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6th gen battery isn't soldered it's a connector. Check iFixit. Replacements are pretty cheap. Even with a cracked screen and dead battery 15$ is a killer deal for a 6th gen!
Thank you!!! Someone said "It's literally soldered onto the board" so it makes me happy to hear that's not true
Not sure what they’re on about, it’s soldered.
https://www.ifixit.com/Device/iPod_Touch_6th_Generation
With that being said, it’s not a terribly difficult part to desolder/resolder. Use flux, take care not to short the positive side to anything else while you’re working.
Not only is it not soldered to the board, you can also upgrade the HD to a SD card.
Does that happen to be a variant? I replaced the battery in my aunt's iPod Touch 6 a few years ago and did have to desolder the battery ribbon cable as it was directly soldered to the logic board. Took a lot of patience just getting to the battery too (screen is held on by glue unlike the clips/tabs in an iPhone).
Also interested to hear other people's thoughts on reusing these old iOS devices, got one sitting around just collecting dust.
If OP indeed has the 6th gen iPod Touch, not the classic, it won't be as rosy as most of the comment here suggest. From my experience replacing the battery on one, you need a hair dryer to loosen the glue and pry off the screen, then a soldering iron to replace the battery since its ribbon cable is directly soldered to the logic board. No storage expansion or custom firmware is available for such iOS devices, as far as I am aware.
Also watch out for low-quality replacement batteries, the first replacement I tried only lasted around an hour on a full charge.
I’d be more concerned about the cost of the equipment to heat up and take the thing apart. Is that a concern?
I don't think they were using glue yet. You just use a plastic pry tool to get the case open.
Super easy to replace the battery
this post was submitted on 26 Jan 2026
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