Introduction
Go to step 1 ↓We disassembled this iPod on September 7, 2007.
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Spudger4.9
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There it is, in the same style box as the last Nano, but quite a bit shorter and wider.
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Here's what you'll find in the box:
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A manual (even smaller than the iPod).
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The usual, much-maligned headphones.
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A USB to iPod cable.
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A dock insert.
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A brand new iPod.
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Apple appears to be going in circles. Anodized aluminum, shiny, anodized, shiny...
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But of course, it's what's inside that counts.
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And here's our first look inside this newest Nano.
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The case has eight locking tabs:
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Three on the left, evenly spaced.
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Three on top.
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Two on the right, near the bottom, to make room for the display circuitry at the upper right.
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We've removed six Phillips screws fixing the logic board to the casing.
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We can now lift the logic board up, but it's still tethered by the visible click wheel cable and the hidden display cable.
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We've disconnected the click wheel cable and flipped the board over to disconnect the display cable.
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Now we use a spudger to pry up the display, which is held along the case's edge by an adhesive strip.
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We're noticing a strong trend as we take apart this iPod: adhesive.
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The click wheel is held in place by nothing but a very strong adhesive, which is going to make replacing it difficult. You'll have to get it to stay in place as well as Apple has (i.e. very well).
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Here the battery is out of its metal housing, which is attached to the logic board by, that's right, adhesive.
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A close-up of the logic board's top, which sports an eight gigabyte Samsung flash memory chip and headphone jack.
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And it still works! Now, having satisfied our curiosity, we can put some music on it.
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5 Guide Comments
It’s a USB To 30 pin not iPod
It is the same thing.
