try as you might to keep your iPod touch
in tip-top shape
someday you will drop it it's the
reality of owning any iPod most of the
time the iPod survives but if you're
unlucky and the front panel is shattered
or damaged I've got good news for you
you can replace that sad front panel
yourself it won't cost you very much
money and it will take you less than
half an hour hi I'm MJ with iFixit and
today I'm going to show you how to
replace the front panel on an iPod Touch
the one that I'm working on is a
second-generation model but the process
is almost exactly the same for the
third-generation one regardless of how
similar they are you're going to want to
follow the step-by-step instructions and
the repair guide on our site for your
specific model of iPod for this repair I
won't need much all I'm going to use is
a set of iPod opening tools and a
replacement rear panel obviously these
aren't things you're gonna find just
laying around the house but you can't
find them at ifixit.com now that I've
got my parts and tools together I can
get started I'm going to gently insert
my iPod opening tool in between the
front and rear panel near the volume
button once it's in there I'm going to
rotate it away from the iPod touch to
pry the glass panel up I'm going to
continue doing this at several points
down the left side the trick here is to
insert the iPod opening tool in between
the retaining clips the repair guide has
an awesome diagram that shows where all
the retaining clips are located making
it a little easier to pry off the front
panel you might think to yourself
wouldn't it be faster just to insert the
iPod opening tool and pull it down the
side it wouldn't be faster but doing
that would actually damage the front
panel and the rubber bezel surrounding
is so slow and steady is best on this
one
once I noticed the left side is freed up
I'm going to move on to the top and then
to the right side
once the whole front panel have slightly
lifted away you can begin to remove it
there's a cable connecting the front
panel to the logic board so I'm going to
use my ipod opening tool to disconnect
that before I remove it all the way
before I install my new front panel I'm
going to make sure that I removed the
protective film from both sides and that
it's free of dust or fingerprints or
lint and the same thing goes for the LCD
once I know that both of those are clean
I can connect the cable on my new front
panel and push it gently into place of
course you could find all the parts and
tools for this and many other repairs at
ifixit.com and if you run into problems
during your repairs there are lots of
resources and the iPod Touch repair
manual on our site thanks for watching
and happy repairing