Bose SoundLink Color II Battery Replacement

Written By: yellowjellyfish
  • Comments: 10
Bose SoundLink Color II Battery Replacement

Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

7

Time Required

1 hour

Introduction

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    • Start by pulling on the outer edges of the rubber part on the bottom of the enclosure.

    • Note that it will not detach completely from the enclosure.

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    • Pry between the black hard plastic base and the colored rubber casing of your speaker.

    • The bottom of the speaker unclips, and you have access to the rings that hold the colored envelope.

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    • Pull on the colored envelope, folding it on itself outwards.

    • By removing the cover, the protective foam of the microphone will be damaged, the water resistance will be impacted.

    There is a waterproof/resistant double-faced tape about 3/16ths wide lining the perimeter of the top of the speaker and in a circle around the microphone. By removing the cover, the seal will be damaged when you peel it away from the tape. After this the tape is no longer tacky. You will need either thin heavy duty double-face tape or glue that will adhere to the silicone cover or in my case, I am attempting to use waterproof silicone caulk to follow the same line to keep it waterproof.

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    • Remove the 7 screws on the back of the enclosure.

    • And you access the interior of the enclosure (the battery has already been replaced in the photo shown).

    What screwdriver do you need to remove these screws?

    bcadogan -

    Hello, I think it was Tamper Resistant TORX screwdriver.

    yellowjellyfish -

    I used a T10 torx bit.

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    • Cleanly cut the foam and battery wrap.

    • The foam and the envelope will be used for reassembly (to avoid vibrations).

    • Be careful not to puncture the battery or it may catch fire.

    What type of battery?

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    • Unsolder the two legs of the battery and take out the battery.

    Compraste alguna marca en específico?

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    • Solder the new battery, and replace the envelope with the foam, holding everything with tape.

    • For reassembly, follow this guide in reverse order.

Conclusion

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

Author

yellowjellyfish

Member since: 01/10/21

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4 comments

Please be advised that the Bose support website has a firmware update that fixes some battery issues. I took my dead - non-charging Soundlink Color II apart and then found the website and fixed the issue with the firmware update! The update website is located @ http://btu.bose.com

paul ramirez -

Beware that, after the battery gets undervolted (like 2.4V), the device does not seem to accept an externally charged battery and continues to act dead, until it finds some form of comfort over its USB input. Not from a dumb 5V power supply, but from an USB charger or PC supporting some level of power delivery extension, and an appropriately wired lead.

Stein Somers -

Please list type of battery and where to find it it took me a while to find it

Bootyclapper69 -

Guide was good, the battery pcb i found in my unit was a bit different and had metal strips soldered to the board and welded to the battery.

Seifeldin Hashem -