This felt more like lock picking than a disassembly.

I'd like to think that whenever he goes into his fridge he says to himself; *_Someone's been in here!_*

TheLockPickingLawyer: Seems like a good lock!

Considering how hard those are to open, not to mention having to bend them back into shape, you might be better off bashing them open with 1 Grit.

DankPods: "these are literally knives" UK Police: *confiscates all spudgers*

Scratches at level 6 with deeper grooves at a level 7.

Me:*going to sleep* KZfaq: yOu WhaNT tO SeE aN AusTraLIAn gUy OpeN a ipOd? Me: ok

2:10 did you just make a god damn ashens reference You sir deserve a medal. I clicked like in .6 of a phemptosecond

*"Nobody's been in here"* *THAT'S EXACTLY HOW SHE LIED*

As someone who just got a 7th gen to mod, cracking it open is just as hard as people say it is. I'm glad I had a replacement housing ready so I just decided to rip the current one out

"You don't even know you cut yourself until you see blood all over the friking thing" Everyone can relate to this one. Guaranteed.

The first person to watch this be like Nobody’s beeeennnnn innnnnn heeeerrrreeeee

I've been considering opening my 6th gen. After seeing this I'm going to leave it alone until it actually needs to be opened up.

I don't even own an ipod but your channel is so enjoyable to just listen to. Probably has to do with your thick Boston accent. EDIT: lol didn't think a joke comment would be so polarizing. It's a joke five-heads, I know he's not from boston, he's from russia.

back when I just got into ipodding, I spent 2 hours opening my 6th gen with a butter knife and good lord that was absolutely agonising.

7:50 you're right. Those are How To Basic noises!

The ifixit method gives me anxiety, BEND

while I’m early I just wanna say I love the short pause before he slaps down the subject of the video.

A little tip I use: Put masking tape right along the seams where you intend to pry from. It helps prevent your tool from sliding across the surface too much when you do happen to slip. It may not stop all marking but it will help keep any marks that do occur a bit on the smaller/more minor side. Granted, you may simply not give a damn with these products for all I know, but I figure the tip may at least be of use to someone.

“Untested” usually means it’s been tested... but it doesn’t work

Nobody: Every hacker in a movie: 5:25

I’ve been a huge fan of this channel ever since KZfaq recommended it after watching The Blurst Of Times all day on repeat... I didn’t even own any iPods so when my roommate handed me his old one yesterday out of the blue naturally I was excited!!! I think it’s a 6th gen classic (160GB with a perfect screen and no battery swelling... I don’t know what I’m gonna do with it but I’m excited lmao

7:20 NO SHREK! WE ARE BEING PLAYED OUT OF AN iPOD THAT BELONGS TO AN ANGRY AUSSIE MAN! WE ARE DOOMED!

Internet: MacBooks and iPhone are the hardest things in the world to work on and open! iPod Classic and Nano: Hold my spudger

2:36 Yesss, 1TB Back Case, I Knew It, You Gotta Replace The 160GB Back Case On Your 1TB iPod With This 1TB Back Case

Sincerely thank you for this guide. Got my 6th gen open without getting bloody (gloved up) and using almost your exact plan of attack with the proper tools. Feel so much better now that its open to work on modding it! Thanks.

Nobody: DankPods: SoMeOne'S BeEn In HeRe!!

The original hard drive in my 160gb 7th gen classic died recently and I probably wouldn’t have known where to start getting in to the thing without this video. Once I’d managed to get the isesamo tool to open the back case a crack, I found that the best thing to keep the clips deactivated was a bunch of hair clips as they’re thin and slightly sprung metal. I’m waiting until Payday to order a new back case, front case and battery, however I now have it running off a 256gb SD card. Thanks Dank.

This is why I love your videos, you're the most honest KZfaqr when it comes to classic iPods. I have modded many classic iPods myself and I always roll my eyes at other videos where they open these things in seconds. The only way that happens is if it has already been opened dozens of times before. The 5th gens aren't too difficult but can be tricky if never opened before, once they are opened its effortless to open them again. But the 6th and 7th are nearly impossible not to bend or damage the backplate unless you really know what you are doing.

Please don’t ever refer to gloves as “extra skin” again Also: nice Clockwork Orange reference at 1:52

If it's your first time doing this, I highly suggest buying a replacement case ontop of whatever replacement/upgrade parts you're doing. That way you don't have to worry so much about damaging the original case when opening it. There are plenty of cases you can get for around $25. I got mine on eBay.

