Not trying to be mean to those putting these together... but I have seen what feels like a dozen today

Recently got a 6 gen last week, I’m loving it so much! Feels good to be back😊

I’ve been build a new Rockbox theme for my iPod Video which is largely inspired by the old monochrome iPod interface.

I also have a tool that creates bitmap artwork file which accompanies each album I’ve loaded onto the iPod.

There’s a light and dark version that I like to toggle between day and night.

I’ve been using ChatGPT to write the code which has been working well so far. I’ve mostly been working on minor refinements to the color and hue to try and get it looking more accurate on the iPod video screen.

I recently modded my 5th-gen iPod Video and started by tweaking a Rockbox theme. That turned into a full custom theme/OS.

There’s nothing groundbreaking here. I just wanted a modern UI without Rockbox’s clutter and quirks. Once it’s installed there’s no trace of Rockbox... a custom boot animation (which you can turn off) runs and lands on the home screen.

Happy to make this available once I get some bugs out or answer any questions!

Salut tout le monde !

Je viens de sortir musicOS v0.2.0-alpha, la deuxième version alpha de mon thème Rockbox inspiré par Apple Music pour iPod.
Cette mise à jour se concentre principalement sur le raffinement de l'interface existante et sur l'ajout de certaines fonctionnalités que vous avez suggérées après la première alpha.

Quoi de neuf dans v0.2.0-alpha :

• Support expérimental CJK : support initial pour les métadonnées en chinois, japonais et coréen. J'ai également changé le thème pour Sunghyun Sans, ce qui donne à musicOS un support de caractères beaucoup plus large tout en gardant le look arrondi que je voulais.

• Écran d'accueil amélioré : sélection de menu plus claire utilisant la couleur d'accent de musicOS et un design épuré pour le mini lecteur.

• Artwork d'album arrondi : les couvertures d'album dans le mini lecteur de l'écran d'accueil ont désormais des coins correctement arrondis.

• Nom d'album dans Maintenant en lecture : le nom de l'album s'affiche désormais en dessous de l'artiste.

• Indicateur de Lossless dynamique : le logo Lossless n'apparaît maintenant que lorsque le fichier en cours de lecture est réellement en format lossless supporté.

• Mini lecteur simplifié : j'ai retiré les boutons Précédent/Suivant pour donner plus de place aux informations sur le morceau et rendre l'écran d'accueil plus propre.

• Diverses améliorations et corrections d'UI mineures.

Le support CJK est encore expérimental, donc si vous écoutez de la musique avec des métadonnées en chinois, japonais ou coréen, vos retours seraient particulièrement utiles !
Le thème est toujours principalement développé et testé sur un iPod Video 5ème/5.5ème génération (320×240). D'autres modèles sont encore considérés comme expérimentaux pour l'instant.

Comme toujours, c'est encore une alpha, donc il peut y avoir des bugs ou des incohérences visuelles. Je n'essaie pas d'implémenter chaque suggestion que je reçois, car je veux toujours que musicOS garde la direction épurée et minimale que j'avais initialement en tête, mais les retours sur la première alpha ont été incroyablement utiles.
v0.2.0-alpha est maintenant disponible sur GitHub.

Merci encore à tous ceux qui ont testé la première alpha, rapporté des bugs, suggéré des améliorations ou simplement montré de l'intérêt pour le projet.

J'espère que vous l'apprécierez ! 😁

Ps : voici le lien pour télécharger l'alpha !
https://github.com/federicoplg/musicOS

Followed Icy-Egg-9339's Bluetooth mod and thankfully finished it without any hassle.

I desoldered the unnecessary parts and made a 3D printed mount to keep the board and button in place. I also connected that extra yellow PCB after taking this picture.

The range isn't that impressive, which is to be expected, but I'm just happy to have another way to enjoy music.

I found this old Gen 5 iPod classic (A1136) around the house and was thinking about fixing the screen, reshelling and upgrading it, but upon a closer look I decided to open it because it looked extremely beat. When I opened it, the board look a bit corroded and possible water damage. There was a good amount of dry and debris, floating around in it. I Unfortunately did not have a charger to see if it even turned on, Is it possible to fix? And if so, would it even be worth it? Or should I just find an already functioning, cleaner iPod? Any insight or advice would be welcomed.

