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I’ve had the 7th Gen since near release, and I have to say, it’s probably my favorite Apple product. No black spot. I have probably listened to tunes on it for thousands and thousands of hours, no damage, only some minor scratches on the screen and some wear on the bridge of the headphone jack. Amazing device.
I'm so sad about my nano 7, back when I was younger, I wanted an ipod touch, and my parents got me a green nano 7, about a week into ownership I decided I didn't want it anymore, so I threw it at the ground, shattering the screen. Years later I still have it, but without a digitizer so it's completely useless now, every once in a while I see it and get mad at myself again. But I just got a green nano 6 to kinda make up for the damage I caused lol. No bluetooth or anything but I like it so far
Funnily enough, my older brother had a first-gen Nano that he'd take with him to the gym. He dropped weights on it more than once. Still worked, and no battery issues. (I've still got my second-gen Nano, but I outgrew its 2GB of storage pretty quickly)
Yeah no. The battery doesn’t explode per se, it just catches fire. Putting it in a jar is amongst safer options unless he wants to dispose of it and properly, although I’d have gone with a metal box if that’s an option.
The rectangular Ipod Shuffle with the USB built onto it, and the 3rd gen nano, were the pinnacles of the Ipod product line. The ipod touch was more akin to a gameboy than an Mp3 player with all the games we played back then. (Back then, we used them for playing a game called TapTap Revenge, and less for scrolling facebook, it wasn’t until gen 4 of the touch that things began changing in terms of what we really did with touch screen devices)
I found a 1st gen nano like that in white in my grandparents house a long time ago...I was able to bring it back to life with just the USB cable I had...It was the most amazing thing and I adored it, it's battery and screen were perfect (for some reason) and I would still have it and would still be using it today if I hadn't spilled a bit of water in the middle of the night...in the morning I found it with a puffed battery...it was very sad...I loved that little nano...I would love to still have it today...
The 3rd gen nano is immediately what I think of when I hear "iPod". Had one of those as a kid, somehow. Parents weren't exactly rich so maybe they bought it off someone secondhand.
I have had my 6th gen nano for 11 years now and it still works! I loved how they integrated the built in clip. Call me crazy but I'd like to see them come back. With the technology of today, I'd bet they would be nice. Especially if it had 1TB memory. Maby make them like the Nintendo switch. Only the over ear headphones as the dock. And slide out the pod to watch movies on the go.
As someone who owns a watch sized nano (I got it new at the time with a very nice and reasonably priced watch band that looks awesome and has proven nigh indestructible), I am super glad to hear that my only ipod is not an explosive strapped to my wrist that could erupt in flames at any moment. Also, I look forward to having to learn to replace the original battery after all these years.
I had one of those green nanos and loved it to death. Made videos with it all the time and took it everywhere. I watched ATLA episodes and American Pie on the damn thing. When I was moving out I found it at the bottom of a drawer. I was so excited I hadn't seen it in years. But picking it up, I saw it. My heart stood still... The black spot.
I’ve had a nano 7th gen for a long while now and before that it was my brothers, and there have been absolutely no issues with the display or anything! It’s served me well for the time I’ve used it.
I found a 5th gen classic at goodwill with an aftermarket battery. The battery expanded so far that the screen had cracked and it had actually pushed the top case off the bottom case a bit
I'd put mineral oil in that jar. You can store pure lithium metal and other reactive elements like potassium and sodium. So by putting the oil in the jar, your electronics will probably be fine. More importantly you can still watch the battery expanding but no risk of exploding glass fire
Pugg5ter most electronics are able to run in mineral oil unless the materials deteriorate because of it. Check out Linus Tech Tips mineral oil pc build
Pugg5ter alright bud not tryna be a dick but that’s all pretty simple stuff. Deteriorating means the material is getting weaker because of something else. “Linus tech tips” is a RU-vid channel with 10+ million subscribers that produces tech content and they made a pc made out of a fish tank that is filled with mineral oil and instead of fans pushing air onto the components, the mineral oil itself takes the heat from the computer
I don't think you would. The jar likely has an airtight seal, meaning that there's a very limited supply of oxygen in it, which in turn means that there's not much fuel for a fire to last very long, if at all. However, if you leave the jar open, then all that goes out the window...
I have a nano 1st gen, the screen has dead pixels but the back cover isn't bloated, the casing isn't cracked and the dead pixels aren't the pixels themselves, but the backlight, with the backlight off you can't tell that it doesn't work in those spots, its only when you turn the backlight on.
