maple classic™ 
just gotta open up this ipod and--
oh...
https://computerfairi.es/media/MMOqktdFfvRHP8LzNmI https://computerfairi.es/media/YIWBjFVpdTCxuFqy7kA
oh my god this is so far gone i can't even unscrew the screws, they're literally rusted away
hey guess who accidentally just punctured a lipo
oops...
and yeah i guess i'm ok, it's not warming up or bulging (the bulge it has now is just from prying it away from the metal tray in the ipod, that thing was stuck HARD! and the tool i was using to try prying it off is what accidentally punched a hole in it eventually)
i think the battery was far far too gone already, the ipod wouldn't even boot while plugged in https://computerfairi.es/media/3G43DsslObKfTNzFGKE
HAHAHA HOLY FUCKING SHIT I DID IT I REPLACED THE GOD FORSAKEN SOLDERED BATTERY AND DIDN'T BREAK ANYTHING
except for the digitiser glass which was already cracked beyond recognition and i'm waiting for a replacement for that too https://computerfairi.es/media/xpOpTXXMhuLz9YepB6k
holy shit it's actually restoring the ipod software for once
it totally was the dead battery that kept it from working
potato quality so it fits mastodon upload limit sorry https://computerfairi.es/media/-1cIhiAhRCEo8ippfqA
@squirrel glad to hear
still, put it in a metal box with holes in the top, leave it outside
those fuckers can be nasty
@troubleMoney i live on the eighth floor of an apartment building, there's no outside
@squirrel @troubleMoney gonna have to build a fleet of drones, sorry, those are the rules
@djsundog @troubleMoney oh good idea we'll put the thing that easily catches fire with the other things that use things that easily catch fire to fly
@squirrel @troubleMoney we'll build a second fleet of firefighter drones
@squirrel ...fair point, forgot that
The metal box thing will still help if it does decide to go up though
@troubleMoney ... i don't have a metal box
@squirrel ah, that would be another problem with the suggestion wouldn't it
er... just put it somewhere with very little flammable stuff arounf
@squirrel basically I just want squirrel to be safe and not on fire and I'm throwing suggestions around
I'm sure you actually have it handled
@troubleMoney
>I'm sure you actually have it handled
well that makes one of us
@squirrel hey, you've been very good at not being on fire so far, I see no reason that won't continue
@squirrel ALL PRAISE MAPLE! RESURRECTOR OF iPODS!
it's very much cold to the touch so i think i don't have to worry much about it rn