Custom Transparent iPod Classic 5th Gen - 256GB SSD & "Nokia Battery life" 

dankpods would be proud of this thicc boi

The "protective film" you removed was meant to be there, you needed to remove the centre bit, leaving the surround foam to protect the LCD and also to stop dust getting between the outer screen and the LCD.

Just add a 1tb of storage and it is the most personalized Shrek experience

7:28 thank you so much for including this in the video. I'd been considering picking up an iPod partly to install an SSD and use it as an external drive for backups, but seeing these numbers (coupled with the explanation that the ZIF is the bottleneck) made it clear that it simply wouldn't be worthwhile for those purposes.

4:27 pretty sure the border was meant to stay. That why it left adhesive behind

Hey Hugh, great job as always and I hope you have great luck like this in the future. I was wondering if you could show us how you store all if your parts, screws, dead devices because I would also like to do stuff like this in the future. Love your videos!

I see some dankpods coming on (edit: yay gier, yay Craig, yay 1 grit, yay sexy speaker)

@4:19 the outer padding is to protect the screen, the iPod classic screens are pretty fragile

Seen the transparent phones and all... but this is my absolute favorite project you have done! I wish i'd have such an amazing iPod. you do good content. Keep it up!

You should customize the „80 GB“ text on the back to „256 GB“

Awesome mod! Thank you so much for sharing. My 5gen 80gb died about 6 months ago. I replaced the battery about a year before that but this time the hardrive crapped out. I know now what I want to do with it, thanks to you.

10 days! Beautiful results! Thanks for another great video.

Wow, really like the transparent cover along with the black wheel.

Fantastic video Hugh. I've recently upgraded my iPod Classic 120gb with a similar card, replacing the hard drive and the battery as well. It all works great! Unfortunately I bent up the case a bit during the repairs. I now want a new front plate and back case. I'm thinking of designing and 3D printing my own. I am inspired by your vids and may give it a shot. There is genuinely something about these iPods. They just sound better to me than a phone or other computer. I'm a bit of an audiophile and have built my own tube amplifier that I run my iPod through into some old JBL speakers. It sounds warm and fat and wonderful. I'm glad that you are able to get parts and keep iPods running. Thanks again for sharing your experience mate. Cheers from USA.🇦🇺🍻🇺🇸

How can anyone of sane mind dislike this video? Probably my favorite custom that you've done.

"Someone's been in here" Cit.

The 5th gen was my favourite ipod, with the black plastic case. I was perfected after many years. Guessing the 30GB version wouldn't take such a big battery, but it is probably a nicer form factor due to it being a lot thinner. Would be great if apple create such a device, they would sell many, although many people don't have mp3's anymore.

That's @dankpod and @jerryrigeverything hit with with one shot.. noice!

So beautiful. Well done. Thanks for all the great videos! Love your channel, bruv. Cheers 🥂

Oi we need shrek on it and then you will summon the ultimate DankPods

i like that amazing video

*DANKPODS WANTS TO KNOW YOUR LOCATION* *It's shrek movie time now* Jk. Keep up the magnificent content. Love your videos. This was a magnificent project. You deserve 10 milliom+ subscribers. Happy to be subscribed 👍

That ipod turned out beautiful and actually a really useable, useful device. I'm happy and it wasn't cheap but it looks so worth it.

Hugh from a fellow Aussie, i love your channel. Seriously amazing stuff man. Please keep the video coming

I'd try to avoid the mSATA drives if possible, they can cause some unexpected power issues on classics, especially when your battery starts to get low. Other then that and removing the gasket from the faceplate, fantastic video! Edit: Oh, and flip the battery over, you installed it upside down and that is why the cable was getting pinched

I never clicked on a notification that fast Love you hugh

One of the few devices I'm always going to be nostalgic about. Back when streaming musing over LTE wasn't feasible, this was the best thing for carrying music around

Fantastic upgraded. It was very exciting to see how you solved the issues, one at a time

WHY ISN'T THIS VIDEO BLOWING UP ALREADY?!!! D: i cried, arghhh (!!!) so much nostalgia omg great job on the video as usual! thank you so much for uploading this. c:

This is the best digital detox device. If someone would sell me this, I'd buy it.

