eBay Vendor Review: podsource
User Name: podsource
Product Purchased: NEW iPOD Video Color LCD Screen Display 5G Repair Parts
Product As Advertised: Yes
Shipped Quickly: Yes
Customer Service: Great
I don’t know what it is about my family and LCD screens: At the very least, my sister, myself, and now my niece cannot be trusted to not shatter them at the first opportunity.
My niece’s iPod video screen was recently shattered in a drop, and her mother asked if I could fix it. So I found this auction — the only “Buy It Now” auction I could find that was based in the U.S. (again, I am not going to send my credit card number to Hong Kong for any reason) — and ordered the part.
It was shipped the next business day and came in a padded Tyvex envelope, in a factory-sealed static bag and securely wrapped in bubble wrap around cardboard, with two non-marring tools in a zip-lock baggie.
The biggest problems I faced in replacing the screen were that first, although the external shell of the iPod is fitted around its frame by friction only, it’s a tight fit; I destroyed both pry tool tips trying to get the front and back to separate. I had to break down and use a #1 flat-head screwdriver blade to force the two apart.
Second, everything inside the iPod is miniature: the panel screws, the ribbon-cable connectors, everything. If you have hot dogs for fingers, like I do, you’re going to want to go slow.
That aside, the replacement is simple: Pry the case apart, disconnect the ribbon cables for the battery, headphones and screen, remove the panel screws on the sides, take off the front bezel, remove the screen, reverse the procedure to close the iPod back up.
I and my niece were very pleased with the results. I highly recommend this vendor.
