Introduction
Sometimes the button switches on your JBL Charge 3 can wear out or get dirt in them causing one or more buttons to not work. Luckily the buttons are easy to clean once the cover is removed.
What you need
-
-
Turn your speaker upside down and insert the plastic opening tool vertically into the slit in the front cover.
-
Slowly pull the plastic opening tool outward to remove the four clips holding the covering in place.
-
Repeat this process for all four edges of the front cover.
-
-
-
Pull apart your cover gently from both sides and remove it from the speaker housing.
@KanGoon Yes, on mine it took the removal of 6 (reasonably obvious) screws to remove that. I’ll try to insert a photo when I reassemble…
Very good guide! Pics and descriptions make this easy!
There is a step missing here. How do you remove the rubber cover that covers the port?
Gibt es eine Möglichkeit diese wieder wasserdicht zu bekommen?
-
-
-
-
Use your plastic opening tool to pry around the edges of the button cover. This will begin to separate the adhesive from the cover.
-
Peel away the button cover with your hand once you have enough separated from the speaker housing to grab.
-
-
-
Flip open the top flap on the ZIF connector.
-
Gently pull out the ZIF connector cable with tweezers.
What is the purpose of pulling out the ZIF connector cable with tweezers? What do you do after you you've pulled it out?
-
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
Cancel: I did not complete this guide.
13 other people completed this guide.
Team
Cal Poly, Team S13-G1, White Fall 2018 Member of Cal Poly, Team S13-G1, White Fall 2018
CPSU-WHITE-F18S13G1
3 Members
26 Guides authored
4 Comments
Where do i buy new buttons?
Could you please provide info about where to get the green board?
Next steps are missing.
5.) What happens after the disconnecting the ZIF?
6.) a.) How do you remove the button board? Is that what needs to then be replaced?)
6.) b) Or do I need soldiering skills and learn to attach new buttons to the existing board.
Happy to learn - hoping to be pointed in the right direction...
Sometimes disassemblers forget that the first time they disassembled the item it didn’t want to give up easily: I didn’t like the forces I was having to apply at all, so I switched to two plastic prying tools per “corner” and one in-between them (total 5, you could use plectrums…) before I was happy the the forces were low enough not to break anything.
Frank Puranik - Reply
the front grill is supposed to be first not the back the back has longer while the front has shorter clip
Water Bass Tester (Water BT) - Reply
There are two Phillips head screws to remove before prying the cover off
jason - Reply
Where in south Africa can I buy jbl charge3 port bay replacement
Donovan Fransman - Reply
There appears to be different versions of the Charge 3. If you find it difficult to pry open a second side the two small screws mentioned by Jason will need to be removed but it also indicates that there will be some additional changes to this tear down that I will try to convey in the comments as well.
john Ramirez - Reply
Sadly I damaged the latches on my charge 3. There was more to it than just prying the front cover up. First, there is a small latch on both sides that you need to push down before pulling the front cover towards you that release the clips holding the front cover in place. Pull only slightly forward because… Second, in the front cover there are 6 circular notches connected to the front cover in tue four corners including the middle corners, you need to squeeze the front cover a little bit gently removing the notches so they dont break (like mine did).
ralphkeneth_gomz - Reply
Definitely had to watch about 10 videos and still couldn’t get it to pop out easily.. Took a look at the first picture in the next step and really took note of where the little hole that lets you through to push down the tab is. Once I took a look at that and combined the techniques I’d seen in some of the videos it finally popped off easily. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7i0_nD9... I only watched the first minute of this video but it helped a good bit if anyone else is having trouble.
Rowan Darko - Reply
How do you know if the speakers or one of them is burned or broken.. i notice that one speaker is playing much less hard then the other one.. I wonder now if maybe there is another problem with my device.. Battery problem?
Bukowski101 - Reply