Game boy advance batteries

Start off by tinning your soldering iron, then push it down against the one of the solder pads until the solder melts, lift one side of the battery up so it no longer makes contact with the pad. Repeat this step for the other pad to remove the battery completely.

Place the battery on the circuit board make sure you get the orientation right , put a small blob of solder on your iron and heat up the pad under the battery tab while applying some slight pressure to the tab. Once the battery is in place remove the iron and repeat the step for the other side. Cancel: I did not complete this guide.

Badges: The battery in the finished example is soldered in backwards. Fix Your Stuff Community Store. Difficulty Easy. Steps 3. Extremely quick and easy to complete especially with a pre-cut shell. Last's a decent amount of time multiple days of Pokemon before needing to be recharged.

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Viewed 5k times. Improve this question. What exactly do you have? Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Re: removing the battery, which will wipe the save: you should be able to use a cartridge reader like the Submodule GB01 or similar to dump the save file from the cartridge, replace the battery, and then restore the save data back on to the cartridge.

ItaiFerber Thanks! I totally forgot about those, I haven't used a reader in ages. Definitely valuable if you care about your data. A slip up during this procedure may also be Very Bad tm — DukeSilver.