I actually had the same problem but I fixed it this weekend by just replacing the battery module with one I bought on amazon. Note - when buying , search using the battery model number so you get the right one. I got one with slightly more storage capacity. Its working great as we speak. I was going to dispose of it after almost three years of it not working.
I had the same problem with my Bose Mini. After being frustrated trying to reset it, I set it aside for a year. I then read a couple of online articles stating the problem was the battery. I took a chance an ordered a battery from Amazon for my mini. I installed the new battery and my mini returned to life. It now operates as good as new. Note. you must order the correct battery for your mini. Also note that it requires a Torx head driver to remove the screws. This too was purchased from Amazon.
@@vinayakkotwalla6656 . Emaks 061385 Battery 061384 061386 063404 063287 for Bose Soundlink Mini I one /Bose SoundLink Mini Bluetooth Speaker one /Bose SoundLink Mini Bluetoo
I have a soundlink mini II that will not hold a charge. I instantly considered putting in a new battery and found this video, but on the v2 the cable is soldered in. I would do it myself, but Bose will repair for $55 and they include a shipping label. This seems like the best option for everyone, even if you *can* do it yourself.
Thank you this is a very good vid. Mine got a little wet near the ports I wonder if I could buy that charging board. Darn I miss that speaker .It doesnt recognise the end charger when plugged in and out so Im afraid 200.00 bye bye when the bat goes down, plays fine tho
The barrel plug jack on the side is for charging. A friend of mind gave me one like this. The battery measured 0.04 Volts, so we could call that dead! I took a chance to connect a 12 Volts power supply coming from an old router. The cradle is not necessary. I let it charge overnight. The next day, it turned on ! I have made a complete charge and discharge cycle and it kept the change for at least 8 hours. This is quite close to the original specs. Try to change it from this connector, maybe you will be as lucky as me!
Did you listen to him? After testing he said there wasn’t any voltage getting to the battery. The battery wasn’t the problem, it was one of the circuit boards that controls charging that’s not working right and that he can’t fix
Seems like Bose can't make a BT speaker that will last more then a few years lol. There's allot of complaints about these speakers failing to power on. I have a cheap ass Anker BT speaker that's 4 years old. I gave it to my GF and she's still using it today. It may not sound anything like the Bose, but its still working.
I've had my mini for almost 6 years and no problem, lately the battery is not giving me the same hours it Used to but that's normal on rechargeable batteries. Most likely I'll try to get a new battery before I try to buy a new mini since I'm so impressed with the forst generation mini.
I have a mini that is five years old and still working fine when connected to outlet but the battery doesn't last as long as when new. As all LI-Lion battery they gradually lose the ability to hold a charge and need to be replaced.
The charging part for my speaker broke. However I managed to get inside the speaker. I'm trying to figure out a way of using a CHARGER (cut wired) to connect it to the speaker and charge the battery on the motherboard
One-hand tool use is always a bit painful to watch :), but a very helpful disassembly video nonetheless. I just figured I might have to open mine as well, it needs some very analogue little bump from time to time lately, as it suddenly goes just silent. As I see, I'm rather lucky to not have any internal power issues, looks rather nasty to trace component failures. Btw: I like my T5 as well, but for digital stuff some much cheaper multimeter featuring 2 decimals of accuracy is vastly more useful.
I suspected a bad battery as well, but even so, shouldn't it operate via its charging attachment plugged into the mains. I have one of the original models, which is over five years old. Its original battery is still going strong. The problem these develop over time is that the LED indicators weaken and glow very dimly. Still, the SoundLink Mini produces pleasant audio at close range. At least we got to see its internals.
I just called Boss customer service and talk to them and they had me to send my unit to them and they replaced my battery and checked all the other parts on my unit matter a fact they sent protege for my unit and I have been having mine 8-10 years and love it they stand behind there product
I think they have some circuitry that doesn't charge the battery if it's too low or something. I have the same kind of problem with the newer model. A new battery would probably fix it. Or connecting it to a bench power supply to try to get it above the threshold.
It’s a dead battery. It has been depleted usually after 2 years of use. I called Bose and they will send you a new battery replacement. This guy is a tool. To replace battery you simply lift bottom rubber and remove four star bit screws and unplug battery.
The reason it won’t charge is because after it being depleted it will not accept a charge once a certain voltage is reached. It will also not work on ac plug because of bad battery.
