http://procrastiblog.com/2006/09/29/notes-on-a-broken-ipod/ A place to document tips and tricks for the various Linux, LaTeX, OCaml, and other general computer-related topics that I encounter in my daily life and a repository for supposedly amusing observations, hyperlinks, recipes, reviews, travelogues, and political opinions written when I have a spare moment (or when I don't have a spare moment, but I don't feel like working) Mon, 19 Sep 2011 18:32:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://procrastiblog.com/2006/09/29/notes-on-a-broken-ipod/#comment-102 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:22:00 +0000 http://procrastiblog.wordpress.com/2006/09/29/notes-on-a-broken-ipod/#comment-102 Sorry to hear about your bad experience. I think Portatronics can probably fix older iPods (I’ve got a pre-video, pre-Nano-era 30GB model) with their eyes closed. I’m not sure I’d trust them with anything else.

]]> http://procrastiblog.com/2006/09/29/notes-on-a-broken-ipod/#comment-101 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 17:33:00 +0000 http://procrastiblog.wordpress.com/2006/09/29/notes-on-a-broken-ipod/#comment-101 Maybe you got lucky with Portatronics. I took them a simple battery replacement job, one solder connection, on another (non-iPod) mp3 player–even brought them large step-by-step photos. Know-it-all dweeb tossed aside photos, roughly pulled the unit apart and broke the motherboard. Now I can have that fixed for $150 by the manufacturer. I wouldn’t trust Portatronics to refill a parking meter.

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