If you ever consider replacing the battery in one of these, making sure that it's fully discharged would probably remove the fire risk by a decent bit. The fire risk comes form the charge that's in the battery. The electrolyte that sits between the anode and cathode of the battery is flammable, and when a battery is damaged or bent it can cause a short between the sides of the battery, and if there's a lot of charge left in the battery, that short will let a lot of current from one side to the other, which generates the heat that can cause the electrolyte to catch fire. If the battery is dead, there's no charge that wants to get to the other side of the battery, so it's much less likely to catch fire.
1:37 Fun fact: That nugget player was used by Jobs as an example of a typical high-end flash player, in order to explain the features of iPod mini, the predecesor of the nano. So, basically, that nugget was the primordial enemy of the nano.
I've bought a second hand 5th gen Nano because my 14 year old self never had the chance to have one, so now at nearly 30 and having my own money I finally had that dream come true. It's in such good shape, little to no scratches, came with the original earphones (the rubber parts have already fallen off, what a surprise) and charger and the system works perfectly; the only problem is that the battery is old as hell and doesn't hold a nice charge, I can listen to it for about 1 hour before it shuts down and I put it to charge again. Really lucky that eventhough this Nano has belonged to someone, it has no black spot!! I really want to have the battery changed but I just can't find someone that's familiar with this type of work! Maybe one day I'll get brave, buy the tools, the battery and try it myself. Like people say, yolo.
Great video! As for the “freaks”, I’ve haven’t noticed any battery issues with the 7th generation. The 6th generation had a flaw where the buttons would get stuck. I was sad when it happened.
I begged for a Razor, my dad said no. I got a perfect score on my state test. The highest in the state. They made me take it again with a state representative observer. I got another perfect score. My dad still said no, and told me to “get the groceries out of the trunk.” The phone was in the trunk. I died that day....of happiness. Plus everyone in my class passed the state test because I signed the answers to them....which is probably why they sent a state observer. I’m still happy about it. No child was left behind.
My silver 2nd gen is still trucking along nicely, besides one row of dead pixels on the screen it's doing fine. Considering it spent it's life on an iPod dock it hasn't got a swollen battery yet. *Crosses fingers*
My 2nd generation nano's are the toughest pieces of electronics I've ever owned. They often got left in a pocket on a jacket or a pair of jeans and ended up in the washing machine. This must have happened somewhere between 10 and 15 times. Left them on the heated bathroom floor for a few hours and they were good to go. Only damage was that the ends got a bit beat up. Gave them away when I bought my 6th generation -the one with the clip- that I still use when I go running and leave my phone at home. I love these little guys 👍
I grew up with everyone having ipods and i got my first ipod in 2009 as a 5th gen, i loved it. I had good luck with the black spot til the last few years. I sold it to a friend who could fix it cause i had no clue
Grew up with a nano, and the only issue i see is the screen has extremely yellowed from lack of use, i wanna do more research on that, but if the battery hasnt bulged, i might change the battery while i still can, itll be difficult but if it stops working its no sweat off my back seeing as how i dont use it anymore
I’ve had the last gen nano that got released in 2013ish ( the one with blue tooth) for the last 10yrs and still works like brand new . I absolutely love this thing!
The 6th generation one was proably my first ipod. I had non-apple mp3 players for years but I was looking for something small and easy to use and ended up with that little nano. It was great, had the watchband. I think I lost it when we moved.
i had a black gen 1 nano until november this year. no black spot no screen burn or battery issues. then my brother submerged it in water and it fried itself and short circuited. took it apart and most of the damage was on the 30 pin connector which was surprising
The third gen nano was the best iPod ever made. Fight me. I still have mine and it's running after a cycle through the washer and dryer, and after losing the scroll wheel. It's amazing and I love it.
I can agree but mine lost a screen after a drop on concrete but i got it fixed stupidly easly with my soldering skilled friend who by coindicence is called *James*
Damn. I thought my Kyrocera Torino phone (2006!) was like a Nokia 3310 back then till I forgot it in my pocket :( display didn’t work afterwards so I technically lost my pics and videos and data
I recently saved my mom's 3rd gen nano. The battery drains kinda fast, but it hadn't even turned on in a while. All I had to do was plug it in for a while on a fast charge adapter (like seriously, 30 minutes plugged in to get it to boot AND a hard reset, I don't have the luxury of firewire)
I miss mine :( Has the black spot AND a cracked display :( i loved it to death, I hope I can get one again just for the nostalgia because let's face it in this time and era your phone does better than a nano lol
I used to use the 3rd gen nano daily and I can confirm the display issues and another issue with them is even if you spill the tiniest drop of water on them there are garboge
@@Suzumi-kun I think i'm right in saying that the reaction that causes a lipo flare up creates it's own oxygen, so it'd probably still burn in an airtight jar. I'm sure someone on YT has tested that. Gonna have to look now!