Any of ye experience it cutting out during beat drops? Im thiking its just voltage sag causing it to turn off but not sure if i should bother replacing the battery if thats not the issue, i do have a 15a battery tester on the way so ill try that first i think :) any thoughts? drop a message.
@@mugivermusclemachines5744 You can print a 2.4GHz aerial on the PCB - there may not be a separate aerial ...take a look at an ESP8266 (google) to see what a 2.4GHz PCB Aerial looks like
Good video mate ! Mine has stopped taking a charge, but it a Gen1 so not surprising (8 yrs old?) I can buy a replacement battery for 'only' $60 and now I have seen your video, I can see it's a snap to replace. But, if like yours, the problem is the circuit board, then it's a waste of money. The local Bose operations offer a guaranteed fix for $150. At first I thought it was too expensive. I can buy the brand new mark II for $300 ... but realistically its $90 more than buying the battery and that would cover replacing a board of whatever is required to get it going, so I think I'll go down the authorised rear path after all. It also includes a further 1 year of warranty after the repair, so that's not bad bang for buck I think. cheers
Have a Bose Sound link Mini 2 with the same symptoms. Quality is sub standard, hundreds of them f**d off. Lots of offers of broken ones at E-Bay. Problem is charging it with an aftermarked charger but why the hell they designed it with an USB- port when USB - charging is not ( always ) working ? Crap ! Use a Marshall Stockwell and a JBL Tuner now, no problems.
mine will stop working if I don't use it for a long time. I can plug it in the was for a slit second and everything come back to normal. I have had to push the Power + Aux at the same time to master reboot before.
simple replace it in position and it hods itself, but never take it all the way off as one part is permanently attached so you just move the cover out of the way.
I'm receiving one of these tomorrow - same thing, won't power up - possibly because it won't charge Paid 50€ including shipping so, high hopes for it ... it the batteries are dead, will be another 15€ or so for some badass panasonic NCR18650s @ 3000mAh
How to fix my mine when its playing it suddenly stop or shot off and sometimes when it's playing the music stop but when i tap it few times the musics back but most of the times it shots off by itself pls.help me
I thought I was alone with this problem, I am having the same issue. If it had been off for a while, then I turn it on...aux light comes on then off. Then I had to re-turn it on, then it turns on...but volume is set to zero and I had to raise it.
Same issue. Bose has been made aware of this very common problem and they turned their back on customers. I will never buy another Bose product due to absence of support.
Unless there is some BMS chip inside that requires to be replaced it with the battery because of the charge current scheme inside the memory of the chip. If true, replacing the batteries has no possitive effect, short lasting and could be dangerous.
Bose won't recognize it because l am fairly certain that a Bose knockoff... maybe not. Just never seen one with that grill surrounding or one that actually says aux.
I have one that says aux, my battery looks waaaay different than his his says li-ion mine doesn't say that anywhere matter of fact imma check for firmware n see if mine is recognized by bose cuz if so I got the best deal ever!
I plug a 12v dc charger in the dc jack beside that... And it takes charge.... But before i did that i actually did that with a old laptop battery and that boost it then i know the dc jack works when the mico usb is dead.... I just just finish fixing it.... Works normally again
No it is not, it has the drop resistant cover on it that you can buy from Bose, which unfortunately resembles some of the really obvious fakes. If you look at the charging dock plug on the bottom, you can see the four metal squares, and no pins. The fake has four pins instead. Also, the type of screw they used was torx, and the fake would probably use a normal Phillips head screw.
I actually had the same problem but I fixed it this weekend by just replacing the battery module with one I bought on amazon. Note - when buying , search using the battery model number so you get the right one. I got one with slightly more storage capacity. Its working great as we speak. I was going to dispose of it after almost three years of it not working.
I had the same problem with my Bose Mini. After being frustrated trying to reset it, I set it aside for a year. I then read a couple of online articles stating the problem was the battery. I took a chance an ordered a battery from Amazon for my mini. I installed the new battery and my mini returned to life. It now operates as good as new. Note. you must order the correct battery for your mini. Also note that it requires a Torx head driver to remove the screws. This too was purchased from Amazon.
