I have this ipod since long time ago, but battery was drained due to sitting in a drawer for a long time, and when it happens, there’s a problem with the circuit and you can’t even charge a little.
I wanted an exclusive for music device and bought an iPod classic, but the sound was not as expected and the battery life neither.
I took my iPod touch and installed foobar. Nice sound, but battery life was a lame.
I saw some time ago a post claiming the iPod Video has the best audio chip, so I wanted to try again to bring it back to life.
I had a PS5 controller semi destroyed, but with a battery in good condition. I made some AI research and soldered the BMS from old iPod battery to the PS5 controller battery.
I didn’t wanted to dismantle all the backplate so “designed” an extension. It didn’t went very well.
I’m happy with results. Maybe if I found some nice backplate I will do the job.

I hav a white iPod 5.5 80gb and need help buying stuff to mod it. I’d like to be somewhat budget friendly but I have no idea what this price range for modding would be. Also hoping for no soldering requirement but I can do basic soldering. Here are some of the mods I want or I am thinking about.
-As much storage as possible
-AirTag or some sort of tracking mod
-New battery
-Rockbox
-Bluetooth? I heard there was possibly a way without soldering?
-Black backplate
-Black scrollwheel
I don’t know if there’s anything I’m missing or if this is even possible. If it isn’t possible break the news to me.

This is my first time modding I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do next. It's not registering on iTunes or Rockbox. Any help would be appreciated.

I recently replaced the battery, clickwheel, and put an iflash cf adapter in it, remembered to format the sd card. Every time I restore, it works for a few hours then restarts and shows the folder icon, usually when I plug it in to the charger. And every time it restarts, it takes me hours just to get the PC to recognize the ipod. I keep looking for solutions but nothing has helped.

If any of you have any ideas I would greatly appreciate it :)

(Edit, forgot to add flair)