing away from you). A narrow putty knife and guitar picks worked best for me: the putty knife to release the clips and the picks to hold the case open while I moved to next clip. You just need to be careful not to damage the circuit board or crack the screen.- You just need to push straight down to release clip. Do NOT pry up under the circuit board.- Be very careful along the top edge (where you can damage the switch and headphone jack) and bottom edge (where you can damage the data connector). You might try using something narrow, like the iSesamo tool. Luckily, I did not need to release the one top clip or the two bottom clips: the top clip released when I released the right-side clips and the bottom clips released when I released the left-side clips.- Before you reassemble the cover, make sure all the clips (located on the silver back cover) are pointing down. They may have been bent upward during disassembly.- You might consider testing your new battery before closing your iPod. That way, if anything is amiss, you do not need to go through the bother of reopening the iPod again. My iPods started up normally and showed maybe 70 percent battery charge. I charged both batteries to full. With everything proven good, I closed the iPods (engaging all the latches).As I stated initially: Don’t go by what I say here, as I might have made incorrect statements. Do your own research.

In fact I am struggling to drain it. I have to drain it once to perform the suggested charging cycle and this refuses to drain. I am using this battery on my IPod classic 7th gen with a iflash and 256 gb card. Hope it drains soon and I can do a battery charging cycle.

Worked well in my ipod classic 7th gen thin 160GB. Beware, this repair is not for the faint of heart. dont forget to lift the black lever to remove old battery ribbon cable and then to plug the new battery in and drop the black lever back down. Be careful doing this! Also it was a nice 100mah bigger than the battery it replaced and did not interfere with trakan iflash solo.

Got a 30GB 5th Gen from my grandma, had sat for a number of years with no usage or charging. As expected, the old battery was absolutely cooked. Picked this thing up, tossed it in, and away we go. Thing has been riding around in my truck for about 2 months now, hasn't really been used but still has plenty of battery left. Only downside is that when I went to remove the old battery it took the hold switch cable with it, so that was fun, but I plan on doing a full housing swap in the future so will just fix that then.Another great quality part from iFixit, already have more parts from them on order, one of the very few brands in the repair industry that I completely trust to supply me with good, quality parts at a fair price, I recommend checking them out for any other repairs you are looking to do, never been lead wrong by them.