How cheap can you flash mod a garbage iPod?

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[@ragesoss]

Holy shit! This was my iPod! A friend emailed when he saw my name in the video, and that's definitely the music I had on an iPod. Blaster the Rocketman is a dead giveaway. I must have sold this at a garage sale (without the dents) 10 years ago or more. I wonder how it made its way to you. Awesome.

[@AI-3279]

Huh, small world

[@loganv944]

@@AI-3279 yup small world

[@TheDubstepmaster13]

Fire

[@7thBatallion]

I have no clue who Blaster the Rocketman is but I've got to get an album for the name alone.

[@windowswhistler229]

Nice dude

[@thebonedaddy]

KZbin is so interesting. Five minutes ago I was watching someone eat 100 year old food now I'm watching a man obsessed with iPods. Love it

[@runnlikehell3]

Would that of been Steve? Of mreinfo of course

[@BokBarber]

I see we are on a similar journey.

[@aldervic6293]

Was it ashens?

[@doose911]

Same here. Was it the MRE's? Lol. Edit: Someone already asked this question. Should have read some of the replies. To late😮.

[@thebonedaddy]

Goose2moose no but he's absolutely hilarious. I discovered him in like 2007-2008 when he messed with those fake iPods/iPhones

[@mikkokohonen6085]

I have no intention to buy or mod a ipod. I’ve never even owned a ipod. These videos are just good and entertaining. Could be interesting to see you mod some other products as well.

[@ethand4784]

ahh this is the newbies corner

[@avigdonable]

I am watching him because he is soooo annoying.

[@wright96d]

@@frt729 How old are you

[@Aryx_]

I’ve own one

[@santoszelaya6842]

Which iPod has a fm radio

[@ProtoMario]

My man, you forgot that's an HP ipod...thats who was in there...

[@stargoodgame]

I love how every verified KZbinr is late on a DankPods video.

[@KDArchive]

@@stargoodgame Well, that means people are finding him... and that's a good thing! Now say it with me... *Haitch pea*

[@stargoodgame]

@@KDArchive *_haitch pea_*

[@anonymousman3623]

Haitch pea

[@daco111]

Haitch Pea

[@quartzofcourse]

“Looks like this pod was dragged along the road” f o r e s h a d o w i n g I n t e n s i f i e s

[@MisterSimplistic]

why do you have me looking up ipods on ebay i have a modern smartphone w/ a spotify subscription WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME

[@meatpops1cle]

Mr. Simplistic I literally just bought one because of him.

[@meatpops1cle]

Ser Humano holy cheap!

[@solarwalkman]

@Mr. Simplistic He's purified you

[@clouddd8053]

He has made you better

[@kuldipxxxpanesar]

So far I've flash modded my 5.5, bought a 7th gen to flash mod and I'm currently looking for a 2nd gen ipod mini to stick in 256gigglybytes of sdxc madness. All due to this fine fellow of a man.

[@pierdaponte]

I've come across many a strange thing on the internet- a guy who shares my love of classic iPods and electronics repair is a welcome addition. Hello from Canada!

[@DankPods]

🇨🇦 🍻 🇦🇺

[@DeathNight77]

hi fellow Canadian

[@user-tw9bk9is4l]

Hi from Australia, Canadian 🍻👋🏻

[@kran27_]

Hello fellow Canadian

[@rachezzel]

Hi fellow Canadian!

[@danwemet]

Yo, I completely, whole heartily, genuinely dig this channel 100% full send

[@AresTheDragon]

I like how you can see him progressively get more and more comfortable in front of a camera throughout his career.

[@rvzlk4085]

I changed my ipods name to titanic. It's syncing now.

[@Chwill76]

BRUH!!! 😂

[@thescreemregular5168]

Oh did it hit a iceberg of music?