Everytime he uploads i drop everything and watch his new vids

That is literally the only iPod I ever repaired. Coming from iPhones it didn’t feel hard.

I literally am right about to go to bed, then I see this gets uploaded, dammit.

Yay! Another video that never gets old to rewatch, I’ve rewarded so many of your videos over and over again the past couple of days.

This video actually made me buy a red and black 7th gen, perfect combo 😍

Please know that your efforts have not gone unnoticed. Thank you for your hard work and sacrifice toward opening the hardest equipment for our enjoyment.

When you're so early to an upload that it doesn't even show the channel page...

The iPod 7G 160 GB is the second iPod i've collected, and it's making this wierd sound, I don't know if it's the drive, but I opened it up. The process went super smoothly cause I had this video playing right next to be the whole time. You're a legend, Wade!

“*I HATE YOU ALL*” *Me: But I love you...*

This has made my day, seeing this coming out

My first modded iPod was a 7th gen, lemme tell you, heck of introduction.

Really excellent advice. I have a 6th generation iPod. That battery is kaput. Bought a replacement battery and took it and the device to the local Apple Store where they basically told me to get lost. They won't touch any Apple product 7 years after it has been discontinued. Worse, they told me "these weren't made to be opened". A lie, of course. The truth is that these weren't meant to be opened by the user, but only by Apple, and Apple did open them during the warranty period of the device. So, I'm on my own and will follow the entertaining instructions in your video.

Discovered your channel recently, subbed. Who knew servicing old iPods could be so entertaining. I have a classic I wanted to open, but I think I'll wait until the battery or hard drive actually die before even attempting it!

*looks at wife’s fufu* “SOMEONES BEEN IN HERE”

As a electronic’s technician this was fun to watch lol

You uploaded this last night at around 3 AM and I was so sad I couldn’t watch it right away cause I was drop dead tired. Love your vids dude! Keep em up!

I just did it, with this video playing. I had to pause it a few times, but was of great help. Made some minor scratches to my classic, but smoothed them with fine sandpaper (the aluminium top is very easy to scuff). Everything works, and looks good, and I am happy with it! I used the iSesame tool, and some auto feeler gauges to open case.

My teacher: 0:02

As I usually change housing to Ipod, I simply open Classic's with flat scredriver. It destroys old case, but who cares, at least that way, I can open it in seconds.

I used my painters metal pallette knife to open my pod. theyre super thin and flexible. good tool to have around

This is actually great for me! I have one of these iPods and the hard drives dying so I'm waiting for the adaptor to arrive so I can put an SD card in it, so thanks for letting me know exactly what I've got to do! 👌 The ifixit guide was making me anxious

Me: just woke up DankPods: video!

Imagine how much money he spent on Shrek DVDs and merch lmao.

I’m so glad my friend who was drunk around 3 am randomly posted your video for us to watch. I love your humor and way of speaking.

I am an amateur at working on ipod classics but I have opened many 5th, 6th & 7th gen ipods with great success; several of my own and many for friends. With patience, common sense & lots of help from KZfaq I have not had any failures and a minimum of scratches. This video is informative and well presented, but don't be discouraged. It is doable if you persevere.

Hey, at least it isn't as hard as an iPod nano 5th gen. I know a local repair shop and he has never fixed a 5th gen nano. He's repaired 160 iPod 7th gens.

Me: *about to sleep* DankPods: henlo

You my good sir, got me into modding iPods. I just got a 5th gen and flash modded it. Really glad I went with a 5th gen over a 7th gen now

Propably the best opening of one of these that i have seen. Good work.

That intro.... Ah yes classic Dankpods.

Lmao does anyone think DankPros sound like Jazz’s? (the artist)

6:17 Be careful! I tore the ribbon cable for the hold switch on my third battery change. The adhesive from the second battery stuck to it. They get very brittle over time. It's part of the whole headphone jack assembly (which still worked) so I just let it go since I don't really use the hold switch anyway.

I did open one of these to insert a bigger hard drive and the difficult part is not the opening, but opening it so that you do not make it look ugly later - bending the back back into shape without actually trying it on until I'm sure it fits well is no fun at all. I used like 10 guitar picks (dunlop Tortex are the best I've tried as spudgers, as they're flexible, but not malleable so they don't get disfigured , bent or broken too easily), a putty knife and a purposefully blunted safety razor blade (I used a small, roundish stone to make the blade dull, but it will go into places no spudger, plastic or metal, can go in and it's so much cheaper than anything, especially if it's already spent from shaving). And I managed to get it to look OK, just one corner feels a little rough to a finger, but without any visible kink or wrong curvature.

