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  1. Asus ZenWatch 3 Teardown, Let's begin: crwdns2935265:01crwdnd2935265:01crwdnd2935265:01crwdne2935265:0
    • Tools needed T5 screwdriver

  2. Asus ZenWatch 3 Teardown, Band Removal: crwdns2935265:02crwdnd2935265:01crwdnd2935265:02crwdne2935265:0 Asus ZenWatch 3 Teardown, Band Removal: crwdns2935265:02crwdnd2935265:02crwdnd2935265:02crwdne2935265:0
    • Remove pins securing the band

  3. Asus ZenWatch 3 Teardown, Open the body: crwdns2935265:03crwdnd2935265:01crwdnd2935265:01crwdne2935265:0
    • Remove the four screws

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    • Pry open at the side near the rose gold ring

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    • The battery would be automatically disconnected

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    • Battery

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    • Remove ribbons connected to the board

  8. Asus ZenWatch 3 Teardown: crwdns2935265:08crwdnd2935265:01crwdnd2935265:01crwdne2935265:0
    • Complete disassembly

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I'm excited to find out if the middle button is actually a digital crown and whether or not there is NFC. This was built for wear 2.0 after all.

Joseph White - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0

Is it possible to also see a picture of the chip side of the PCB? Would like to see how the 2100 is designed into the board

Jan Gaudestad - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0

Does anybody know how the third button can be replaced? I lost it. Thank you in advance for any help.

splatdom - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0

What should I do if the power button doesn’t work?

MichaelKing10or - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0

I took mine apart for this very thing. The other buttons clearly click, but the middle button was kind of mushy. I don’t see a way to easily remove the button from the circuit board. However, in looking it over, I found that if the circuit board is pressed firmly while pressing the power button, it does get the thing to click. Upon reassembly, I found this to still be true. When the power button doesn’t work, if I squeeze the watch, face to back, and at the same time press the button, it makes contact.

Brodie Krause -

I just received a replacement battery but cannot figure out how to remove the old one. Can you offer any help here?

James - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0

Nevermind. It comes out easy. Just carefully life up the top right corner with a tiny screwdriver. the battery lifts out. It has double 3 small pieces of double sided tape on the backside of the battery. Then gently life it up and pull it out from the top.

James - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0

Has anyone upgraded the vibration motor? I love the Zenwatch 3 other than the horrible vibration motor that isn’t even noticeable. I’ve tried looking for the *67U or *67V printed on it in the picture above, but haven’t found any info.

Brian Anderson - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0

Yes, I used a small vacuum cleaner motor…really gets my attention and everyone else's too.

Mr. Crowley - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0

Lol. You ARE kidding..right??

Joseph Rubin -

Thank you for those pictures. I was able to successfully replace the battery in my watch.

Michał Ostrowski - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0

No problem, that's what the community is here for

Reon -

Hello, Thank you for this teardown ! I was wondering , does opening it up mean that I will lose water resistance (1 meter for 30 minutes mentioned on asus website) when I put it back together?

Mike Yaacoub - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0

As long as the rubber seal is in place you should be fine, I haven't tested the 1 meter depth, but it did stand up to rain showers and doing the

Reon -

Thanks, I was hesitating, but with your pictures I was confident to change the batterie. I did it, it is simple. I replace it by a Cameron Sino, CS-AUW503SH, C11N1608. 3.85VDC, 300mah,1.16Wh

Michel - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0

jeez this was easy… my tick watch pro battery just died (well basically it only has about 6-7 hrs of battery life now) I got a battery for it and saw its basically impossible to get to that battery without destroying the motherboard… before I bought a new smart watch I took out my old zen3 looked this up and I got a new battery into this in about 2 mins and now the thing is back to working like new. I really wish I knew before I buy a smartwatch how easy/hard it is to replace a battery.

Eluminary Xarrais - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0

Any way to possibly reset watch memory? I'm stuck in “continue setup on phone" screen and no work around. Reset all phone apps, delete data, cache,etc. Closest i can get is phone sees watch, but can't match Bluetooth pin. Watch stays stuck on “continue setup on phone “

chef_simmons - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0

The speaker volume doesn't seem to work. I have it set to the highest level and it's still very quiet. Is this a known issue and is there a fix for it?

JENNIFER - crwdns2934203:0crwdne2934203:0

Never had issue with my speaker volume, it's not very loud but I can hear, the known issues I'm aware of is the vibration motor is weak.

Reon -

My 4 retaining screws seem to have been sealed on by Superman. Are there different variables of T5 screwdrivers that may work better than others?

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