Please tell which battery ( brand & volt ) we should purchase
@@vinayakkotwalla6656
. Emaks 061385 Battery 061384 061386 063404 063287 for Bose Soundlink Mini I one /Bose SoundLink Mini Bluetooth Speaker one /Bose SoundLink Mini Bluetoo
I have a soundlink mini II that will not hold a charge. I instantly considered putting in a new battery and found this video, but on the v2 the cable is soldered in. I would do it myself, but Bose will repair for $55 and they include a shipping label. This seems like the best option for everyone, even if you *can* do it yourself.
Gracias por el vídeo y poner los comentarios en Español , un buen detalle por tu parte
I didn't think the micro usb port supports charging and only the port on the side with an a/c adapter will work?
It doesn't, the micro usb is for firmware updates.
Thank you this is a very good vid. Mine got a little wet near the ports I wonder if I could buy that charging board. Darn I miss that speaker .It doesnt recognise the end charger when plugged in and out so Im afraid 200.00 bye bye when the bat goes down, plays fine tho
The barrel plug jack on the side is for charging. A friend of mind gave me one like this. The battery measured 0.04 Volts, so we could call that dead! I took a chance to connect a 12 Volts power supply coming from an old router. The cradle is not necessary. I let it charge overnight. The next day, it turned on ! I have made a complete charge and discharge cycle and it kept the change for at least 8 hours. This is quite close to the original specs. Try to change it from this connector, maybe you will be as lucky as me!
Thanks for watching and commenting!!
hey what bit did you use to take the screws out?
So you took out the removable battery and your solution was to get the new speaker and not a new battery?
Did you listen to him? After testing he said there wasn’t any voltage getting to the battery. The battery wasn’t the problem, it was one of the circuit boards that controls charging that’s not working right and that he can’t fix
ALWAYS REMOVE THE BATTERY FIRST before taking apart an electronic device to prevent short circuiting the battery which may cause a fire or explosion.
Seems like Bose can't make a BT speaker that will last more then a few years lol. There's allot of complaints about these speakers failing to power on. I have a cheap ass Anker BT speaker that's 4 years old. I gave it to my GF and she's still using it today. It may not sound anything like the Bose, but its still working.
I've had my mini for almost 6 years and no problem, lately the battery is not giving me the same hours it Used to but that's normal on rechargeable batteries. Most likely I'll try to get a new battery before I try to buy a new mini since I'm so impressed with the forst generation mini.
I have a mini that is five years old and still working fine when connected to outlet but the battery doesn't last as long as when new. As all LI-Lion battery they gradually lose the ability to hold a charge and need to be replaced.
let's take it easy with the generalized claims here. I've had my Soundlink Mini II for 6 years, still holds a good charge and sounds excellent.
The charging part for my speaker broke. However I managed to get inside the speaker. I'm trying to figure out a way of using a CHARGER (cut wired) to connect it to the speaker and charge the battery on the motherboard
One-hand tool use is always a bit painful to watch :), but a very helpful disassembly video nonetheless. I just figured I might have to open mine as well, it needs some very analogue little bump from time to time lately, as it suddenly goes just silent. As I see, I'm rather lucky to not have any internal power issues, looks rather nasty to trace component failures. Btw: I like my T5 as well, but for digital stuff some much cheaper multimeter featuring 2 decimals of accuracy is vastly more useful.
I suspected a bad battery as well, but even so, shouldn't it operate via its charging attachment plugged into the mains. I have one of the original models, which is over five years old. Its original battery is still going strong. The problem these develop over time is that the LED indicators weaken and glow very dimly. Still, the SoundLink Mini produces pleasant audio at close range. At least we got to see its internals.
I just called Boss customer service and talk to them and they had me to send my unit to them and they replaced my battery and checked all the other parts on my unit matter a fact they sent protege for my unit and I have been having mine 8-10 years and love it they stand behind there product
Did you need to provide a receipt of purchase? Or just send the unit in? Thanks in advance.
I did not send my receipt and it was fine no problems!
@@mugivermusclemachines5744 Wow! Thanks!
For free?
@@TheCitycity3 Yes they even sent a prepaid box to send it in !!
great vid. Do you know where I can buy a replacement battery for the bose mini II?
No this one is mini 1
Buy from any eletronic shop .