[@rvzlk4085]

@@thescreemregular5168 Yep, now lost the songs

[@thecaptainnoodles]

that was a horrible icebreaker

[@rvzlk4085]

Ok cool

[@loganiushere]

This guy is an up-and-coming tech ytber: He knows what he’s doing to just the right extent, He talks well, he’s funny, what’s not to love? Mark my words: In 1 month, this guy will AT LEAST have a silver play button. (It may not be delivered by one month from now, but he will have crossed the sub threashold for getting one.)

[@DankPods]

Heres hoping! Thanks 🙌

[@danielfinley-pesti6661]

“mark my words” ... 😑🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️ lmfao i didnt think people still talked like that

[@xex-jdmodz]

@theMiningTeam Haha so nearly two month on and 71k subs your word isn't worth much now is it

[@derkernsen]

@@bathtoaster335 I think he's pretty funny. :)

[@BoiLeek]

Bathtoaster335 that’s the style of his vids

[@559seb]

Imagine being Sage Ross watching this

[@IanC14]

"my iPod!"

[@thecaptainnoodles]

I am Sage Ross. It hurts. My nostalgia

[@aridelrosario1727]

Meowser legit? Idk

[@IAmNotSoCrazyAsYou]

Can confirm that Sage Ross has watched this

[@Rekusasu827]

He watched it

[@samspin]

"DON'T ASK ME HOW I KNOW!" This is so me when it comes to disassembling things!

[@evanpierri]

The foam trick is critical. I just helped a friend who thought his 4th Gen Photo was gone (had the sads). Found online that the OG hard drives sometimes just needed a bit of pressure on the hard drive connector because they easily could stop working. Proud to say I was able to crack it open and pop a pice of pelican case foam inside and it instantly started working. Thanks for the inspo, good look with the foam, and thanks for a sort of basic guide here.

[@stridervanmeter8409]

To anyone wanting to do this, I just got done with my first flash mod. 4th gen b&w screen just like the one in the video with 128 gigs. I used the dirty cheap adapters and they worked fine on the first go.

[@thereal757_ap]

I love popping back to the good ole boys vids, seeing what's being done today. Marveling at how far this and all channels have come. Keep on rocking, Wade!

[@-gcinmalesane8180]

who ever had that ipod has great taste in music

[@thecommentato4]

The guy has commented

[@midwestemo]

i still use this particular model (20GB), and i love it

[@DankPods]

Legit the 20gb 4th gens are my all time fav. My first full size pod as a kid

[@xyzr_3808]

@@DankPods first reply in 2 years lol

[@johnruschmeyer5769]

What I've noticed is that some "broken" iPods, particularly 4th generation ones and Minis need to be connected to Firewire or and older dock in order to have enough power to charge the battery and spin up the drive, especially if it has sat for a long time.

[@darthrex354]

Reliant K, Tom Waits and JoCo. Sage Ross was a cool dude, whoever he was.

[@DoubbleDdragon]

He replied here in the comments

[@AnthonyMaverick]

Just because of your videos i got an ipod myself and flash modded my ipod it's really a satisfying project todo

[@DankPods]

It’s a fun geek project aye and once you’re done you have a 100% supported on modern OS’s retro music player.

[@AnthonyMaverick]

@@DankPods it's a surprisingly versatile little device Especially the pod video with rockbox on it, keep up the vids man love your channel!

[@DJTydalOfficial]

Seeing DankPods’ videos make really appreciate my 5th gen iPod. I found him when he had the Bluetooth mod situation fixed on his iPod.

[@jpeg619]

I have successfully gotten a broken $15 5th gen and got the cheap adapters on the way. Gonna attempt this for the first time lmao

[@EhRandomGuy]

"Battery: Maaaate"

[@christophermorin9036]

"First thing to do..." "Lazy people, the things they... FAK!" *throws screwdriver* Lol, subbed.

[@hamedown]

5:00

[@Random22]

@@hamedown actually 5:02

[@corabain]

You are a dang legend. Inspired by your videos I bought a used 4th gen ipod off ebay, it had a new battery and worked great for 3 weeks then the drive went bleh and died. So inspired by this video I bought the cheapo flash mod stuff, exactly what you have there. Worked perfectly first time around!

