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I followed directions on replacing the ipod nano battery,but I must not be as good at soldering as I thought I was. I saw another method which suggests leaving the original wires soldered to the mother board and then splicing the new battery wires to the old battery wires which involves no soldering. Might want to suggest this as an alternative on your sight. Not giving up am going to try resoldering.
Splicing the wires would work, it will also give you a little more headroom. You should be able to use electrical tape to seal the cable joints. This is only a good idea when the wires aren’t moving, so the joints stay intact. The inside of an iPod would be one of the very few places whre it would be a good method.
The advantage of using the splice method is you don’t have to remove anything, removing the ribbons from the screen and the control wheel took alot of patience to disconnect and reconnect. I was able to do this successfully but I failed at soldering, the ipod still works as long as I use it with a dock that is plugged into the wall, but will not work when I plug into my computer. When connected to my computer I get the low battery warning. I purchased a Duracell external battery with FM tuner for 79.99 and will post if this solution works.
is there a tutorial for this method here or elsewhere? i am a bit afraid to use a soldering iron honestly, all i have done with replacement parts so far is my macbook fan. [which i used the tutorial on this site for, thanks!]
I suggest you get a ‘helping hand’ if your going to do some soldering - one similar to this (http://www.mds975.co.uk/Images/amateur_r…) You can get them on eBay for a few pounds and will save you from heartache when you try and hold 3 things while soldering a minuscule solder point :) I would practice a few solders beforehand - get a decent iron, take your time!
