while most shuffle owners don’t know it yet, in a year or two there will be a lot of folks wondering where their battery life went. applecare’s battery replacement service for normal ipods is available for the low, low price of $99. think they will have a cheapo shuffle battery replacement service? think different.
we mentioned earlier that someone posted photos of an ipod shuffle disassembly. the previous disassembly left a few key questions unanswered, namely:
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do you need to butcher the buttons to take your shuffle apart?
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will the average joe be able to replace the battery?
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what else is under the hood?
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can it be cleanly reassembled?
this howto will attempt to answer these questions while disassembling the shuffle in a non-destructive manner.
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