[@ToxiChaos]

"I clean your lost iPod ASMR"

[@adagiumx1580]

tbh i actually really love the ipod asmr you keep accidentally creating.. also the way you are so enthusiastic about everything makes me smile ✨

[@d.c.7301]

Dude you are hilarious. I fall asleep watching other people do what you do. THANK YOU!!!!!

[@RobinKoenig1917]

I came from the your Dankmus post, not thinking I would be very interested, but your charisma and editing made me subscribe! Heck, it makes me want to find an old iPod to fuck with and listen to music on.

[@rootbeer666]

I used to get those deep scratches out easily using fine sandpaper followed by a plastic polish solvent, such as Displex. Apply it and rub it with a cotton cloth.

[@SuperAwesomeWeirdGuy]

Johnathan Coulton! Whoever owned that iPod is legit

[@gl3nnium]

Thanks for this. I have heaps of old Gen 4 ipods. Most of them with HD issues. I found both cheap CF adapters on Aliexpress and combined they only cost $25 NZD including shipping so looking forward to trying this. Also yup we have Cash Converters here in NZ but for some reason the ones in Aussie look life they have much more cheap random crap than the ones in NZ - The Aussie ones look like Salvation Army stores to me. Weird.

[@Snowcat_Yukiko]

Watching your videos has inspired me to dig up my old iPod video (unsure of what Gen it is - 120gb) and give 'er a charge to see how well she works after years of storage. She's taking a charge, at least.

[@Lumbearjackk]

Someone's been in here...

[@Honzecki]

yes

[@danhoquang368]

“She’s dirty”

[@quadraforest]

LOOK AT THAT! EUGH?

[@turbocavalli]

GEIR

[@cupcakethesabertooth6802]

*S O M E O N E ' S BEEN IN ERE*

[@viviangardner269]

"hey squidward, you like my new boots?" 7:00

[@jochenstacker7448]

"Pocket Juice™" is still not as bad as Nekkid Watchmakers "Arm Cheese™" when he cracks open old watches.

[@Kaceydotme]

Loving the videos, great work dude. Keep at it.

[@sneakysmeagol]

Got back into modding my old stack of iPods and GEEZE you're funny, quality content my dood.

[@FloppyDiskMaster]

I used these same cheap parts to upgrade my daily 3G a while back. All was well until one day, due to circumstances I won’t get into, it suffered an 8 foot fall onto concrete. It continued working for a minuet before it had a panic attack. Being a student, I didn’t have time to sit down and properly fix it, so in the middle of a math test I used my student ID card to pry it open and found out the whole drive slid out of the socket. TLDR I should have used a bracket of some sort, and yes it worked after plugging in the drive. Had to reseat the battery however and the clock was never accurate after doing that. It would always go fast no matter how often I set it manually.

[@josephstalin8442]

It’s crazy how only a couple years ago you’d get at least a dollar for every gigabyte in flash storage now they’re so much cheaper

[@beanstalker3292]

Oh yeah, I remember that day when I took my Ipod to HP....

[@imakescammersonyoutubesham7919]

*haith pea

[@IllinoisCentralVideography]

@@imakescammersonyoutubesham7919 haitch pea

[@Algorithmic_deity]

If you don't want to buy metal tools to open, use an old card thats hard plastic, works the same without bending metal or making the plastic look bad after metal

[@m.f.3347]

a wooden wedge works too!

[@dhl-96]

i used a butterknife

[@kevinyurrita3481]

I didn't expect to learn something today, but here I am!

[@rjprivate]

I'm going to fix my aussie brothers 6th gen. First challenge opening it haha. Awesome videos mate

[@zakarylakota]

You’ve inspired me to pick up a iPod mini just for the hell of it and I’m going to mod it up for fun. Should be interesting!!

