Shield K1 tablet replacement battery
My K1 battery life is very short now. Anyone know where to get a decent replacement battery? I'm in the UK.
Posted Oct 1, 2018, 11:45 PM UTC
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My K1 battery life is very short now. Anyone know where to get a decent replacement battery? I'm in the UK.
Posted Oct 1, 2018, 11:45 PM UTC
There isn't one, you will have to source/find a battery that fits in its place (ones available are of a lesser capacity) and solder the original charging circuit from the original battery to get it work correctly.
Uh oh. Do you (or anyone else) have any advice on what spec and where to source something suitable?
Maybe I should delay changing it until it gets worse.
Yesterday I got 1hr15mn of light gaming before it had dropped to 15% battery. I think screen was full brightness and performance mode may have been max.
I'll test it playing a movie today.
Having done this mod it's very hit and miss, I got a smaller battery, swapped the charging circuits and reassembled and I ended up only getting around 66%-70% of the capacity that the new tablet had... which even when new was quite low for the class.
I'm just looking to replace it now as I know this cheap chinese battery will decline rapidly...
Thanks for the info