Repair a Clicking iPod Nano

The ipod Nano is a quite well-known new music player, but due to the fact it is so modest, the click on wheel that is utilised to navigate the menus can get started to click on fairly than spin freely. This will sooner or later wreck the click on wheel and make the ipod Nano unusable. Changing the click on wheel by yourself is not a informal activity; you ought to open up the ipod Nano, but it will help save you the large value of taking it into a support middle. The click on wheel and opening instrument can be obtained from an ipod offer store. Changing the click on wheel does not demand digital understanding.

Issues You will Demand

Soft cloth ipod Nano click on wheel ipod opening instrument Jeweler's screwdriver Spudger

Place a soft cloth down on a table. Flip on the ipod Nano and Put it down on the soft cloth encounter up. Depart the ipod Nano on till the battery has totally drained.

Choose up the ipod Nano and maintain it in your left hand with the "Maintain" change dealing with up. Move the "Maintain" change so that the orange indicator exhibits the ipod Nano is in the locked place.

Choose up the ipod opening device in your correct hand. Insert the ipod opening device in the seam in between the white plastic leading and the metal casing of the ipod Nano. Pry off the white bezel and Place it aside.

Pry off the bottom bezel of the ipod Nano utilizing the ipod opening device in the exact same method as the leading bezel was eliminated. Place the bottom bezel aside.

Use the jeweler's screwdriver to eliminate the two screws from both side of the dock connector on the ipod Nano's bottom. Place the screws aside. Use the jeweler's screwdriver to eliminate the two screws from the best of the ipod Nano. Place the screws aside.

Pry the headphone jack partly out from the ipod Nano utilizing the spudger. Get rid of the now uncovered screw under the headphone jack with the jeweler's screwdriver. Set the screw aside.

Get off the metal bracket that is all around the dock connector. Place the metal bracket aside. Very carefully disconnect the headphone and click on wheel cable from inside of of the dock connector by wiggling it free in the direction of the front of the ipod Nano with the spudger.

Push the logic board up and out of the ipod Nano's casing from the bottom making use of the spudger. Set the logic board onto the soft cloth encounter up.

Select up the ipod Nano casing in your left hand. Gently push the click on wheel out of the hole in the ipod Nano. Discard the click on wheel. Insert a new click on wheel into the maintain of the ipod Nano from the inside of of the casing. Wiggle the click on wheel till it seats alone into the casing.

Reassemble the ipod Nano. Cost the ipod Nano. Flip off the "Maintain" change and Flip the ipod Nano on. You ought to be able to use the click on wheel to navigate by way of the menus devoid of creating a clicking noise.