How to Fix a Broken Headphone Jack for a 5th Generation iPod Video, 30GB or 60GB

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Before opening your iPod

   A guitar pick this is an ideal tool as it is slim and strong enough to open the case, yet is unlikely to cause any damage. , There are five retaining clips of the iPod which need to be freed. , These two together are connected to the main system of the iPod, which is held inside the plastic part (or front).
   
   Separate the front of the iPod from the back by about two inches, but don't completely separate the two halves. , You can now remove and replace the blue rubber bumpers if you wish, or continue separating the case. , Using your tool, gently lift the brown tab of the headphone ribbon cable connector.
   
   Pull out the ribbon cable with your fingers. , Lift up the hard drive (large rectangular piece) carefully, without unplugging the wire strip.
   
   Take the wire strip that is connected to the headphone jack and hold button and unplug it from the main system.
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   Step 2: check to make sure that the hold switch is in the locked position.

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   Step 3: Pop off the face plate of the iPod by propping a thin tool between the plastic and the metal pieces.

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   Step 4: Once you have got a tool in the gap then slide it around the iPod to pop all the catches holding the metal back onto iPod body.

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   Step 5: Inside the metal side (or back)

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   Step 6: you will see a small metal box that the headphones are plugged into (this is the headphone jack) and a wire strip that connects to the hold button.

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   Step 7: Disconnect the battery ribbon cable from the control board.

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   Step 8: Lift up the hard drive to expose the headphone jack ribbon connector.

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   Step 9: Separate the two sides of the iPod without any wire strips connecting the two.

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