Meta-iPod: the iTunes Cleaner. TuneUp - Your Music Collection's New Best Friend. How to Change the Battery in Your iPod : Planet Green. iPod parts, accessories and repairs, guaranteed forever! Don’t Throw Out Your Broken iPod; Fix It via the Web. Yaniv Bensadon, the chief executive of fixya.com, started his site after he moved back to Israel from the United States and found that his electronics would often malfunction in the new environment.
The manuals and the support offered by the manufacturers rarely helped. His site groups questions and answers to problems and organizes them according to product type, brand name and model number. The page for the 360, for instance, lists more than 100 questions with answers. Most provide a single solution, but one common problem, overheating, has 81 posts debating the best fix. “Like any other consumer out there, I had problems with my Xerox printer, 700, Belkin wireless router and even Sony portable DVD,” Mr. Fixya rates the people who offer advice. Knowledge is only half of the battle. Most other gadgets come with batteries that are easy to replace without custom tools. Photo Most replacement kits include small tools for popping open iPods and video instructions for swapping batteries.