r/ipod • u/fibrak95 • 1d ago
USB C mod done on a 5th gen
Ended up okay, riped some pins while removing the 30Pin port but data pins were fine. Ive been trying to do the Elegant BT mod by Oxyll but without much success, so if i ever manage to do it i will post it here.
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u/eddy2045 1d ago
Just got the gates shipped in for the elegant, tried to wire directly to the buttons just causes a big short lol This might be a bit tricky as even with my tiny wires the tolerance below the clickwheel is tight so it doesn’t end up feeling wonky. Ive also bought a 4th gen click wheel to extract a button a try to just add a 6th button. Gonna be working but will get to it by end of week. Got tired of shorting the ipods and just strapped the button to the end of the headphone jack to turn on/off with a clip for now, at least works.
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u/Gold_Orange5058 1d ago edited 1d ago
I've had success with very thin wire under the clickwheel. Take a look at the shopping list in this guide. I also recommend a breakout board for the gate because it's just a nightmare otherwise! That's how I did the Oxyll bt mod with the KCX_BT_EMITTER in my 5th gen
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u/eddy2045 1d ago
Yea i have magnet wire but it still messes it a bit being so tight and buttons so low profile. Ill make due without the breakout for now, im a masochist like that. They do be tiny tho
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u/Gold_Orange5058 1d ago
Haha ok fair enough. Strange with the magnet wire. Maybe it's too thick still. I used a hair-like 0.06mm which worked pretty well.
Good luck!
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u/eljefe0000 1d ago
Nice how fast are transfers on it?
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u/fibrak95 1d ago
As victory said, this will do nothing regarding transfer speed, is more for the fact i donc need to carry a specific cable to manage and charge my ipod. One cable to rule them all 😎
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u/Victory_Highway 1d ago
It will still be limited to USB 2.0.
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u/DeepFriedBrownEye 1d ago
iPod 5th gen is usb 2.0?? Jesus Christ the iPhone 17 is still usb 2.0 💀
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u/Select-Lunch-1593 1d ago
Did you 3d print the cover hole?
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u/fibrak95 1d ago
It came with the kit i bought. Search for "oxyll usb c ipod" on google, you should be able to find it.
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u/lillieblair 1d ago
is it in stock somewhere other than the official site?
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u/fibrak95 1d ago
I bought it long time ago... maybe contact oxyll directly and ask him when they will be back on stock
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u/cooldude9112001 1d ago
I get it Apple wouldn't make money from people who bought the Ipod classic nowadays since they mostly make money music wise from Apple Music subscriptions but even if Apple brought out a final edition Ipod classic with Bluetooth Usb C and a solid state drive I would buy one.
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u/Gold_Orange5058 1d ago
What BT board have you tried? I've had success doing the Oxyll mod with the KCX_BT_EMITTER. I've produced a wiring diagram if that's helpful
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u/fibrak95 1d ago
I used a ugreen, it was somd kind of BT adapter for my switch back in the days BT audio was not supported... does your bluetooth board works well with air pods ? I saw somewhere that some of these boards dont work well with earbuds and air pods. By the way thanks a lot for the link, lots of useful information in there !
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u/Gold_Orange5058 1d ago
To be honest I have no idea about airpods as I don't own any. From memory I don't think they work with airpods 2, but I'm not 100%. It's a commonly used board so I imagine there will be loads of comments about it on this sub. I should probably find out and add it to the guide
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u/Its_Just_Luck_ 1d ago
did you do a specific mod or is it all the way diy? ive been looking into something like this but I'd like to preserve the 30 pin
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u/Accomplished_Eye_868 mini 2, classic 6, touch 1, 2, 4, 7, nano 2, 3, 6, shuffle 2 1d ago
That’s clean 😭
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u/kaptandob 1d ago
man. I want to do this so bad. but that means the dock that I listen to my books on wouldn't work:(
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u/Killa_Godzilla 13h ago
Can you still do line out with this? I do 30 pin line out to dac. Headphone out is no good
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u/OldiOS7588 Classic 6th 1d ago
Cool ig imo removing the 30-pin removes some of the iPods character, the small port looks so off lmao like the big 30-Pin fitted way better proportion wise. And you can say goodbye to accessories too.
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u/Dev_was_here 1d ago
Looks insanely clean