When he said he was afraid of damaging the pads with the iron I though he was going to go get his hot air station, he comes back with wire cutters 😂 savage. Subscribed too👍
Hi David! Just want to let you know, you video has motivated me a lot! I was planning on buying an ipod nano for modding, and you video really helped me! (I haven’t started yet but I’m looking forwards to it). I plan on soldering more storage and also upgrading it to an usb c port.
this is amazing, subbed u up, i heard dank pods saying it's hard or impossible to mod nanos, so i would like to see more extreme nano mods, something like bigger battery or flash mods etc, myb on second gen since it's harder to open
Very good work! I recently broke one of the brass connector on the 30 pin connector when I was trying to get the ribbon cable for the Click Wheel to go in the tiny ribbon connector (I guess I must've accidentally touched it with my tweezer 🙄). I thinking of replacing it with another 30 pin connector (if I can find one) but after seeing this video. I might have to rethink about it....
Great project! I love these first generation nanos and have been wondering if a flashmod could be performed. I'd love to get one of these with 32 or 64gb in my pocket.
So far no chance, the iPods seem to be individually flashed to their intended capacity when produced. The current limitations seem to be software related, not hardware. People have successfully swapped the NAND chips out, but no luck in them working
How difficult was the soldering? I have done some soldering projects before, but never something super precise. Would an average hobbyist be able to do this?
Good question, I'd say that you need a reasonable amount of experience with small-scale surface mount soldering. If you're comfortable soldering 0402 resistors/caps, you can probably do this. But as I demonstrated, you can take a pretty unskilled approach to removing the 30-pin connector!
Did you ever end up doing anything with this? I've got a second gen where the connector is bad and replacing it is going to be pretty painful. So doing a standard USB seems like a nice option
I have an old nano that suddenly won't connect to computers anymore regardless of what cable is used. So now that I've bought another one to replace it, I'm really tempted to try this. I've got USB c cables everywhere for my phone, so this would be incredibly handy. I have the second generation so I'm assuming I would have to do a little more research and digging into it to see if this would even be possible.
I read somewhere that apple used two different memory chips from samsung and toshiba for this model. They all have the same capacity but different connection pins. Probably the blank space in the board is reserved for the toshiba chip?
thank you for this video, i'd like to do this to an iPod classic i've got that has a wonky 30-pin, it disconnects frequently while trying to sync or restore
great video now upgrade to 1tb storage, 3000mah battery and hope someone would make some custom firmware for newer interface on ipod. and boom new born ipod 2021 version
Now it has usb c instead of the slow 30pin, is it faster at restoring? Or is it still using the 30pin protocol. If you can remember when lightning was first released a lot of users reported that syncing, restoring and updating via iTunes was much faster on the IPhone 5 compared to the 30pin 4s.
There shouldn't be any difference. Still same amount of data lines and no change in the controller as well. All he did was change the type of I/O port to match today's standard port.
Good project but kinda pointless You won’t increase charge or transfer speed. Those are control by chipset and ic. And lost ability to use 30 pin dock..
It's so sad that you have to mod Apple products for a USB-C port. All the new iPad's come with USB-C, but meanwhile, we're stuck with a lightning port for these crazy expensive iPhones.
Quality 30-pin destruction, left no pads behind. Subscribed.
When he said he was afraid of damaging the pads with the iron I though he was going to go get his hot air station, he comes back with wire cutters 😂 savage. Subscribed too👍
Pretty good quality for a first video. It even has the obligatory red arrows in the thumbnail.
The arrows were mostly for ironic effect :P
amazing man you could make a big step in nano modding
Except for increasing storage capacity
iPod nano _hdd_ mod, lmao
Hi David! Just want to let you know, you video has motivated me a lot! I was planning on buying an ipod nano for modding, and you video really helped me! (I haven’t started yet but I’m looking forwards to it). I plan on soldering more storage and also upgrading it to an usb c port.
Great video! Definitely giving a like and subscribing. I’ll let you know when I finish my modifications!
