Jbl Charge 4 Battery Replacement Repair Guide

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Moderate

Steps

Time Required

                          20 minutes

Sections

Speaker Grill
3 steps
Passive Bass Radiators
2 steps
Battery
7 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Speaker Grill

Flip your speaker over and insert the plastic opening tool into the slit on the grille.
Pry away from yourself towards the back of the speaker to release the clip.
Repeat this process for the clip on the other side.

Flip your speaker over and insert the plastic opening tool into the slit on the grille.

Pry away from yourself towards the back of the speaker to release the clip.

Repeat this process for the clip on the other side.

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Step 2

Remove the two 8mm Phillips #0 screws from the other edge of the grille.

Remove the two 8mm Phillips #0 screws from the other edge of the grille.

Step 3

Pull apart both sides of the grille.
Lift the cover off of the speaker.

Pull apart both sides of the grille.

Lift the cover off of the speaker.

Step 4

              Passive Bass Radiators

Using the plastic opening tool, lift the tab on top of the speaker to release the radiator from the clips.
Repeat this process on the other clips around the radiator to release it from the frame.

Using the plastic opening tool, lift the tab on top of the speaker to release the radiator from the clips.

Repeat this process on the other clips around the radiator to release it from the frame.

Step 5

Push the radiator off of the frame of the device.
Repeat on the other side.
The passive bass radiators seal out water from inside the device. Removing them multiple times may compromise the waterproof nature of the speaker.

Push the radiator off of the frame of the device.

Repeat on the other side.

The passive bass radiators seal out water from inside the device. Removing them multiple times may compromise the waterproof nature of the speaker.

Step 6

              Battery

Remove the two 6mm Phillips #0 screws on the front side of the port bay cover.

Remove the two 6mm Phillips #0 screws on the front side of the port bay cover.

Step 7

Gently slide the cover back and off the hooks.
Remove the port bay cover.

Gently slide the cover back and off the hooks.

Remove the port bay cover.

Step 8

Remove the two 6mm Phillips #0 screws.
Remove the four 8mm Phillips #0 screws.

Remove the two 6mm Phillips #0 screws.

Remove the four 8mm Phillips #0 screws.

Step 9

Lift up the battery cover.

Lift up the battery cover.

Step 10

Remove the sticky tape to expose the white ribbon cable ZIF connector.
Flip up the black locking flap on the ZIF connector with the tip of a spudger or your fingernail to release the cable.
Remove the white ribbon cable from the battery cover and place the cover to the side.

Remove the sticky tape to expose the white ribbon cable ZIF connector.

Flip up the black locking flap on the ZIF connector with the tip of a spudger or your fingernail to release the cable.

Remove the white ribbon cable from the battery cover and place the cover to the side.

Step 11

Remove the battery from the battery socket by gently pulling on it.

Remove the battery from the battery socket by gently pulling on it.

Step 12

Pull out the battery enough to expose the battery’s wire connector.
Push down on the white tab and gently pull out the battery-device connector.

Pull out the battery enough to expose the battery’s wire connector.

Push down on the white tab and gently pull out the battery-device connector.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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Matt hempel - May 24, 2019

Where do you buy a battery for a jbl Charge 4 ??

Brendon Reijnders - Sep 6, 2019

Probably just cut open the blue foil around the batteries and replace them by re-soldering the electronics onto new 18650 batteries.

correct me if I’m wrong here.

Shani Sanders - Dec 26, 2019

Where in the !&&* do i get a battery for a bluetooth speaker. What happened to the jbl charge 4 that it even goes out???

osborne buhere - Jan 27, 2020

My JBL charge 4 battery dead too. 9nly uses it for three months

chrisgraafmans - Aug 4, 2020

How is the battery 6 pins? Any idea what the middle 2 wires do? The outer ones seems +and - 3.7v if the cells are in parallel. Can anyone shine a light on the configuration/wiring of the cells?

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