iPod Nano 7th Gen Screen Repair & Disassemble

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1. just a reminder this is a demostration under optimal condition where the glue are not stiff and the screen is not crack. my very old ipod with a cracked bottom screen means you will easily separate the digitizer from the display instead of the whole thing pullled off in one go. also the stiff glue makes you bend the metal frame before separating it and as a result i broke the display.

2. Did actually like you did and there was another screw for the bluetooth and when I open the screen it didn’t pull up with the screen and bent the frame

3. Thanks it was so gret

4. Great work very well illustrated loud and clear without wobble. Thks for taking time to show us the moment of Truth.

5. Good sharing

6. Oh I figured It out I pushed the space where the bt antenna was

7. Help I can't remove the LCD it won't budge

8. Windows 7 song in a video about an Apple product. What has the world come to?

9. I have fixed  iPod Classics before, but never replaced the screed.  Great instructions.  Bought the screen from them as well.  Could have been easier, about a :30 fix for me.  Thanks  Good Stuff.

10. and the fucking bluetooth snapped off with the cover

11. DO NOT TRY THIS !!!
    I am highly trained in electronics repair and this video is crap! As mentioned by iDenver Repairs, the ipod in the video has already been disassembled once making it look MUCH easier than it really is. ONLY follow this guide if you intend to replace BOTH the display and the touch screen because you WILL damage them in the removal process.

12. nice

13. didn't warn me the battery may be stuck to the fucckking LCD, Stuffed it.. thanks guys..

14. What you failed to say is that the Bluetooth antennae is GLUED and now it is ripped and wrecked!!!!!
    DO NOT FOLLOW these instructions!!!!!

15. Do Not Try This.. This model is a bitch to take apart and putting it back together is even worse. just sell it and buy a new one trust me. I cracked the fucken LCD, and I took my sweet as time. you will find it on ebay if interested.

16. I want one

17. this idiot didn't explain it enough… I broke my ipod nano display. Use a different tutorial please.

18. Good vid…Unlike the douche bag irepairMD vid who doesnt show shit…

19. my ipod destroyed..

20. My wife's front panel is starting to come off by one of the corners. I'd prefer not to take it to Apple to fix. Any ideas on how to keep it from coming off further?

21. Did you use adhesive to put battery back in place? As well as display assembly whenn you put it back together??

    I have the adehsive strips from your site as I bought a replacement touch screen. Im at the stage of puttjng back together.

    Please advise thanks

22. How do you remove the home button from the old screen?

    Totally mashed my LCD and touch screen, I have both parts now but am confused on how to get the home button off/put it on the new touch screen.

    Thanks

23. i cracked the screen of my ipod and when i tried to see if i could get it fixed, apparently accidental damage is not covered by the warranty. and i dont have the patience or precision to do something like this.

24. Wow, where'd you go to find that background music? Not bundled with Windows, was it? Anyway. this was helpful, I guess

25. Specific steps that are missing: 1) removing battery from the back of the LCD. It's not conveniently attacked to the back of the iPod the way it appears in the video, but instead pasted on the LCD frame, and requires gentle coaxing from all sides. PLAN on the LCD being trashed, and get a new one even if it's only the touch screen that's broken–they're usually sold together anyway. 2) Attaching the old button to the new lead. It took me a while to intuit that one, even though in retrospect it looks obvious. 3) Mounting the new LCD on the old LCD frame.

    Also, since my original touch screen was shattered, it was difficult to tell what all was supposed to come out together. Specifically the frame didn't want to come out with the screen, and got bent all to hell. I wasn't sure at the time whether what I was mangling was something I was going to need later (it was). Luckily, it was salvageable.

26. Thanks a heap for these instructions! I am now officially SuperMom in my daughter's eyes for fixing her iPod at a fraction of the cost of replacing it.

27. Well…. my screen cracked and I bought a replacement screen and tools, followed these instructions absolutely accurately. However, in removing the old screen, the glue holding the screen to the LCD screen frame below it was stronger than the frame itself, resulting in the frame braking. On attempting to complete the removal of the frame, it pulled the battery free from the housing.
    Apple have made the internal gluing of the Nano stronger than the repair techniques suggested here, and for us amateurs disassembling it, there's a significant risk of damaging the interior because the glued joints are stronger than the components they are glued to. That's been my experience, and I now wish I'd sent it back for repair.

28. Hello bro how to replace the headphone jack ?

29. MY GOD!!! A Song Of Windows On A Video Of A Apple Product :0

30. I really hate how these things are assembled because it caused me to bend the battery off the frame while i was trying to replace the screen. It was the absolute worst case of attempted repair of a product i personally own. I hate Apple products because they're so unpredictable and depending on the model, you'll never get the desired results of which in my case i screwed up the repair and i really wanted to fix the thing. I will never live that down…

31. Is a world class ipod nano 7 technician 😛