Megaboom Battery Replacement + Reset and it charges again :)

This video was inspired by video made by HCDigital Art

The reason I decided to replace battery was a fact that my Megaboom was not able to be charged. Led icon was not blnking durring connection of micro usb cable.
I replaced battery and still Megaboom was not able to be charged. Both speaker and app on IOs indicated that there is 40% charge.

I went trhough few soft downgrades and upgrades and resets and somehow Magaboom works again.
Its difficult to say what helped but I recomend to
1. Replace battery
2. Perform reset
3. Perform downgrade of soft/firmware (old software you can find on internet)
4. Ugrade of firmware via IOS app

UPADTE:
I noticed that sometimes extra step is needed

On powered device click PLUS, MINUS & BT button

Magaboom works great for me again :)

[Spurdospaerde]

Thanks for the very useful video! Just some notes from my successful attempt:

The top cover doesn't appear to have the usual super fragile plastic tabs that you need to depress and always break off anyway in order to open it. Just use a wide but thin screwdriver or similar implement, insert it between the "fabric" and the rubber lid, and when you push and poke you'll find a gap between the hidden hard plastic part of the lid and the speaker body. Don't pry on just the rubber edge, that won't accomplish anything. Gradually work your way around that gap, prying the lid increasingly open, and eventually it'll come open with a scary click. Don't worry, there are none of those fragile tabs we're otherwise used to breaking.

If you open the lid as much as Prodish did in the video, you'll risk overstretching and snapping the decorative rubber spine (with the volume buttons). At least on my old speaker, the rubber spine was rather stiff and brittle (from ageing?), and it partially cracked from just opening the lid like max 45 degrees.

Make sure the silicone looking goop on the left and right protruding parts of the PCB isn't stuck/glued to the fabric before you start prying the PCB out. Those protrusions easily break off, and then you'll have to either buy a new speaker or find a spare PCB. For me, it was enough to carefully pry on the blobs of goop (avoiding to pry on the protruding PCB parts) and I could see it come loose from the fabric.

Since I didn't want to completely break the spine and thus didn't open the lid fully, there was no room to insert the new battery already mounted to the PCB connector. Instead I inserted the battery, but not all the way in, in its hole. The battery's connector was then left visible to align with the PCB connector pins before fully pushing everything together again.

Before reassembly, wipe the gasket and its opposing contact surfaces on the lid and the speaker body clean for better waterproofing, and try to get loose crap like hardened silicone goop out of the speaker to avoid unwanted noises.

And I take no responsibility, it's all on your own risk, yada yada.

[elianasalas]

Thank you for this video! My speaker hasn’t been able to charge for over 2 years. (The highest charge percentage being 10) I opened it up but instead of replacing the battery i just took out the original and placed it back in and it’s charging again!!! Thank you!

[PixelationMusic]

THANK YOU FOR THIS! iFixit's guide is pretty vague and the pictures did not show what they descriptions said. This cleared everything up. Thank you!

[huntmich]

Very useful. You just saved me the replace cost ($200) minus the battery cost ($30). So thank you!

[truehappiness]

This fix saved me much rage, also I got the same battery on eBay. May you never die, also share more fixes you legend!!

[kerryhuawei]

Brilliant got the battery replaced without any problems. Great tutorial, keep up the good work.

[defcut]

25USD for a new battery from Ali instead of buying a new UE and is working as new again. Amazing! Thanks!

[Tyetheberious]

Thank you. After pulling out the top board, then putting it back in, my boom started charging again. Thanks for saving me some bucks!

[hcdigitalart]

Great video man, yep I just saw this video...glad I was of help with this. Your on the right track, the issue was with a software update, which was causing the speaker to sound horrible. So other than replacing the battery, you needed to also go back to an earlier version of the software. Good job man....


HCDigital Art

[samanthaalexander]

Thank you for the tutorial, I have ordered batteries and will soon tackle this battery change.

[russellculley]

thankyou..worked perfectly right down to the "click" when pressing it back in

[rob]

I have been wrestling with a non charging UE Megaboom for 2 years. Finally fixed it!! The charger they give you is too short and doesn't make proper contact. Trim back the surround a couple of millimetres with a scalpel. Fixed!!!!

[monasterydreams]

that worked perfect, the first time I took out the old baTTERY put the old batter back in because I am dumn, but this time I put in the new one, and it works. Sweeet
Thank you

[chadcmartin]

Excellent job on the video! My 5 year old son and I were able to follow along and fix ours, and now is actually charging!

[iamapearson]

Thank you for this. I was going to throw my away and buy something new! I'm going to give this a try. Thanks again for this video!!

[batmonkey]

Very helpful, thank you for sharing this guide.

[sendasantiguasgiddings]

Thanks for the great video, I too had the same issue....I just ordered the correct battery thanks to this

[Phrinkle]

Worked great for us. Thank you for the video.

[lifehackertips]

I finally got it open the way you did, but I used some old 18650 batteries I had laying around that cost about $2 each. Speaker works fine now and only cost $4 to fix. Original batteries were still good, they were down to 2.75 volts but they charged up again.

[MrSaul]

I removed my battery and put it back in and I got led lit up now and it charges but it only charges with cover open