So as title says I revived my beloved iPod, upgraded its storage and also modeled and printed some accessories for my iPod. I made a TPU case, a dock using the original cable and a storage box.
Everything is available for free on my printables:
https://www.printables.com/de/@Gorroth1007/models
Link to my first post (including whole storage upgrade process):
https://lemmy.world/post/3243217
Here are some additional pictures:
80gig 5th gen, doesn’t appear to be the 5.5 gen. I think it should have the space but like you I can’t see it running down the battery for most of my usage cases so figured why complicate it at least for the first upgrade.
Ah okay, yes absolutely. I made this upgrade because my iPod battery already was dead and the hard drive didn’t sound very good. It was sitting in my closet for years now waiting for me to do something with it. As this is my first iPod reincarnation I decided to not invest much money, so I went as cheap as possible. But I couldn’t be any happier with how it came out. Playing with the idea of getting another one from eBay to prepare for my wife, my sister or my daugther. But this one here will stay mine, it always has been and it always will be as I connect a lot of memories with it.