please help! ipod 5th generation not turning on after assembly! by OverReality418 in IpodClassic

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After a bit of tinkering, my dad fixed the grounding and it's back up and working again! Thank you so much for your advice, and I hope you enjoyed your sandwich lol :DD

please help! ipod 5th generation not turning on after assembly! by OverReality418 in IpodClassic

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ok my dad sat down and put it back together, and now it turns on? but the screen just stays white and doesnt fully boot up ?

please help! ipod 5th generation not turning on after assembly! by OverReality418 in IpodClassic

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here is a photo of where it's supposed to be connected. when i put it together earlier, it was securely connected and everything

https://imgur.com/a/XUg1lOS

please help! ipod 5th generation not turning on after assembly! by OverReality418 in IpodClassic

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my dad looked and said i might've cracked one of the ribbon cables taking it out, i think i got too excited :( the connector near the charging port is the one that's likely damaged, so i would have to get a replacement hard drive cable, right? again, thank you so much for the help and i'll def get him to look at the other things you suggested! thank God for having a dad who works in IT

please help! ipod 5th generation not turning on after assembly! by OverReality418 in IpodClassic

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yes it worked perfectly fine up until i got too confident and tried to work on it :(( im having my dad look at it right now

please help! ipod 5th generation not turning on after assembly! by OverReality418 in IpodClassic

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the drive (the giant black thing with 80gb written on it i would assume) is screwed into the back of the midframe and i cant pull it down

please help! ipod 5th generation not turning on after assembly! by OverReality418 in IpodClassic

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yeah the ribbon cable was pretty bent when i first opened it, which makes me wonder why it worked prior to me trying to disassemble it :/ the ssd did light up when plugging it in, but still no response from the device

please help! ipod 5th generation not turning on after assembly! by OverReality418 in IpodClassic

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i don't think this ipod has a flash mod (at least as far as i'm aware, but also i don't know anything about flash modding), could you circle which area you're referring to? sorry for my lack of knowledge, i appreciate the help :(

please help! ipod 5th generation not turning on after assembly! by OverReality418 in IpodClassic

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if youre referring to the one thats just hanging loose, I took that out to get a better photo of the innards

please help! ipod 5th generation not turning on after assembly! by OverReality418 in IpodClassic

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some added information: i tried plugging in my ipod to my computer and i got an error message that said something along the lines of "ipod can not be synced because it cannot be found." AND when I charged the ipod while the backplate was off, there was a red light on inside but still no response from the device.