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Variety of issues with iPod 5.5 (possibly hardware?)

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fractalosi:
I bought an iPod 5.5 from eBay specifically to use for Rockbox. Looking inside, it seems the battery is non-original (Cameron Sino Technology?). However, whilst overall the player has been solid, there have been a range of issues:

Player cannot switch off, instead instantly rebooting. Some have mentioned this may be a fault with the charging circuit, but the charge indicator is correct for me, unlike others.
Overall quicker battery drain in Rockbox than Apple, even if nothing is playing, the battery seems to drain at the same rate (empty in ~10 hours with <2 hours playtime)
Frequent corruption of FAT filesystem (although admittedly this may be my fault for ejecting early)
When choosing a new song, it will not play unless the current song is playing, otherwise it starts paused.
Upon entering disk mode, the screen shows a sad iPod and asks me to visit Apple support website. This has persisted through a restore of the iPod through iTunes.

I've completely reinstalled Rockbox several times, and all this issues persist in latest stable for me. Any insight anyone could offer would be greatly appreciated, and of course I'll be forthcoming with any additional details. Thanks.

Frankenpod:
Dunno, but I have had ipods that did each of those things, and generally it's a hardware fault.  That actually sounds to me like multiple faults.  The 3rd and 5th one could be a failing hard drive?  The first two could be several things, including just a failing battery, but also could be some component fault is is not letting the ipod shut down fully.

I don't think any of those are to do with Rockbox.

But the fourth one is just this:

http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php/topic,52744.0.html

(That you consider it a fault is supporting evidence for Chris S in that thread, I guess!)

fractalosi:
The SMART data looks fine in diagnostic mode (no reallocs) but the drive could for sure be an issue. Would you say it's worth replacing the parts or simply buying a new iPod? Either way, are there "trusted sources" for trying to get better next time, or is it just pot luck on eBay? And any model of iPod that is more stable than any other? Actually, I guess I could be open to any Rockbox device with plenty of storage space, and a good screen and buttons.

Also, I'd say that pause thing is definitely unexpected behaviour for me - every other audio player I've used plays on new track, but as long as it's intentional, I can live with it.

Thanks

Frankenpod:
Might be worth trying a replacement battery?  Personally I don't think it will fix all those faults, but it doesn't cost much and isn't at all difficult, and just out of pure curiosity I'd be interested to know if it did anything for any of the issues.

If you had a stash of broken ipods and spare parts it would be easier, but not sure if it's worth paying for spares to try things with just the one ipod.

  I've seen a few reports of 'very rapid battery drain' and there seems to be more than one possible cause...there was one guy who worked out the exact cause in their case and even found a workaround (involving shorting two pins on the connector) but I can't remember where I saw it now.  Something about a fault meaning the ipod kept thinking it was connected to power when it wasn't?  There are definitely people out there who know more about the topic.  But I suppose they've all moved on to smartphones now anyway!

fractalosi:
Any recommendations on replacement batteries that won't combust on me? I don't have any spares unfortunately.

Thinking about buying a new iPod, CeX here in the UK do a 80GB video for £55-110, depending on condition, and they offer two-year warranty. At least this gives me some assurance that it won't be terrible, but unfortunately I can't select a Wolfson enhanced one specifically. Does the non-enhanced come with the same amount of RAM?
Cheers, and thanks for all the help

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