@@bacondingo The way batteries work you essentially have chemical A reacting with chemical B to create energy, in the form of moving electrons around. This only works when they're under a specific arrangement though- if you just slap chemical A directly onto chemical B, they'll still react, but the energy is more likely to take the form of a raging fire/explosion.
My first iPod was a fifth gen nano I had for about ten years (still have it sitting around because idk what to do with it). Never got the dreaded Black Spot, ultimately stopped using it because it started crashing and freezing more frequently and the clickwheel cracked and didn't work right anymore (can't recall if it was due to age or I dropped it or what). Loved that thing though and probably would've gone looking for another one if I didn't get gifted a touch (which I've also grown to love but damn there was just something about the simplicity of the old nano's menus)
I actually repaired my old iPod na-no 5 with the black spot that actually pushed out glass. so the thing what i did is atually carefully poke battery in the corner, and when i finally pushed out the internals it was fine, it even turned on after battery replacement. but don't try to poke the battery in the middle, in case of tihs 4:15.(sorry for mitakes, english is not my native language).
Most of the time you can poke the battery foil with a pin or something to relase thw pressure while being *careful* not to poke too far and short the layers (which is what causes the fires mostly...). Even then some batteries are so old and cooked you can shred them and there will not be enough energy in there to be an issue.
@@samuela.asidor.n.4551 garageband for iphone, screen record the na no part, convert to mp3, save to files app, open garageband, thats all i remember, but look up how to set iphone custom ringtone without jailbreak
I got a first gen shuffle for christmas in 2005, a 60 gb black video in 2007(8?)) which got stolen out of the locker room in tenth grade (2010) and that tiny TV Nano 6th gen in 2011 or so I can't remember. I had three of those TV nanos, all of which failed from the same issue, the power button got stuck in the pressed down position, the Apple store just gave me a new one when I walked in pretty much. But it might still be my favorite, even over the Ipod Video, which had battery issues before it got stolen. I had the wristband mod and would run the earbuds up my sleeves and listen to music in class. Great for working out for sure. Also a 5th gen Touch RED somewhere with all my music on it.
I'm still using my 5th Gen nano, absolutely love it. 12 years old and still working and regularly used. Sadly the battery is now starting to die, it's down to only about 4 hours of play time so I know I'll have to try and operate on it soon which I'm really not looking forward to. I really want it to survive but the casing is slightly bent from the years of abuse and so I don't know if it will survive.
@@hassanmahmood2727 Oh educate us with the glorious wisdom of your clearly superior idea of a joke, my lord Oh that was sarcasm, in case you didn't get it
I was heartbroken when that little blue 2G died on me as I bought it to daily use. My first ever nano in that awesome blue colour, but alas... the nano stinks.
Personally if anyone wanted to get a nano and not worry about this too much, 6th gen. If the battery puffs up it'll just push the screen off the frame making it easier to replace it. I know from experience 😆
I love my nanos, they’re my favorite apple products to collect, i have a 5th, 6th and 7th gen and today will be delivered a 2nd gen. I’m so looking forward to it
I bought a first gen nano (1gb) when they were new, and it’s been in use on and off for the last 17 years now with no black spot. Granted the battery life is kinda suck now, but it still looks and works fine unless you count the scratched-to-bits backplate
I know it's a year old video, but that blue nano is literally what my iPod nano looks like right now, down to the exact same color. Maybe the blue Nanos are extra cursed.
I had one of those nanos with the camera, always wondered why the screen looked like it was delaminating, never knew the glass wasn't meant to touch loll
My na-no is totally fine actually I kept the batt very well and I still do. Discharge it down till it says connect to power, then charge it to full and use it. While it's in a drawer- charge it from time to time.
I have a 3rd gen Nano connected to my car's stereo at all times. My car has voice commands so I rarely see the Nano. Every few months I bring it back inside my house, fill it up with new music, and back it goes into the car. It's one of the best things I own that improves my life and I got it for free.
