You’ve broken your iPod and you want to know what you should do next, here’s a rough guide on where to start:
1. If your iPod doesn’t hold it’s charge any more you more than likely need a new battery. Your choices are:
a. Buy a new battery for your iPod and fit it yourself using one of our guides here. Cost = less than £20.
b. Send your iPod off to an iPod repair company to have a replacement battery fitted. Cost £30-£40
2. If you have the “Sad face” icon on your screen, chances are there is a problem with the hard drive on your iPod. Choices are:
a. Send your iPod off to an iPod repair company to have a replacement hard drive fitted. Cost £50-£90.
b. Buy a replacement hard drive for your iPod and have a go at fitting it yourself. See our guides here for fitting instructions. Cost £30-70.
c. Buy a repair guide here that shows you how to fix the problem without replacing the hard drive. Cost around £12.
3. You have cracked the screen on your iPod and an inky fluid is leaking into the screen (but your iPod still shows up in iTunes and functions ok).
a. A replacement screen for your iPod is pretty easy to fit. The hardest part is getting your iPod open. Once you’ve done that you can replace your own screen with a few simple tools. If you have an iPod Nano you may have more difficulty Taking it apart than other models, but it can be done if you’re careful.
b. Any decent iPod repair company will charge you around £20-£40 for a replacement screen.
4. You dropped your iPod in water and it’s stopped working.
a. In all honesty there is little you can do to repair your own iPod if you drop it in water. You are far better sending into an iPod repair company to see if it is salvagable. Chances are the water will have done too much damage to make a repair to your iPod worthwhile.
b. Send your iPod into Apple if you are still within warranty. They won’t repair it, but will offer you a decent discount on a new iPod.