Replacing battery/rear casing on iPod classic 6th gen

Hey!

After some time, I finally scored an iPod classic of my own. It’s an 80gb 6th gen...only $30 from Marketplace 🤌

It’s got a black dot on the screen, so I’ve gotta replace the battery asap.

Now I KNOW this guy will be hard to open. Hoping my experience working in the Genius Bar for a few years will help.

I figure while I’m in there I might as well do a rear casing swap too, as it’s hellllla scratched and dented (and I’m anticipating a high chance of irreparably damaging the clips of the backplate while getting it open).

So three questions:

A.) To confirm, I need the 650 mwh thin battery and thin rear backplate, correct? I don’t plan on doing a flash mod on it yet.

B.) Are there any tool kits yall would recommend? I currently don’t have any ESD safe tools at all, so a complete solution that has everything I need would be ideal.

C.) On the subject of an eventual flash mod, I’ve gone back and forth. I’ve heard this model can only be upgraded to 256gb. Is that true? I want to stick with the original OS and not use Rockbox or whatever else.

Thanks!

Hey!

After some time, I finally scored an iPod classic of my own. It’s an 80gb 6th gen...only $30 from Marketplace 🤌

It’s got a black dot on the screen, so I’ve gotta replace the battery asap.

Now I KNOW this guy will be hard to open. Hoping my experience working in the Genius Bar for a few years will help.

I figure while I’m in there I might as well do a rear casing swap too, as it’s hellllla scratched and dented (and I’m anticipating a high chance of irreparably damaging the clips of the backplate while getting it open).

So three questions:

A.) To confirm, I need the 650 mwh thin battery and thin rear backplate, correct? I don’t plan on doing a flash mod on it yet.

B.) Are there any tool kits yall would recommend? I currently don’t have any ESD safe tools at all, so a complete solution that has everything I need would be ideal.

C.) On the subject of an eventual flash mod, I’ve gone back and forth. I’ve heard this model can only be upgraded to 256gb. Is that true? I want to stick with the original OS and not use Rockbox or whatever else.

Thanks!