@RailAce their products suck too. For the price you should not have the problems you do with them.. They launch and sell 1k dollhair Phone in 2018 which had a 720p display.. And the company being full ass they did forget To mention that.. My wifes iPhone camera broke by itself, no picture, just black image. And a month later it turned To like someone smeared vaseline over the lens and few weeks later it worked again.. Not acceptable on a 1k€++ device.
I still have my 1st gen Na-No. First apple product I ever had. Still works. No black spot per-se, but the screen is cracked (so you could say that it has a black patch, instead of a spot, but the battery expanding is not the reason), and only the bottom left corner is still operational. Since I still remember the menu, all I do is set it to shuffle music randomly. It's my player of choice when doing manual labor, in order to not risk my other players (another 1st gen Na-No in perfect condition, and a mint 3rd gen one) getting banged up
Back in I think 2014, I managed to score a Nano 6th Gen for 3 AUD at a fair by entering a raffle (came with 300 something songs too). Got a watch band for it. Loved that thing. Then in I think 2016 or 17, I had a bike accident with it on and shattered the screen. I still have it, and a replacement LCD, but I haven’t gotten around to the repair. I’m honestly still saddened over it. I’m tempted to look around for a cheap 7th gen, but my daily headphones are lightning, so.....I don’t think a 7th would support them
the nano 5th gen was my first ipod, and honestly I have to say it’s one of the most durable things i’ve ever owned- i literally found it in a cup of water (it had been submerged for a day at the least), put it in rice, and it still works to this day. heck, i even left it outside for SIX MONTHS (because i was a dumb little kid) and it worked like new- it’s kind of startling to see that they were such a big problem! I still have it and i’ve never seen the black spot- but i’ll keep a look out!
just for future reference, don't put electronics in rice, rice does nothing, at most you will damage more components (such as the screen) by doing that.
When I was like 11 I accidentally washed my 5th gen nano, which was at the time my most prized possession, and I did the same thing. To this day it still works great and doesn't even have the black spot. Maybe the wash helped it idk. It's still my favorite iPod but I daily a Mini because what I got for doing chores and landscaping wasn't enough to get the 16gb model.
@@JackS425 I am almost certain I did the same thing with mine. Put it through the wash and possibly also the *_dryer_* and it still worked fine. Sadly it fell victim to the same fate as literally every iPod I’ve ever owned: accidentally getting left on a plane and being too small for the flight attendants to find.
I used to turn the camera on with my friend and we would see how far we could throw it while it was rolling. We'd also shoot at it with airsoft guns. Still works.
My first Ipod was a 2nd gen Nano. I had a 6th gen that got stolen when I was in high school, and now have a 7th gen that has lived in the glovebox of my truck for several years now
Checked my nano 5th gen... no black spot? I Plugged it in... looks fine. 5 minutes elapse. Edges of screen turn brown and the black spot emerges. This thing was a ticking time Bomb that ticks when you don’t use it.
Aidan Chappelle I replaced the battery in mine today. Working great now! It was a literal nightmare to work on, though. The battery had expanded to 2-3 times the original size... and I ended up just forcing it out of the case, bending the battery into all sorts of shapes when ripping it out.
I had a few iPods Nanos in storage unused for a few years since the battery failed on them. I have some basic soldering experience so I ordered two replacement batteries. I watched a few videos on replacing the battery, but it didn't go so well for me. On the first one, the touch screen panel and LCD became so detached that I couldn't get it back together. On the second one, the touch screen shattered on me. And that is not to mention all of the dings and warping around the edges just to open it over a period of several hours. Knowing that I failed, I still de-soldered the old battery and soldered the new one on just to test and it did power on. In any case, opening those up is really tough.
Loved the 6th & 7th gen. I still have 2 - 7th gen iPod nanos in pristine condition, but I think both need battery changed. I went to Apple store to diagnosis them, but no luck. But, of course, I could still purchase the 7th gen at the store at $99. At this point, I'd be down to get batteries changed on both bc its easiest way to listen to all the songs I downloaded onto iTunes back in the day.
Sorry bout the sad episode, it's just how it is! I do have a nano that works perfect even after being put through a washing machine twice, but I've had nanos that looked fine begin to swell up only when charged again... bit of a gamble I suppose. You can put rockbox on a nano if you want a "mod" of sorts. I'm not qualified to play with flash storage on a mobo, even James is doubtful! Nanos are hard core difficult ipods.
I love my 4 gb first gen nano. Mine is black I put rock box on it and use it for mrcreepypasta mp3 which are 128 kilobit per second mono, it stores over 3 days of audio
