How To Fix Ultimate Ears Wonderboom No Power/Not Charging

Video showing how to repair the UE Wonderboom bluetooth speaker which is not turning on or charging. The problem is a short circuit capacitor which I remove. I do not show how to open the speaker, there are other videos out there. You do this repair at your own risk. I accept no responsibility for damage.

[sergepittet]

My problem was "No power, No charging". I removed the capacitor as explained in the video. This solved the problem. In the meantime, I had bought another Boom box. Now I have two that I can connect together. Very cool ... Thank you man !

[MRigor]

Thank you man, i just bought one for 15$ brand new, not giving life sign. And fixed as u said. Now party can go on ! ❤️

[JaveriaVlogs]

This worked! Thanks a lot! And if you do not have a soldering knife, just heat up a screwdriver!

[sofiad]

INCREDIBLE! Thank you SO much for this video.
I was ready to get rid of my speaker because it wouldn't charge or turn on no matter what I did when I found this video and it completely fixed everything. I removed one of the speakers on the side and it helped a lot with adjusting the wires as well as using heated tweezers to pry off the transistor at the end.
A few things need a bit of pressure to remove but in the end everything worked out perfectly and my speaker's working good as new!! Thank you again!

[artbyscope]

Brilliant, this worked for me as well, my first attempt was to just remove the cables hoping it would do some sort of reset but yeah, the capacitor was the culprit. I do recommend taking out a side speaker for easier wire handling, but there is a seal holding it together so it takes a bit of pressure to remove.

[MilkiWaffles]

how do you know which one is the capacitator? our models are identical but the boards look different.

[SmokeThisLab]

Excellent solve. Another decent item kept out of the landfill. Thank you!

[jessicaroldan]

Bought this speaker 4 months ago and this exact thing happened. no lights, not charging. contacted ultimate ears and they walked me through some troubleshooting and nothing worked and they were wonderful and honored the warranty and sent me a replacement. I have NO experience taking apart electronics but with a replacement in hand I realized I have nothing to lose, I tried this fix and it WORKED perfectly! Don't forget to unclip the bottom cap to pull the whole inside mechanism out and definitely remove a speaker to undo the wires! Looks like the seal on the speaker is to keep it waterproof so don't expose it to water after this fix! thanks so much for sharing!!!! It absolutely saved my speaker from the trash and only took 30 min for a newbie!

[cao]

Just did it!!
Havent done anything similar in my life. I was pretty desperate so just tried it. It was quite hard wont lie, mostly the part when having to remove the transistor, I heated up with a lighter some tweezers and finally got it.
Worked out perfectly, thank you!!

[PGSfishing]

You, my friend, are the man! I would never had known how to fix this- Thank you!!!

[simonnunn]

Brilliant, 5 stars for this fix, I was just about to replace mine when I saw this video. It has worked but am a little confused that it now works having removed the capacitor! Many thanks

[laurentachour]

The element on my PCB where placed in different position then the one on the video. And without experience I thought I was cooked. The capacitor was hard to find and harder to recognise, so I pick up what I though it was.
And boom its actually work. I can get full charge on it.
Dude you're a genius

[johanneandersenrye]

I'm so thankful to have found this! Feels great not to have to buy a brand new one just because of that tiny peice of metal. Thank you so much<3

[FinnSimsFilms]

Thanks a lot for sharing this! Thats one more Speaker saved from premature disposal. How did you find this out? Really appreciated.

[krissyforder]

Thank you so much, it worked!! This is obviously a common fault that needs to be fixed by the

[leprecon]

My speaker just died so I tried this out - it worked!

[jacobkerr]

You are a legend! Thank you so much. Feels like a the most blatant form of planned obsolescence which is sad but gives me hope that the internet can be a amazing place to overcome that!

[haempigafner]

Es funktioniert, danke. Habe das Bauteil mit dem Dremel weggefräst. Der Speaker funktioniert wieder einwandfrei

[Xaviertola]

I have an UE Wonderboom, having the same issues. I took it apart but my circuit board has a different layout. If I send you a picture can you identify the faulty capacitor?

[wfscooter]

What if it looks different when it’s opened up? I have the same model I thought, but it looks different. I see PB2 E322995. I was going to try and test capacitors to see if one is shorted. 🤷‍♂️