Truly, you haven’t tried to open a 7th Gen IPod nano.

Wow it feels like you just started this channel and you're already the most famous Australian I know of. Well, besides the dentist from finding Nemo.

I've got one of these 6th gen 80gbs, I've got a new case, iflash solo and all the fixins, new headphone and hold switch and a 2000mah bat tree coming for it. The first time I cracked the original case open I broke the little rail thing on the inside that clips it together so its very easy to open now (but doesnt seal shut properly) so the hard bits done aside from swapping out almost everything

I love how you send messages to my old favorite videos of yours that i am watching when i don't wanna breathe anymore.

I had a feeling that I needed to search for you when I was watching a hugh jeffereys video, as he was taking about how hard they were to open I find a new video

Started watching this at 4:20

Just opened my 6th gen (for the first time), went very well, pretty easy if you go slow. Best advise is to get a spare front cover (or photos of one) so you can accurately reference each clip position.

It's 2 am and I always end up watching videos like this only. I only own a 4th Gen, but I'm not really that crazy about iPods. DankPods just has a way of making videos that are very entertaining and fun to watch. I really enjoy your content!! c:

I now have a flash modded iPod that I use regularly... and it’s all your fault.

He's lowkey gonna unleash his inner howtobasic

Him with a 6/7th gen iPod: "This is the hardest iPod to open" iPod nano: _laughs with a swollen battery*_

I remember trying to get into one of these back in '09. I had managed to get into multiple previous gen iPods and figured it wouldn't be too different. I was wrong. I managed to bend up the back plate and chip the aluminum front, and afterward it never closed up correctly. Never again.

What do you eat the spoon or the fruit cup

SHOOP 0:57

This channel is gold I love it

You truly are a fighter man, good job on the video!

*"Hello ladies and gentleman, this is the iPod Picking Lawyer"*

I bought 11 iPods since I found this channel..

I used a series of .88mm guitar picks to hold the clips in once I'd unclipped using the opening tool. Seemed to mostly work ok, although I got a bit of a bend on the metal case in one area.

Just the grunting made my muscles tense. And this was a relaxing DankPods binge watching session.

Hi I forgot to write to tell to that you have amazing content. And also how's grit (the rock) and how's quarantine has been going in astraila dank pods and I sorry to ask you a question what is your name and your favorite music or song. and to write a long edit i never thought you would read this.

Why am I just now getting a notification for this video

@1:54 was that a pun of a line from A Clockwork Orange? That was great! Well done

I have a red custom iPod 6th gen too. Just threw it together and was easy to get apart since a clip was broken on the front. Couldn’t imagine trying to pry apart a new iPod.

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AHHH IM EARLY ITS 4AM EST

i dont have ANY INTEREST in ipods BUT YOU ARE SO FRICN SO ENTERTAINING AND YOU'VE MADE ME OBSESSED NOW

Man I don't even know how I ended up watching this channel, but it's amazing. I've been thinking of getting a 2nd gen iPod Mini, doing flash and a battery, then getting a nice dock to use with my hifi. I do have some questions though. I've been watching for a little while now and I notice you seem to have a synced library of 30,000 songs, where did you get all of those songs? Are they all from CDs, internet downloads or just from iTunes? Also, just a general question, is iTunes my only option for music if I get an iPod? Is there any way to play FLACs on an iPod? (besides the iOS touch models) This channel about iPods is somehow pure comedic gold, keep it up man! And thanks to anyone who responds to this comment as well.

You took too long John DankPods, I can open up one of these in .6 femtoseconds >:(((

Hi I am first! NOTICE ME SENPAI

The intro to this videos is one of the best intros i have ever seen in my life. It is a pure DankPods blessing if i ever saw one.

This is perfect timing. My 6th gen arrived today and I plan to put a 3000mah in it along with a flash upgrade, new back, and red click wheel. Now I know to get a few blade things to cut. Y ipod and hands open with.

@DankPods This video really brightened up my day. Keep up the good work, i'd love to see you build an ipod into like a bluetooth speaker enclosure. or even better! a baby jukebox for the bathroom?

I actually managed to do this today! This "guide" honestly helped so much and I can sympathize a lot with how much of a pain it is to actually do. Sadly I severed the hold button ribbon cable...but with a 3000mh battery, I don't think I'll miss it.

Another great video as always!

During these dark times, your channel is the best thing to come