Amazon has this type battery you can get for replacement
I think they have some circuitry that doesn't charge the battery if it's too low or something. I have the same kind of problem with the newer model. A new battery would probably fix it. Or connecting it to a bench power supply to try to get it above the threshold.
bubba99009
I think you may be right, I heard the same thing once the battery goes dead it does not want to charge back up again.
It's probably the main circuit board. You can replace it with part TDA7492P for less than $30.
Tony Ahn, Jr. Pass the link to get it for mine.
Where to get that part for that price?
You should have shown (demonstrated) how you went about checking/testing the charge and the voltage of the battery.
It’s a dead battery. It has been depleted usually after 2 years of use. I called Bose and they will send you a new battery replacement. This guy is a tool. To replace battery you simply lift bottom rubber and remove four star bit screws and unplug battery.
The reason it won’t charge is because after it being depleted it will not accept a charge once a certain voltage is reached. It will also not work on ac plug because of bad battery.
Any of ye experience it cutting out during beat drops? Im thiking its just voltage sag causing it to turn off but not sure if i should bother replacing the battery if thats not the issue, i do have a 15a battery tester on the way so ill try that first i think :) any thoughts? drop a message.
Thanks for the awesome detail!
@Blondie SL that is an excellent idea using the power supply, it just so happens i do. Sure I'll give that a go first and see how we're looking.
Do you know where the bluetooth antenna is mounted?
(Inside front, rear, top or is it using the metall case for transmitting?)
Thx
Sebastian Gergoe
I don't remember this video is taken quite a while ago sorry. maybe someone else could chime in please?
@@mugivermusclemachines5744 You can print a 2.4GHz aerial on the PCB - there may not be a separate aerial ...take a look at an ESP8266 (google) to see what a 2.4GHz PCB Aerial looks like
Good video mate ! Mine has stopped taking a charge, but it a Gen1 so not surprising (8 yrs old?) I can buy a replacement battery for 'only' $60 and now I have seen your video, I can see it's a snap to replace. But, if like yours, the problem is the circuit board, then it's a waste of money. The local Bose operations offer a guaranteed fix for $150. At first I thought it was too expensive. I can buy the brand new mark II for $300 ... but realistically its $90 more than buying the battery and that would cover replacing a board of whatever is required to get it going, so I think I'll go down the authorised rear path after all. It also includes a further 1 year of warranty after the repair, so that's not bad bang for buck I think. cheers
Thank you for the video. What size/style of screwdriver please? Thank you
Sorry, it's been so long since I made that video I don't remember. Thanks for watching though!
So I took the battery out and put it back in and it works now! Maybe it was a hard reset, I don’t know. But it worked! Thank you.
TORX 9
The type of screw is called torx. They either used the t6, 7, or 8, maybe 9 size.
If someone else is still wondering, all the screws were Torx T8 - on mine at least. :)
My battery is made in Korea. The label looks different from your unit.
Where did you buy your speaker, could be a fake
brent olenik Its just the original version. Mine and several others on RUclips are the same.
mine is showing all light on when I connect charger but I removed charger the speaker will still not turn on please what can I do?
Call Bose, they may fix or replace it for free!
so why didnt you take it back from where you bought it ?
warranty has expired.
there are still some non-warranty options that should be provided to u.
very good !!!!
+Daniel Jekl
Thanks for watching!
Gosh, if the proper power port was used (on the side) it would have most likely charged and worked... RTFM!!!
Do you know if i can turn off the auto shut off mode?
Sorry I don't know, thanks for watching tho!
Dude just charge it with the circular charger. It won't charge via USB. USB is for software updates only.
Aditya Rathee 😂ye or the base . iv got base but use side power input . sounds better .good point though 👍
You're right i didn't noticed that😂
Aditya Rathee i just got a portable speaker and its just dead, im trying to get an afterbrand charger, what is the volts it needs to charge?
Have a Bose Sound link Mini 2 with the same symptoms. Quality is sub standard, hundreds of them f**d off. Lots of offers of broken ones at E-Bay. Problem is charging it with an aftermarked charger but why the hell they designed it with an USB- port when USB - charging is not ( always ) working ? Crap ! Use a Marshall Stockwell and a JBL Tuner now, no problems.
Sweet
Just needs a new battery
No need to completely disassemble it to get to the battery out🤷🙄🤦
HE DIDN,T! He wanted to check some other things...