Turned out nice! I didn't think it would go so nice with how destructive the 30 pin dock was removed.
excelent work men. I love the final result. congratulations.
Nice work, I wish more things were modded for USB C, like my 1TB 7th gen classic.
Me too
I am hoping
this is amazing, subbed u up, i heard dank pods saying it's hard or impossible to mod nanos, so i would like to see more extreme nano mods, something like bigger battery or flash mods etc, myb on second gen since it's harder to open
flash mods it alredy has that
that is so rad! I'd love to see this on a classic
Very good work! I recently broke one of the brass connector on the 30 pin connector when I was trying to get the ribbon cable for the Click Wheel to go in the tiny ribbon connector (I guess I must've accidentally touched it with my tweezer 🙄). I thinking of replacing it with another 30 pin connector (if I can find one) but after seeing this video. I might have to rethink about it....
Great project! I love these first generation nanos and have been wondering if a flashmod could be performed. I'd love to get one of these with 32 or 64gb in my pocket.
So far no chance, the iPods seem to be individually flashed to their intended capacity when produced. The current limitations seem to be software related, not hardware.
People have successfully swapped the NAND chips out, but no luck in them working
Nicely done
sweet mod!! wish i could perform such surgery on the 30-pin and micro usb devices i have laying around.
How difficult was the soldering? I have done some soldering projects before, but never something super precise. Would an average hobbyist be able to do this?
Good question, I'd say that you need a reasonable amount of experience with small-scale surface mount soldering. If you're comfortable soldering 0402 resistors/caps, you can probably do this.
But as I demonstrated, you can take a pretty unskilled approach to removing the 30-pin connector!
AMAZING, if you ever get a 1st gen ipod pls try and do the same.
also you should open a store for this. sell these kinds of cool things.
Badass I want all my ipods to have this feature
That is awesome! Really want to give this a try now
Wonder if I could do this with my Razer Naga Pro since they decided to but a micro USB on it in 2020
Very cool idea. I might try this on the 2nd gen.
Did you ever end up doing anything with this? I've got a second gen where the connector is bad and replacing it is going to be pretty painful. So doing a standard USB seems like a nice option
@@TransistorBased I've not got round to it yet but I've also picked up a 1st gen so gonna try doing both I'll let you know if it works lol
Nice demo.
I have an old nano that suddenly won't connect to computers anymore regardless of what cable is used. So now that I've bought another one to replace it, I'm really tempted to try this. I've got USB c cables everywhere for my phone, so this would be incredibly handy. I have the second generation so I'm assuming I would have to do a little more research and digging into it to see if this would even be possible.
This is amazing!
Nice work
Only if that can work with the 7th nano.
I wonder if it would be possible to make an 8GB 1st gen nano with the extra space for a nand chip
I've been collecting "for parts" ipods to sacrifice for just such an experiment. I'd love a first gen with 16gb or more
Couldn't believe this would work till the very end of the video... What was even the point of 26 pins more compared to usb's 4?
Great job!
Oh no.,. is he going to go at it like a cavema--- NOOOOO HE IS CUTTING AWAY THE CONNECTOR LIKE CAVEMAN!!!!! ahhh. i my soul lost a bit right there.
Brilliant, have to try
Is it possible to install 2 additional flash chips in the empty spot to get double the storage?
Not really....ua-cam.com/video/5zk2CDQ5N9A/v-deo.html
GOOD WORK!!!!
Respect!
guy came, made awesome video, then dipped
I'll be back!
DankPods has to see this
Great video!
thats amazing bro!
good content, subscrinbeded
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Awesome!!
This is the coolest thing I’ve ever seen lmao but does it charge faster and what not is the question
Awesome job
Hey! You reckon this would be possible with a ipod nano 6th gen?
It certainly wouldn't be easy, but maybe?
DUDE! THAT SHIT'S SICK!
Which kind of functionality did it lose? Probably the audio part via USB (docks, etc)?
