Open Your Third or Fourth Generation iPod

Open Your Third- or Fourth-Generation
iPod or Your iPod Photo
To open a third- or fourth-generation iPod or an iPod photo:
1. Turn the iPod on its side, and measure about two inches from the bottom.
2. Take your plastic tool or flat-headed screwdriver, and carefully but firmly
wedge it between the plastic front and the metal back at the position you
located in step 1.
3. Use the plastic tool or the flat-headed screwdriver as a lever to crack open
the case.
4. Carefully slide the plastic tool or the flat-headed screwdriver down the side of the
iPod to release all the clips that hold it together.
5. Begin to remove the back from the iPod, but don’t take it all the way off just yet. As
soon as you can, unplug the audio jack (see Figure 3-4). Do this before completely
taking off the back. If you don’t, you can damage your iPod. To unplug the audio jack,
try using your fingers, or pry the audio jack with your opening tool if the jack won’t
budge. The audio cable attached to the jack is delicate, so easy does it.

7. With the audio jack unplugged, take the back the rest of the way off.
Open Your iPod Video
To open your fifth-generation iPod:
1. Turn the iPod on its side, and measure about two inches from the bottom of the unit.
2. Take your plastic tool or flat-headed screwdriver, and carefully but firmly
wedge it between the plastic front and the metal back at the position you
located in step 1.
3. Use the plastic tool or the flat-headed screwdriver as a lever to crack open
the case.
4. Carefully slide the plastic tool or the flat-headed screwdriver down the side of the
iPod to release all the clips that hold it together.
5. Gently pick up the back, but don’t take it all the way off just yet. Notice that
there are two ribbon cables connecting the back to the logic board of the iPod
6. Unplug the cables from the logic
board one at a time .
The connectors are held with a clip.
Release the clip, and pull the cables
out. Be very gentle with the cables;
they can tear rather easily.
7. With the cables unplugged, take
the back the rest of the way off