Beats Pill 2.0 Battery Replacement (Beats Pill won't turn on or charge)

My repair of a recent Beats Pill 2.0 that did not want to charge anymore. Apparently many, many people have that problem. Turns out it's one of the battery cells that's dead. Warning: features unremarkable consumer hardware that does not work. Vintage fans of my other superbly-engineered, milestone-setting hardware, move right along.

[@1234nikster]

This was really helpful, my pill wouldn’t work without needing to be plugged in. It would also crackle/pop when the sound was increased. After watching this and changing the battery my issue is fixed! Thank you so much.

[@sickboysikotic]

I have the same problem I didn't know if I wanted to change this battery cause it was cracking all cutting out before it died. Wouldn't even stay on plugged in

[@O0oDPFo0O]

Exact same problem here I almost threw mine away the other day glad I saw this vid!

[@cakey138]

Thanks so much for this video. My dad repairs all my stuff for me and now that I’m almost 40 years older I figured I should try to help myself. My dad supervised and helped me figure out how to read the voltage of the battery and with your helpful advise I was able to see my batteries were not holding their charge anymore, know exactly what to order online to replace it and disassemble and reassemble it all by myself.

[@MarkyShaw]

Dang new-fangled electronics! Glad to see that despite this being a modern repair, it was no match against CuriousMarc!

[@JerryWalker001]

That's what happens when 'designers' rather than engineers try to create something.

[@gooseknack]

Thats how everything is done. Most everything is "designed" by designers, who are also, engineers. Who also had to solve the issue of fitting the batteries, speakers, antenna and circiutry within the "pill". Of course, the pill has to be designed to sell.. the end result isnt always practical, from an engineering standpoint.

[@ickipoo]

Well done! The temptation to Widlarize the infernal thing must have been nearly irresistible, but the happy daughter at the end makes all that frustration evaporate.

[@Kalumbatsch]

"Warning: features unremarkable consumer hardware that does not work." I love this style.

[@MuratFehmiAtac]

Dude... I have watched the whole video in it's time line... I was about to screem out loud.. Congrats with your patience.. However it seems that i will have to pay for a new one for eventhough i would very much like to repair/replace the batteries but i don't thing that i have neither the talent nor the patience.. Yet, thanks very much for an enlightining instructions.. Be good my friend

[@xx92578xx]

Just fixed my moms. Replaced the batteries.Very annoying repair. Thanks for this vid!

[@msylvain59]

For modern stuff repairs like this, it is good to have some industrial grade double sided tape, you can get giant rolls of it at very decent prices on banggood, ebay of other stuff-from-china retail websites. They are available in a whole range of width., really convenient if you want to get a clean reassembly.

[@luistorres-qf6ku]

Hi just wanted to say thank you for the video. It was very informative and helped me change the battery on my beats pill. Now I have a good working pill again. 👍

[@CuriousMarc]

Thanks for the note. Glad I could help at least one guy :-)

[@Derpy1969]

There is still satisfaction in fixing modern electronics, just not as much.

[@RetroJayKay]

Nice repair. Thank you for sharing. btw. your "mercyless" teenage daughter has a lot of cosmetics... exchanging it in my mind with soldering tools, thats how my wife must see my bench.

[@leisergeist]

I never thought about it that way, sounds about right though lol

[@dmsim2835]

Great video, I bought a new charger and discovered it does not charge any more, i barely used the thing maybe a few times but definitely out of warranty, will need to replace the battery, disgraceful manufacturing, this video is going to help!

[@rlgrlg-oh6cc]

Hard to imagine too many people going to the trouble that you did. I guess this is considered a throw-away.

[@cIeetz]

that type of mentality holds humanity back. we should work on saving things and not wasting so much . anything you can repair you should instead of scrapping it . besides, whats 30 minutes of work to save you from spending $150 on a comparable speaker. To save these only costs like $30 , $120 for an hours work tops , alot of people would prefer to do this

[@alancordwell9759]

Nice job Marc :) Who was playing the piano so beautifully?

[@CuriousMarc]

Teacher and older daughter.

