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Cassandra:
I've just (apparently) successfully upgraded my battery in my 5G 60Gig iPod.  If booted straight into Rockbox on insertion of the charger (which in itself is a little peculiar, I suppose - maybe because I forgot to turn the hold switch off after the upgrade, and the battery monitor seems to be indicating it's taking a charge OK.

I'd rate the upgrade as moderately tricky, and much easier than upgrades I've done on the H120 and Archos recorder.  I heartily recommend the instructions provided by batteryship.com, although I actually bought the battery from batteryupgrade.com (which was the highest capacity I could find at 950mAh - no idea why there's didn't come with instrucitions - I think it was supposed to).

We'll see how performance goes in the next few weeks.  In the meantime I'll note in passing that upgrading the hard disk at the same time doesn't look as though it would have been at all difficult.  Total time taken was 10-15 mins.  I am not a highly accomplished techno-god, so it's probably well within the reach of anyone brave enough to be willing to open their iPod (and, presumably, thereby void their warranty).

Total cost of this upgrade UK£18.61.

soap:
Does the ipod fit together as tightly as new after being opened?

Cassandra:
Yes.  The clips seem to take care of that quite nicely.

pheebster:
Thanks for the info! :) I heard that the battery in the 5G was soldered in and not user-replaceable. It's nice to know that is not true.

Llorean:
I believe the Nano 1st Gen is the one that's soldered in.

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