The result looks sickly awesome!

i loved my ipod classic back in high school =D that was 15 years ago i still miss it

I miss the old intro 😢

The battery cable is very bent, there might have been a different orientation to instal all it.

Looks awesome! ♥️

This is awesome on so many levels!! Nice job bro.

Just a Pro Tip when doing the storage mods, if you have a 30gb 5g iPod dont plan on putting more then around 20,000 songs on there, the logic board does not have enough RAM to load more songs into the library, even if you have enough storage. the thicc 60 and 80GB 5g versions have enough for around 50,000 songs. Also all the 6 and 7th gen. classics, exept for the 7th gen 160gb have a limit of 128gb using the iPod OS, you need to use rockbox if you want to use more storage with those.

4:23 I don"t think you were supposed to peel that outer ring off. it was supposed to make for a cleaner finish, and was made to stay (hence the glue)

this is rad dude! great job

Hugh Jeffreys, your very terrific in handeling all that great devices, thanks for showing and kind regards.

4:26 that was dampening gasket, for LCD protection. You must watch out for that screen now.

Hi! I also changed my iPod Classic 6th Gen shell for a transparent one, the same that you use in the video. I have the slim version of this marvelous device but i struggled pretty hard to remove the old shell. The new one fits pretty well, except for the top pin (i think mine was a bit damaged) and the touch wheel. When you touchs the wheel you can feel the edges of the plastic case, there are a noticieable gap between the wheel and the case and although it works well, it is pretty annoying also. I am wondering if the slim version has also an thinner touchwheel, i really dont know. Also i have not removed the black frame of plastic protection that you peel of at 4:20, i only removed the central square. Maybe it add some thickness to this shell and is contributing to the gap, that is also more noticeable in the top side of the wheel (Menu button) than in the bottom side (Play/Pause). I Dont remove it because some people don't remove it, but i really don't know if it was suppose to be peeled off. So, i found really helpful your video. What do you think about this issues. Thanks a lot!.

Good build Hugh.

I was waiting for this thanks for the video 👍

The menu icon on the ring is slightly off REEEEEE

Hey, I really really REALLY want to do this, can we have a list of the parts in the description with the links you used?

Ohgod the way you opened it gave me whiplash

I’ve made a few custom upgraded iPod classics. Usually I only keep the motherboard and screen. Both the front and back plates are better off being replaced with brand new parts. I even went with a 4x MicroSD setup and made one a 1TB iPod. Then flash Rockbox OS on there to play FLAC files.

6:08 Just do it the apple way, remove the hedphone jack🤣

Looks awesome. Thinking of giving my awful condition 6th gen the u2 housing

New Year, New Hugh Jeffreys Intro.

Love the new intro!

That Dankpods Love is just so warm and fuzzy, Lol.

“10 days battery life" dang.....

Damn I dont know why I find these videos so entertaining but I'm loving it

that looks amazing! I need to try this myself

*dankpods* *wants* *to* *know* *your* *location*

You should've posted this video like 2 weeks ago, when I was trying to upgrade an ebay iPod lmao

It's so beautiful 😍😍. Like seriously. U made it look so sick.

This reminds me of my fully custom Nokia 5190 back in the late 90's which had an all transparent housing, custom blue back-lit LCD and keypad, LED antenna and RGB transparent battery which lit up during calls.

Imagine owning this ipod when it came out

Being a fairly experienced iPod technician it pains me to watch how you opened it. Get a pry tool that can fit in between the sides and disable each clip.

Wow thing of beauty, I’m very impressed 😃👍

This is cool. I just restore a 5th gen iPod Classic too, and a 3rd gen iPod Classic, and don’t know what it is, but I love ‘em!!