[@daveharris5914]

good lord the nostalgia on your videos.. you got a sub

[@core6339]

7:00 ASMR HAHA

[@flashyeldoggo]

Damn i love your commentary, it make all better for a non computer guys keep doing it !

[@Mr-Cleric]

Been on a binge of your videos lately, and I'm really regretting selling my old ipod 5 or 6 years ago now!

[@JoshLightWork]

these videos never fail to make my day.

[@MosoKaiser]

2:28 _"They're lighter"_ Me: adds a weight plate to a 5.5 gen when modding it, in order to have it weigh the same as it did originally...

[@bonnieredfern2232]

Nobody, literally nobody: Camera: *falls* DankPods: AHAHA

[@Ten80pete]

Funny story: I've been binging DankPods videos for the past 3 days and this is the oldest video I've seen thus far. What I find interesting is watching the evolution of a KZbinrs persona. The first few years they're usually pretty much themselves, and as they experiment, they find that leaning on inflections, accents, or cadence (see Dolan Dark or Chills or whoever) will be more entertaining for viewers. Then I start thinking about the juxtaposition of the on screen persona and when they have to "turn off" and eat dinner with the family. I'd be the nerd to try my hand at it just to document the development process... except I'm not creative enough. Anyway, what I'm trying to say is: Love to see the difference between 2020 DankPods and 2023 Dankpods. Good on ya.

[@sixthgear5874]

Self esteem is one of my fav songs, good to see old buddy boy was rocking out

[@ocphantom]

I got a iPod mini recently who’s name was Chuck Rambo.

[@neckslicer]

7:00 man slowly losing his sanity ASMR

[@kagami_miroVT]

I haven’t laughed this much at a tutorial video. I hit that sub button so fast

[@kanggvng]

I couldn’t give two shits about iPods but your energy keeps me coming back

[@ARamirez150]

as I was changing my old iPod's hard drive to an SSD, the battery connector broke off 😢

[@aylov3719]

ha that happened to me, you can buy the connectors and solder it if you can: nl.aliexpress.com/item/32859632405.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.31774c4dWdlh2d

[@johnruschmeyer5769]

Sounds like me with a 5th Gen... twice!

[@ARamirez150]

@@johnruschmeyer5769 gen 5.5

[@leolaus]

F

[@user-rg1jp2us4o]

This is genuinely interesting to watch.

[@pk_richie4346]

around 7 months ago it was 3 am I was gonna go to sleep then saw this channel and video, next thing you know i watch all dankpod videos available, best decision ever

[@BenMDepew]

I really like these modding videos. Its not very complex of a mod, and yet it performs and a very low price-point.

[@ORIOLESFan02]

I just discovered this channel and it’s pretty interesting. I’m about to hit that subscribe button

[@Lexi_pie]

Well actually me to

[@wanderlustspirit4607]

The sounds when cleaning hurt my head

[@racoon6264]

i love how he brings back the ipod era lol I subbed

[@CarlosHernandez-nf4xd]

Good to know. I didn't know the older ipods had limitation when the come with storage.

[@___aaron.m7930]

“I’ll use it” - Dank Pods

[@dyllankolinen]

3:35 I love how DP says it didn't work and throws in on the table and it lands with the Quality Control Passed Sticker facing up. Typical.

[@sirseriously]

Same thing just happened to me. 20gb 4th gen, listing said the click wheel didn't work, sold for parts. Works perfectly. Going to brasso it and flash mod it now :)

[@thelballyt]

Your channel has made me want an iPod Classic.

[@Sirbanza]

Ayyyyy this came out on my birthday!!!

[@yeeyee4841]

You deserve more subs love your channel keep up the good work❤️😘🌶

[@DankPods]

🙌🤴🙌

[@WarriorsPhoto]

Another great video about modifying an iPod. Thank you.