[@huntershortrepairs]

Awesome video! I had always wanted one of these, finally bought a used one on eBay and it has this same issue. Luckily I purchased a year of coverage rom Square Trade when I made my purchase, so hopefully they can do the battery replacement and then I won't have to 😁 other than only working while plugged in and not charging, it sounds pretty good.

[@electronash]

Ahh, I see. I had a feeling that wasn't kind of product you would normally use. By the end of the vid, it made sense. hehe What a seriously frustrating looking design. I would have given up after about 15 minutes. lol

[@harunal-muhajir5555]

The average person would toss it in the garbage, and they count on that by making them a pain in the ass to repair.

[@henryyang478]

well...it's serviceable. At least they didnt glue or welded the plastic parts down.

[@booboo699254]

Only because it was likely designed before Apple purchase them! :)

[@kyleschroeder8660]

Henry Yang but you can’t weld plastic.....

[@Program2live]

I hate that mesh they put over the speakers, I always end up crushing it. No way it'd have the patience to wait for something from Shenzhen. Good job :D

[@wannabsexy]

Love The Description... Vintage fans of superbly-engineered, milestone-setting hardware, move right along.

[@leisergeist]

Yay! Marc saves the day from the evil Omnicorp, foils them again! lol Honestly that looks pretty serviceable as far as Apple products go, at least it has screws instead of all super glue... Nasty

[@cIeetz]

man i somewhat Had it except the red button on the pill wouldnt light up and i couldnt change volume. idk if im wrecking it more by opening it or wtf is happening but im just about over it

[@thomasferro478]

Thank you, my son and I repaired his Beats Pill!

[@Toms_Short_Movies]

Should of paid attention when you disconnected the flexible connector between both sides. The black clip will snap if forced up to high. Should be okay but not as secure. Just about to order a new battery.

[@eojr1]

Same :(

[@brandonb1539]

I changed my battery and it now works but the beats red light doesn’t come on anymore. Not sure what’s happening now. Did I miss to reconnect something? Please help

[@wannabsexy]

Hey Marc there is a noticeable flicker in the audio from 12 mins on

[@CuriousMarc]

I know. New microphone is picking up interference from something :-(

[@wannabsexy]

I'm guessing that's going to be fun to troubleshoot allot of electronics around you buddy.. good luck & keep up the great videos mate & thanks for the reply.

[@Krivulda]

Nah, this isn't that bad. Modern cameras are way, WAY worse, the screws are microscopic. Lumix FZ150 gave me hard times. But great video anyway! :)

[@chanteltamara9273]

I want to repair mine but this looks quite tricky. Would hate to go through all that and do something wrong

[@cloudyketty3208]

Please I need your help with beats battery connector on the mother bord the positive has removed from the bord

[@bborkzilla]

Unremarkable consumer hardware that commands a premium price.

[@CuriousMarc]

I have to give it to them that the industrial design is very remarkable actually, and the fit and finish is exceptional. Ease of assembly and repair? Not so much. Reliability: terrible.

[@russellwestbrook151]

hey. i replaced my battery and everything works fine, but the B button on the front isn’t lighting up or functioning anymore. any clue what i did wrong?

[@russellwestbrook151]

it doesn’t even hard reset bc the button isn’t functioning

[@russellwestbrook151]

might have messed up the flex connector but i hope that’s not it. i bent it a little taking it out and pulled the whole tab off but it goes back in

[@cIeetz]

learning how to repair stuff is how we become handy-humans. Everyone should strive to figure out how to do stuff like this. The more stuff You can repair the more Your neices and nephews come to You . Cool Uncle :D

[@GuNPLaY_UK]

i have the beats pill XL and a few days ago after using it for alittle over an hour it just stopped working and wont even charge..do you know what the problem caould be and is it worth trying to fix or is it dead now?

[@cesarbattistini]

when apple redesigns it from scratch it will be awesome

[@chrisavery8328]

Hey somebody tell me real quick. I got a black beats pill but it has a nfc symbol on it but no usb on bottom were u can charge ur phone. Is it 1.0 2.0 or fake becuz im not sure if 1.0 has nfc

[@PistonAvatarGuy]

Never worked on an HP laptop, huh? I hate those things. Dells are usually the easiest, but I recently encountered some that had bad BIOS batteries, and the entire laptop had to come apart to replace them... heatsink (which meant dealing with thermal goo), screen, motherboard, everything... and it was not an easy one to take apart. These engineers, sometimes....