A 4th gen monochrome iPod bought alongside a keyboard and another SanDisk mp3 player and some paper stuff at goodwill bins for $2 (NOTE will also show the SanDisk mp3 player in case someone is interested though I will not show photos of other items)

I spent like an hour trying to find a screw that would fit in here, as the hole for the hold switch screw is way bigger than it should be, so none of the screws work. I finally decided to just super glue it on, and I finally found a way to keep it tight to dry!

Hey everyone, this is my mom's old iPod nano 3rd gen and it needed some deep restoration. Lines in the screen, swollen battery, etc. I didn't want to plug it in to test it as the battery was already unstable. I did all the repairs perfectly, (battery, screen, back and front in a custom colorway) but unfortunately when I plugged it in the storage said 0kb free and it failed all the restored (bad flash/corrupted filesystem). This is a lesson for everyone trying to fix ipods, if there are flash only (nano or shuffle) always test them. You don't want to be $60 down the drain just for the iPod not to work 😅.

On a good note I picked up a working iPod shuffle 2nd gen 2gb that just needs a new battery. Wish me luck on that one 🤣

It's my first attempt in soldering. It's so cool. And i'm so happy.

If anyone knows how to fix it please tell me

I am about to finish those two builds:

1) 5.5th gen thick back
- will recieve iflash quad i already have and 1 TB
- needs new hold switch
- will hold entire library and be forever married to apple hifi speaker
- needs new battery. I ordered a "thick" 3800mah "405570" with 62 x 50 x 5mm dimension

--> Is there any better/larger option for batteries in a thick 5th gen? As far as I am concerned, a thick back just allows for any battery really.

2) 6th gen classic thin
- will recieve aliexpress dual micro sd adapter
- needs new battery.

-> which battery should i choose?
After checking various posts, the "2000mah square" one is a safe bet, but I would like to max out the capacity here. I also heard about the 3000mah "385872" one fitting, as long as it is exactly 3.6mm thin. Oddly enough, the only batteries I see online that are 3.6mm thin, are taller "thick back" ones covering 81mm in height and 54 in width, where as the "thin" ones are 79 x 49 x 3.8mm... I am confused. Does the height acttually matter, since the plates only deviate in thickness?

-> Are the 3800mah "thin" LG batteries still a thing? If so, which dimensions would a thick back take? Because we are now living in an era, where the numbers (e.g. 385872) are not the actual dimension values anymore...which - again - leaves me confused.

Thanks a ton

Now everybody here knows for a fact that our modding community and the underlying market changed a lot within the last few years. Starting early on, where no (internal) bluetooth mods were yet created, nor sold as a finished solution (thanks moonlit <3), prices for headphone jacks, backplates, front plates, batteries and what not were really really customer friendly on AliX.

Nowadays, prices keep climbing up, tariffs hit us and a good portion of spare parts can not be obtained anymore as easily as they once were. So - speaking of which:

Could someone please DM me a trusty source that still sells engraved backplates on said market platform? I have to admit i kept postponing the purchase and now they have essentially been wiped of the regular platforms and I don't want to finish my (postponed) pods and projects with clean backplates....that just feels wrong.

Thanks in advance.

Hi! I bought an iPod Mini 2 some time ago and I’m in the process of modifying it. I already have the red compactflash adapter on it and I’m using it successfully, but it’s paired with a 256gb micro sd card and I heard that a bunch of the cheap flash adapters for iPods that don’t act closely to the stock storage cards will often have issues going with cards over 128gbs.

I’m going to reshell my iPod Mini soon and I want to fill my iPod with a bunch of audiobooks so I’m wondering if it’s worth returning the red adapter and replacing it with the iFlash adapter since the red adapter is working fine atm. Thank you!

Very happy today 20gb G4, 80gb 5.5, 4gb nano 3, and a nano 7😎 I also got a nano 6 (orange) that I sold to a buddy already! Very happy since my last flea market iPod 5 has no audio through the headphone jack.. this one works perfect!

So I found my brothers modded in our parents house and I want to try to restore it back working condition for him as a present. Where do I begin. I do have a 30 pin cable but it’s kinda old. From my limited knowledge about the iPod I the battery is the newest thing in it. When I try charging it nothing happens.

What should I do?

Does anyone do an exchange of a broken iPod for a modded, repaired or upgraded one ?

I have two 160gb

They haven’t been used for a few years - one is ok, holds a charge and I just added my music library to it and all is well.

The other one is of last available that were in Currys the day Apple announced the end of iPods. It was in use, has music on it but won’t hold a charge.

This one I’d like to exchange or part ex for something.