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JBL Charge 4 Motherboard Replacement

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

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    • Pull apart both sides of the grille.

    • Lift the cover off of the speaker.

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    • 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.

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    • 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.

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

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    • Gently slide the cover back and off the hooks.

    • Remove the port bay cover.

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    • Remove the two 6mm Phillips #0 screws.

    • Remove the four 8mm Phillips #0 screws.

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    • Lift up the battery cover.

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    • 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.

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

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    • 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.

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    • Flip the device so that the speaker faces you.

    • Remove the four 8mm Phillips #1 screws.

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    • Gently pull out the speaker.

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    • Desolder the red and black wires.

    • A guide for soldering and desoldering can be found here.

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    • Remove the wire harness coming from the port bay on the left side of the motherboard by gently lifting the connector from its housing.

    • Remove the white ribbon cable from the ZIF connector by lifting the black locking flap on the connector with a spudger or your fingernail.

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    • Remove the ground cable harness next to the speaker wire by gentling pulling it from the connector.

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    • Flip the speaker around to the other side.

    • Remove the wiring harness leading to the port bay by pressing down on the tab and gently pulling the harness from the connector.

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    • Push the motherboard from either side of the housing along its tracks.

    • Pull out the motherboard from the speaker housing.

    • When putting the motherboard back in the housing, ensure that it is between the two tracks on the top side of the speaker.

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

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Where i could buy a replacement motherboard for jbl charge 4?thank you.

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This guide has a vital flaw. Just look at the loose wire cause by a broken solder in image 16!

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that's the antenna cable which was pulled out of the connector. The step of popping the antenna connector out is missing.

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from where i buy or replace the motherboard of jbl charge 4?

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