[@JohnCena-iw2vk]

some HP laptops have their backup battery accessible near the HDD, while others need to be taken to bits to replace it

[@dglcomputers1498]

My fujitsu's (both a 2007 amilo and later 2013 model) have one large panel that unscrews to reveal the whole mainboard, the only idiosyncrasy is that the older one had one of the memory sticks under the keyboard and the newer one has a separate panel for the fixed HDD, also NO weird screws all Philips.

[@PistonAvatarGuy]

Yeah, it really just depends on the model. I'm refurbishing some HP laptops right now that have most of the things that you'd need to access often very easily accessible. The HDD, memory, BIOS battery and WiFi card are all removable after removing only three screws. The one thing that HP really seems to be bad about is not making the processor fans easily removable for cleaning, that often requires removing the motherboard and heatsink, and that's really annoying.

[@Liberty32819]

explain what you are touching with your tester kit

[@mohammadabboud]

How can I keep it on all the time? I don't want it to turn off every 5 min!

[@2303scorpio]

Wow I think I will get my 2 serviced & batteries repaired it looks complicated.

[@ricardoveronica7783]

Necesito cambiar las 4 bocinas porque estan rotas, podrías ayudarme

[@PamukluHayatlar]

hey buddy, its a usefull video for me also, is it possible to get a single 3.7volts 1050mamp battery ?

[@biglouie964]

Sorry dear, you going to have to leave it plugged to power because I'm going through that. That was one bear of a replacement.

[@tekvax01]

good goin' dad!!!! achievement unlocked! +1 BTW... not the worse piece of gear I've seen... try dissassembling apple products!

[@wilberlaurente8196]

Link para comprar la batería ???

[@Mr69patrik]

Thanks mate, very helpful :)

[@thrillscience]

Why the hell did you get that thing in the first place!?

[@JavierMartinez-th2vg]

Were do I purchase the pill

[@Dangbo3030]

Awesome job sir. I have read some of the reviews on Amazon about the replacement batteries not lasting very long. Can you please update the status of the batteries since the replacement? Thank you.

[@cIeetz]

I honestly think its unnecessary to fast forward any part on videos like these where You are showing what to do. Just makes people watch it over more times

[@srfrg9707]

Foam and glue. Built to last!

[@PINKBOY1006]

I think your cell phone was playing with the camera microphone. @ 13:00

[@FuzzyLogicxxx]

That's a different noise.

[@nnnnikt]

Marc wouldn't forget about Dre

[@MarkyShaw]

HAHA dying.

[@shadow-_-i_-_9161]

Could I send u mine how much would u charge me to fix it???

[@shadow-_-i_-_9161]

And send back

[@maicod]

such a cumbersome design to take apart and reassemble :(

[@mechadrake]

that is hard pill to swallow, they made it to big!

[@cIeetz]

man these things are so finicky. audio buttons dont wanna work after putting it back together. audio isnt coming out properly , power button wont turn it off. fuc me

[@zaprodk]

Bad design. Two Lithium-ion cells in series with no balancing. Sooner or later one of the cells goes to 0 volts and get a reverse charge and it's game over.

[@CuriousMarc]

There is a balancer. I even test it in the video. Beats me (pun intended) why the cell went bad.

[@zaprodk]

OK. For me, it only looks like there is checking of the cell voltage. I see no load resistor and MOSFET to load down one or the other cell to keep it down while the other cell is charging.

[@Liberty32819]

continue with the whole disassembly

[@bouchiboujellababouchaib5965]

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[@Liberty32819]

need a better view with the tester kit

[@alondra1919]

Omg thank u this video is ver y helphu

[@jamesa7135]

Sweet just replaced the battery for under 20 Bucks

[@choro76]

Nice speaker, too bad it's branded Beats...

[@gordonmacqueen8694]

I don't see a future iPhone repair career for you, I'm afraid. ;)

[@norbs]

50% of the cost is the manufacturing process.

[@AmauryJacquot]

what a piece of junk that looks like

[@a.ch1710]

Ur beats pill is fake btw