Hi there! I got an iPhone SE (1st gen) that wouldn’t turn on. (Showed the Apple logo and immediately turned off again.) On...

Hi Kira, I just replaced the battery in my 3rd Gen iPod and noticed the same thing, the iFixit battery is a bit larger than the one it replaced (which wasn’t an original either…) In my case it was mostly due to the silver wrapping material not being as tightly wrapped as possible. So with a little pushing it fit. I first routed the cable, then made sure there was no space left between the top of the battery and the little board where the cable connects to. Then I could squeeze the bottom of the battery in. The iPod works perfectly now! Hope that helps!