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An experiment purely for science.
It works perfectly to this very day!
The importance of the experiment? Well you see, some day the supply of batteries for these things will run dry. I am researching alternatives. It's also funny to see a Nintendo battery powering a Microsoft device. Haha
ilsalta
Make zune squirt again!
rainbowblack
Still have my 2nd gen zune, but damn I miss my HD
ShiftyBat
I use my Zune every damn day and have for almost 13 years. I love that there is a Reddit community keeping the software alive.
ChronicStress
Purely for science and joy. The best kind of experimentation.
ShhhBeQuite
volock
No Zune but I have two iPod classics I've upgraded the batteries and drives on still running like champs. Nice job
DeimosBarret
Still have mine AND the cable. Suddenly 16gb isn't as impressive though. It useful. Loved the thing, though
KaizokuShojo
Idk about the Zunes but my Sansa Clips could play MP3, WMA, and FLAC, iirc. They were so nice, but they don't work well anymore...:(
thefuzziestofbutts
I had always wanted my zune to become my phone. I loved the clean layout it had.
TheHatMan70
Had Zune been successful, that would have been reality. But alas, Microsoft dropped the ball. They always drop the damn ball lol
AFistfulOfDollHairs
How well would this mod work on an original zune?
TheHatMan70
Actually, you don't need to. There's an iPod battery that fits exactly the same. For gen 1, bats were plug-in. Gens 2&3 bats are wired.
Efreeti
RIGHT TO REPAIR!
photog
mexcutioner
This is actually really cool. I still have my collection of Zune’s and spare parts. Loved working on them as well as old PSPs!
PoppaBigBear
don't they have some kind of regulator so the battery isn't undercharged or overcharged and damaged?
TheHatMan70
Yes. The protection board. I removed the board of both batteries and attached the Zune's battery board to the Joy-Con battery. Swap-a-roo!
PoppaBigBear
That's smart
AsianLeprechaun
VanZaiden
(Mario wants to know your location)
Thisguyrighthereagain
I need to find a good replacement for a Wii U gamepad’s battery, official ones are long gone and third party replacements are absolute trash
Ivalicenyan
I know you explained the why, but why?
TheHatMan70
Well, in addition to everything else it's for fun! Now that I know I can do this I can probably do even more interesting experiments.
lurksinthecomments
Zune had a nice music algorithm similar to pandora.
drok302
I still have 2 of them in some junk/memory boxes. I wish I could get them to work or find someone to repair them.
IDontKnowWhatToDoAnymoreAndImTired
If it's dead batteries, any Lithium Ion can be swapped in as long as it physically fits.
TheHatMan70
Gimme the details and maybe I can help you with your Zunes! The community discord has a channel for tech support too.
NorthsideNation
Does the Zune have Joy Con drift now?
TheHatMan70
Oh definitely. I put in my earbuds and my equilibrium went to hell. Hahahaha
Vertron
What does the "HD" in the name reference?
TheHatMan70
It references the fact that it *outputs* HD 720p via the dock (remember, at the time there was movies in its marketplace), and HD radio!
friendsofsandwiches
how much storage do those things have?
TheHatMan70
For the Zune HD, three options: 16gb, 32gb, and 64gb. You're gonna be hard-pressed to find the 64gb models, but 16 and 32 are common on eBay
RottedOnion
I had a 16. It was great, just didn't last long.
friendsofsandwiches
man, wish I could get my rio S10 to work properly. Thing keeps asking for upgrader
somnif
I had a 16'er, but the screen got borked after I fell with it in my pocket. I memorized the button sequence to random play, though.
somnif
Annoyingly, Microsoft wanted more than I had payed for the thing to repair it. Ended up getting a sony walkman mp3 player instead.
TheFastpaws
Star Lord?
SergeyPrkl
Well, Volts and Amperes are allways the same.
IDontKnowWhatToDoAnymoreAndImTired
And lithium-ion batteries are almost always the same voltage for stuff like this. A single LiIon cell is 3.7-4.2 volts, so you can swap
IDontKnowWhatToDoAnymoreAndImTired
batteries without much difficulty. Just have to worry about physical dimensions.
SergeyPrkl
Or wires and slap it on with doublesided tape. I've been using 1s RC car batteries. Like on my Sony MD player and Nokia Cellphone...
lycrius
The necromancer
therealpyroman
Techno-necromancer
MangoLassi
Technomancer?
TheHatMan70
Dang right. Lmao.
Mack1986
Zunes were superior to ipods in every way
gandraw
Didn't Zunes lose all their music when the service went tits up?
Sageypie
Got tanked because of the subscription thing, but it was literally just Spotify before Spotify was a thing.
adiving
The Zen was far superior to both.
matt692007
I had a Zen and everytime I would talk about it someone would say "Do you mean Zune?" No I have a Creative Labs Zen. ::flips table::
DespiseEveryone
Every way apparently doesn't include sales figures.
AsianLeprechaun
Ouch.
DesignatedDrinker
AmArschdieRaeuber
Not exactly what I'm looking for in a good device. Superior for me, maybe not for those who sell it.
Deggies
I worked at Best Buy at the time of the iPod. Creative at the time had a device that was smaller, had more storage, better battery life,
MetalMil
Creative Zen and Muvo were excellent
Deggies
AM/FM radio, a better interface, and didn't have to deal with iTunes, which I'd like to remind everyone: was fucking malware-tier shit.
Deggies
It was also less expensive and more durable. But it didn't have a super cool ad campaign.
Deggies
It *was* genuinely fun directing customers angry at iTunes to the apple rep, though. Very much the highlight of retail work.
durandana
If a Zune could run Rockbox I would have bought 10 of them and used them for the rest of my life
TheHatMan70
Funny story, I talked with an ex Zune dev and learned that, essentially, the security on all models of Zune is still state-of-the-art today.
TheHatMan70
That's why the Zune is the one platform that defeated the RockBox team. And believe me, they tried.
BendadickCumabatch
* is still a DRM dick move today.
TheHatMan70
To be fair they needed to be secure in order to have music labels on-board with their music streaming service that they kinda pioneered
Thankyouforthis
And look where pioneering DRM platforming got them with the Zune.
TheHatMan70
Epic security software and hardware???? Haha