Thats a bat tree - dankpods

Dankpod should watch this

Looks great!!!

I still remember putting movies on my iPod and watching them on that little screen.

“No-ones been in here”

Hey! Early gang here. anyone early?

Looks great!

Yes!!! I feel my suggestion was seen/heard. But then again you could of already had this project in mind. :)

This is something similar DankPods did.

when r u going to do a giveaway?

Very quick and well put together vid! I subbed. Have you ever thought to try and buff the back casing and clear coat it? I think that'd look amazing on this or a different rebuild.

maldição, ficou daora demais. parabéns. sucesso.

Found this by accident, and this video fascinating. I myself used to mod the iPod 4 and 5 to better battery, SSD, and that same face plate. The problem I found was that I installed a duel boot iTunes and Rockbox. The Rockbox is my usual IOS, since it is far more flexible and easier to use than iTunes. I found that every once in a while, the SSD upon bootup would automatically erase the Rockbox, so I would have to re-install it (basically it was just copying over the .Rockbox directory). Overall that adapter for the SSD was a bit flimsy, granted that I used not an expensive adapter. My solution was the iPod Mini (2, bit the Mini 1 is also fine). No adapter needed. I just clip in an SSD used in standard cameras. Never, and not even once a problem. Rockbox and iTunes install perfectly. Sound is AMAZING. The iPod Mini is super easy to repair. I have only put in a 64 GB SSD max. I read that you can put in something larger if you wish, but you have to modify the Rockbox wares. I will look into it if / when I need a larger drive. I would love to find ways to further modify the iPod Mini. The case is a hunk of metal, and it feels GREAT in your hands. It's strong, well made. Only weakness in the device is the clip (ribbon) from the SSD to the MB can be flimsy, lots of pins, and the slightest bend can mean hours, HOURS trying to find and straighten it. And then, of course the pins bend / break. Finding new ones is not easy. Batteries are around, granted mine only last about 8 hours. Sorry for my rambling. Subscribed.

awesome man , good work.

I ordered a 128g version of this, 3000mah bat tree, same transparent front plate, black button and click wheel, except with a black backplate instead of silver... and I obviously got the thiccboi model. Elite Obsolete, he's amazing. The 5.5 is by far the best model and best one to mod. I'm hoping one day he will start to do Bluetooth mods as well, so I can send mine back in and have it put in. But just having this chonkster in my hands with all my listening pleasures in it just feels so right. I love that I have a dedicated jam box with no calls or texts, no worry about wifi or lack of, and I don't drain my data when driving like I did when I used my phone. I'm so happy with mine. I wish I capable and handy enough to have done the mods myself... but I'm still here watching and trying to learn, so that's gotta count for something, right?

I have never owned an iPod before, do not see much use in it but it was good to see the amount of customization that this device supported.

I Just Wait Desperately For Your Videos! ❤️

Awesome. Thanks for the video

Looks like I need to get one for myself , cause back during the day these device is so expensive and can't afford

Great looking mod! iFlash adapters are fantastic, got one in my 5G as well.

Been waiting for this video as i have been wanting to do something like this

Very interesting. It made me want to put my ipod U2 edition back on track, as it keeps rebooting every 10 seconds...

Cool build. If you had more content like this, I’d subscribe.

You are so smart and creative man keep it up !

Cool video as usual

I love watching your videos ☺️ Watching from Philippines

Gotta say that your backcover is in pretty fine shape

New year new intro? Heck Yes

Loving these mods!!!

Why hasn't he reached 10 million subs yet? Your videos are so entertaining man, I learn so much since I'm a tech fanatic myself

refreshing to watch

Nice video, well done. I'm curious, any problems with heat with the mSata?

I also appreciate customized devices. Never settle for off the shelf.

Awesome! Love it

So clean

"Oh that iPod didn't repair itself! You're a bad boy, Jeffreys!" (Resident Evil 7 ref)