Nice work, do you think you can replace the flash storage with a micro SD module?
Yes! This is actually something I'm working on, but it'll be a lot of work and I'm not yet sure if its feasible.
@@Retr0id brilliant, best of luck mate.
@@Retr0id so? Any progress?
I read somewhere that apple used two different memory chips from samsung and toshiba for this model. They all have the same capacity but different connection pins. Probably the blank space in the board is reserved for the toshiba chip?
Interesting
thank you for this video, i'd like to do this to an iPod classic i've got that has a wonky 30-pin, it disconnects frequently while trying to sync or restore
It would be cool if a team of people made an external wifi device for the nanos and classics and maybe a screen for the shuffle
you just created the channel for you NA no xD
I’m curious if a voltage regulator is necessary to prevent it from getting over 5V input. Is that built into the iPod itself?
That's amazing 🔥
What has this man done????
I shared this with everyone I know!
Just curious, what's the deal with the stacked NAND flash on the board? Was it like that out of the factory or was that another mod you made?
factory! I like to think of it as a precursor to the modern "3D NAND"
Is it possible to do something similar for a 5the gen iPod!! - great video btw
Wow.. I wanna try this😍
good luck buttercup
great video now upgrade to 1tb storage, 3000mah battery and hope someone would make some custom firmware for newer interface on ipod. and boom new born ipod 2021 version
You could use rockbox skins for the interface
Can you do a ipod classic usb c mod?
Now it has usb c instead of the slow 30pin, is it faster at restoring? Or is it still using the 30pin protocol.
If you can remember when lightning was first released a lot of users reported that syncing, restoring and updating via iTunes was much faster on the IPhone 5 compared to the 30pin 4s.
given that the usb controller hasn't changed, it likely would not increase throughput
Hello, is there any improvement in data speed when syncing music?
There shouldn't be any difference.
Still same amount of data lines and no change in the controller as well. All he did was change the type of I/O port to match today's standard port.
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A mod like this should be possible on the ipod mini, right?
What type of wire are you using for the data connections? I'm using phone wiring, but that looks much more elegant and thin.
30AWG enameled wire. Kynar wire is also good for this sort of thing.
could you please share the 3d model for the 30pin to usbc shroud?
Watch the video, I made it out of epoxy - I don't have a 3D printer.
@@Retr0id ah ok i watched this a while ago and couldnt exactly remember how u made it
Would this work with other ipod models? I have a 4th gen classic and I would KILL for this. It would also be cool in a 3rd gen nano.
Very possible on a 4th gen, I've done it, although the 3rd gen nano would be a big challenge due to the limited space inside.
It could be really nice on a 6th gen too ! But maybe there's not enough space in it ?
Can you do this with a GEN2 also?
So, you gained the ability to plug it to a USB-C plug, but you lost the ability to connect it to a bluetooth transmitter or a dock.
Wh?
Do you have possiblity to add micro sd card slot, just asking
Omg 😳 🙏🙌👍👏
Yes!
How does it handle the right voltage and current stuff?
would've been neat if you could've somehow retained audio through the 30 pin. but cool nonetheless.
Hey, please upload more videos, waiting...
It woks on iPad 2g?
Good project but kinda pointless
You won’t increase charge or transfer speed. Those are control by chipset and ic. And lost ability to use 30 pin dock..
Haxxxx
wow
:o
Honestly kinda sad this is his only video!
This cool but why don't you used a old android phone
first
its ca connect to DAC bro
Respek
Your voice tho what help
It's so sad that you have to mod Apple products for a USB-C port. All the new iPad's come with USB-C, but meanwhile, we're stuck with a lightning port for these crazy expensive iPhones.
You're gonna lose native Firewire support, Analog AV out, FM Radio and dock support so this is stupid
So he's going to lose shit that no one uses, ya, that must suck.
kinda like how you lost your father
@@callsai except that i didn't
Are you alive? You sound like a fun UA-camr
na-no
😂😂😂😂😂
na-no