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  • spleenharvester
    Badcaps Veteran
    • Mar 2010
    • 882
    • UK
    #1

    Need to find a battery

    Got a GoGear ViBE 8GB here. Was a complete brick until the battery was pulled, and now it works on USB. So I'm guessing the battery went dead short or something.



    Only info I can find is on this site http://bydit.com/doce/products/Li-EnergyProducts/



    Any ideas?

    Thanks!

    EDIT: The Vibe's battery is apparently interchangeable with the SA3285 and MyVu glasses which use a SL422436. But I can't find that either.
    Last edited by spleenharvester; 05-04-2013, 07:05 AM.
    Dell E7450 | i5-5300U | 16GB DDR3 | 256GB SSD
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    • kc8adu
      Super Moderator
      • Nov 2003
      • 8829
      • U.S.A!
      #2
      Re: Need to find a battery

      look at hobby dealers.
      you may be able to get a raw cell and move your protection board to it.

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        • SuperDuty
          Badcaps Veteran
          • Mar 2011
          • 299
          • France
          #3
          Re: Need to find a battery

          I had a similar battery in a cheapo mp4 player, it worked fine but I wanted to try a Samsung cell phone battery I had laying around, also a 3.7V battery. Soldered two wires to the top connections, and it works perfectly. It charges fines and stays on much longer than with the original battery.


          If you have an old cell phone, you should give it a try.

          EDIT : okay just googled the GoGear Vibe, it seems smaller than the cell phone battery...

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            • twbranch
              Mad Nerd
              • Oct 2012
              • 153
              • USA
              #4
              Re: Need to find a battery

              If you have Batteries Plus in your town, they recell batteries. It is kind of expensive but I have had a few done myself and they work well.

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                • spleenharvester
                  Badcaps Veteran
                  • Mar 2010
                  • 882
                  • UK
                  #5
                  Re: Need to find a battery

                  Indeed matey that's the problem, the Gogear is absolutely tiny

                  Good point about the protection board though - just pulled the tape off, it looks fairly easy to replace, I'm just worried about blowing the thing up with the soldering iron.

                  I'm also worried an el cheapo Chinese cell may blow up or something when charging. Would the protection board be a good workaround?

                  Cheers
                  Dell E7450 | i5-5300U | 16GB DDR3 | 256GB SSD

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                    • spleenharvester
                      Badcaps Veteran
                      • Mar 2010
                      • 882
                      • UK
                      #6
                      Re: Need to find a battery

                      Bit of a development. Turns out it's actually the protection circuit at fault - the thermistor wire stops it booting when connected. Works fine with only Vin and Ground. Is it safe doing it this way?
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                        • tom66
                          EVs Rule
                          • Apr 2011
                          • 32560
                          • UK
                          #7
                          Re: Need to find a battery

                          Depends if it is using that signal. That is a warning to the battery charger that the battery has overheated.
                          Please do not PM me with questions! Questions via PM will not be answered. Post on the forums instead!
                          For service manual, schematic, boardview (board view), datasheet, cad - use our search.

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                            • spleenharvester
                              Badcaps Veteran
                              • Mar 2010
                              • 882
                              • UK
                              #8
                              Re: Need to find a battery

                              Odd, resoldered the old battery completely and all works fine now.

                              So it went from being completely dead with a whining noise, to back to normal, just by removing and readding the battery.

                              Ah well, here's hoping it doesn't do it again
                              Dell E7450 | i5-5300U | 16GB DDR3 | 256GB SSD

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