[@johnnybhagwant5259]

this guy is very entertaining. you def got one more subscriber

[@quartzofcourse]

Good to see you take your iPods out for walks now and then

[@DankPods]

we all need exercise some times

[@the7thstranger939]

That whole thing about having to go to HP isn't true. I'm not sure where that rumor started, but I had this iPod and had to send it to Apple three times. It's the most classic of iPods, but it wasn't reliable. Currently using a modded 6th gen myself, hoping to "upgrade" to a 5th gen or a 7th gen 256 soon. :-)

[@cirkulx]

the camera dropping really feels haunting when you’re in such a locked perspective and never get to see the rest of the table

[@davidemanuel03]

Just found this channel and it is crazy funny!!😂

[@phinoxford8741]

Does he have another channel I hope so cause I need more of him can't wait till the next upload I've been subbed a few weeks and I love all these vids this is one of my favs

[@dillon7832]

Garbage Time

[@Cargo_Bay]

do YOU come with the iPod?

[@DankPods]

Oh you...

[@tudornegru9505]

I do

[@peteranderson3110]

This Channel resonates with me on a spiritual level

[@Noah-xg9go]

You are making excelent content! Keep it up!

[@firasytgames3600]

nice! you grew up Lol i like ur vids already i got recomended

[@kyleknight6953]

The cleaning process strangely reminded me of the scene in Toy Story 2 when Woody was getting restored by Al. Anyone agree with me or know what I'm referenceing? Either way, love your vids man! Been watching for a while now. I have a few questions if you have a chance to answer them. 1st, have you ever had to replace the battery connector on the logic board? mine broke off on my 6th gen :( 2nd, I also have a 3rd gen that I bought when I was a child, never got it to turn on back then but I was wondering do iPods even try to turn on with a bad battery? I should just order one and find out. Also not sure but does it need Firewire to charge and USB to transfer data? Sorry for the noob questions :) Hope you are staying safe with this Corona virus stuff! Cheers man, take it easy.

[@phinoxford8741]

My bday is coming soon and your the #1 reason I want an iPod 5.5 gen obviously for my bday

[@el_dallasyt]

3 years later and it's a masterpiece

[@frostbite1991]

man where was this 10 years ago when people actually used iPods?? I miss my classic.

[@CAMSLAYER13]

Lmao there'd have been no point since flash memory was so much more expensive

[@reubnn]

Hey mate, im a fellow aussie and I was wondering where u found a deal for a $5 ipod, thats pretty insane. Did ya grab it on gumtree or ebay or something else, let me know. Thanks :)

[@moohooman]

I may only use Windows and Android now, but damn this is giving me nostalgic flashbacks to my iPod nano, and almost makes me want to get it out of storage.

[@UltraLowSpec]

Does it have the dreaded black spot?

[@mrman1939]

3:36 you said it stinks, and yet immediately afterward you take a good sniff lmaooo

[@projectmorpheusdj]

yo, nice channel man! how many of these do you own lmao? i never had one before and im thinking about doing something like this in my spare time too

[@DankPods]

I got a cabinet full of nice ones, a handful of used ones that I like to carry around and literally a cupboard full of ones to fix/part out ect ha. Hit up eBay! It's a beautiful time to find old busted pods that need fixing, folks are throwing these out

[@itsTomate]

3:35 so much for QC

[@zewasplays]

I need this guys mixtape

[@LAUGHINGMANWILL]

Another great use for the iPod, I modified an iPod cable using just the red and black wires I connected a USB female. "iPod powerbank" before powerbanks

[@kngduvy0821]

When you see someone’s be I an iPod SOMEONES BEEN IN HERE, SOMEONE FLIPPING BEEN IN KERE

[@PeterWalkowiak]

I worked for apple at this time... you had to call HP and the number was 1 800 HP CARES...

[@HansoloToker]

you make solid content bro SUBSCRIBED

[@Bombtrack411]

i'm really dumb when it comes to this sort of thing but these videos are so fascinating and entertaining

[@brunomoyano8727]

1:34 have the full album of pink floyd the wall

[@emmaraingaming]

as do I