Sometimes u need to dig it out to find the root cause, this video teach us to not to open completely
Thanks
mine will stop working if I don't use it for a long time. I can plug it in the was for a slit second and everything come back to normal. I have had to push the Power + Aux at the same time to master reboot before.
Thanks for sharing and thanks for commenting!
@@mugivermusclemachines5744 I have read they have a "shipping sleep" mode in the firmware for the battery - this behaviour is normal.
just lift the rubber at the bottom, the battery is right under it
Of course he knows that, he did it...The point is that he wanted to check other things.
Is anyone here knows how much is the real bose soundlink mini battery?
$32 - $38 on E-bay...
How do you get the rubber flap back on
simple replace it in position and it hods itself, but never take it all the way off as one part is permanently attached so you just move the cover out of the way.
I'm receiving one of these tomorrow - same thing, won't power up - possibly because it won't charge
Paid 50€ including shipping so, high hopes for it ... it the batteries are dead, will be another 15€ or so for some badass panasonic NCR18650s @ 3000mAh
Worked it?
thats not the carging port
How to fix my mine when its playing it suddenly stop or shot off and sometimes when it's playing the music stop but when i tap it few times the musics back but most of the times it shots off by itself pls.help me
Same situation on my bose soundlink mini,
I thought I was alone with this problem, I am having the same issue. If it had been off for a while, then I turn it on...aux light comes on then off. Then I had to re-turn it on, then it turns on...but volume is set to zero and I had to raise it.
Same issue. Bose has been made aware of this very common problem and they turned their back on customers. I will never buy another Bose product due to absence of support.
I have the Bose Soundlink Mini II
Bose Should be class action sued, I had to sent mine in two times to them and still the same thing keep happening .Bose is just F*#KING HYPE.
and the other part of video where you fix it?
I never did get it fixed sadly.
@@mugivermusclemachines5744 i cry!
you can try with "ruclips.net/video/zRQ7Ch1LItA/видео.html"
@@mugivermusclemachines5744 even with a new battery?
I wound up sending it back to Bose and they replaced it with the new unit.
Lol the battery is under the rubber cover on the bottom of the speaker!
That battery pack looks like it contains a pair of 18650's ...should be easy to replace
It does. But its not easy to change them.
Unless there is some BMS chip inside that requires to be replaced it with the battery because of the charge current scheme inside the memory of the chip. If true, replacing the batteries has no possitive effect, short lasting and could be dangerous.
You need the original charger
Bose won't recognize it because l am fairly certain that a Bose knockoff... maybe not. Just never seen one with that grill surrounding or one that actually says aux.
I have one that says aux, my battery looks waaaay different than his his says li-ion mine doesn't say that anywhere matter of fact imma check for firmware n see if mine is recognized by bose cuz if so I got the best deal ever!
Real Bose original Right
Pretty sure it's authentic, wound up sending it back to Bose and they replaced it for free! That's great customer support!
lets fix, restore Mine? Mine is mini 2. i live in California.
Call Bose and they may just replace it for free??
@@mugivermusclemachines5744 I doubt that.
Bonjour moi aussi j’ai une enceinte Bose la même
How to fix mine. Red blinking and not charging. Respect please
Not sure..anyone in the house have a suggestion??
I plug a 12v dc charger in the dc jack beside that... And it takes charge.... But before i did that i actually did that with a old laptop battery and that boost it then i know the dc jack works when the mico usb is dead.... I just just finish fixing it.... Works normally again
Use your two hands please..
A must, haha
ummmmmm, hello……ummmmmmm the battery is underneath the rubber on bottom.
it's a cheaper fake
No, it isn't... it has a aftermarket protective sleeve on it. 🤦♂🤦♂🤦♂🤦♂🤦♂🤦♂
harga
It's not working properly cuz it's a fake
No it is not fake, I sent it in to Bose and they replaced it free of charge!
Números si
the speker is fake
No it is not, it has the drop resistant cover on it that you can buy from Bose, which unfortunately resembles some of the really obvious fakes. If you look at the charging dock plug on the bottom, you can see the four metal squares, and no pins. The fake has four pins instead. Also, the type of screw they used was torx, and the fake would probably use a normal Phillips head screw.
I agree, it's a true OEM Bose speaker... with a rubber protective cover on it, dummy. I have one of these at home, very helpful if you drop it.
It is a passive radiator, google it.