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Originally Posted by speedlever
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Looks very easy. Easier than when I replaced the battery in my iPod 5G. The hardest part here is getting the case open with those little green plastic tools, which I take it is a knack....I destroyed my first set of those tools, and my second set is not looking to good...good thing they are cheap.
By the way, note the towel he has down on the work surface...don't forget that! When I refurbed my ipod, I stupidly replaced the old scratched screen cover with a new one first, then changed the battery without the towel...finished up with a brand new, freshly scratched screen cover! Grr!
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Originally Posted by polly
Modern lithium ion batteries, such as the major players use, will last for thousands of charging cycles. Even with periodically plugging it in to the computer to load content, it will take me years to hit that limit. My reader is much more likely to have a bad accident before that happens.
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Lithium ion batteries, if I have been informed correctly, start to break down from the moment they are manufactured, and have a limited life regardless of the number of charging cycles, which is why even the "new" cheap batteries you can find on ebay can be hit or miss if they are old stock.
Feel free to point me some authoritative data if I'm wrong.
ApK