Fix G Watch R auto poweroff when remove from the charger (no change battery needed)

[Neveark]

This ways is for:
- When you connect the watch to the charger, it's turn on and says charging but when removing it from charger it's go black (auto poweroff)
- When you press the power button it's won't boot or go black (auto poweroff) at the "LG" screen
You need:
- Old battery
- Soldering Iron and Soldering Wire
Optional:
- 0 ohm resistance

1.Remove the sticker and plastic case on the battery protection board
Image see attachment files 1
2.Use Soldering Iron to remove the component in the image
3.Soldering 0 ohm resistance to the position of removed component or just use Soldering Wire to connect two contactor, it should be like this:
Image see attachment files 2
4.Done,now your battery should be work.

This ways is from:
tieba.baidu.com/p/4071402128 (Chinese forum, solution at the second replies)

Sorry,my English is poor and i can't find buttons to upload attachments or image to xda-developers.
I finded the buttons to upload attachment!
You can ask me if you have any other questions.
If this helped you,please click thanks button.

 

[Gameboyboyboy]

I will check this and will let you know if this solve my boot problem.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/g-watch-r/help/watch-shutting-removed-cradle-t3433394/page3

 

[Gameboyboyboy]

You are my hero of the day.
I replaced the component (what ever that may be) and the bootproblem was solved.
Thank you very much for sharing this

Do you know what the component is?

 

[Neveark]

You are my hero of the day.
I replaced the component (what ever that may be) and the bootproblem was solved.
Thank you very much for sharing this

Do you know what the component is?

Sorry, i don't know what it is
I just found that ways from here:
tieba.baidu.com/p/4071402128 (It's a chinese forum,solution in the second replies)
It's also call it "component" , and says it's possible is a fuse

 

[dr.A.Cula]

Nice post man!

I did all these steps and...... tadaaaaam BACK TO LIVE!

 

[DeXTeRrR]

Mine is working to!!! Thank you very much for the solution :good:

 

[stephendt0]

Can someone explain what is going on here exactly? Is modifying this resistor going to make my watch potentially unsafe (eg. overcharging)? I find it really interesting that my replacement battery had the same problem as the original.

 

[Neveark]

Can someone explain what is going on here exactly? Is modifying this resistor going to make my watch potentially unsafe (eg. overcharging)? I find it really interesting that my replacement battery had the same problem as the original.

This may be a battery manufacturer's problem,the old "component" are broken. Just don't use charger(dock) output > 5V 1A there will not safe problem.

 

[rajeshdstm]

Excellent :good::good:
I was having this problem even after changing the new battery, I used above fix and now its working perfectly since yesterday. Thanks Again.

 

[Willy130683]

Hi,
I have the same issue since a few days. First of thanks for the provided solution. But because removing a potential fuse and bride the contacts doesn't sound really save to me, I want to ask if someone who has done it month ago can report that there are no issues so far.
And if someone had issues please report them, it would be much appreciated and help other people too who will find this Thread in the future.

 

[u1_]

I just wanted to say thank you!

I bridged the component with a blob of solder and half expected it to blow up in my face but it works just fine. I think I'm gonna order a new battery anyway since this one is 4 years old but this fix solved it for me!

 

[miffymiffy]

Hi,
I have the same issue since a few days. First of thanks for the provided solution. But because removing a potential fuse and bride the contacts doesn't sound really save to me, I want to ask if someone who has done it month ago can report that there are no issues so far.
And if someone had issues please report them, it would be much appreciated and help other people too who will find this Thread in the future.

If you are concerned, buy a new battery. Its cheap and quick.

 

[spyne82]

A new battery has saved my G Watch R.. only 8€:good:

 

[focussoft]

this also fixed my lg watch urbane that had the same issue , thanks a lot

 

[Pavliko]

Thank you!

Worked like a charm.

my 5 year old LG G Watch R is alive again.

Gonna order a new battery soon tho but this really did the trick

 

[apad]

A new battery has saved my G Watch R.. only 8€:good:

Hi can u share the link for the 8 euro battery. Can't seem to find one nowadays

 

[apad]

I can confirm the fix works as charm!

 

[-=W1S3=-]

I really want to thank you for this amazing trick! My only hope is that whatever the piece we removed was, we don't end up with an exploding battery on our wrists! ?

 

[spyne82]

Here is a Link .
It's on eBay Germany.

Between it's now for 15.99€

https://m.ebay.de/itm/Smartwatch-Ak...b1992911650a68d761747ddfff474ca&ul_noapp=true

 

[FilipeR10]

This ways is for:
- When you connect the watch to the charger, it's turn on and says charging but when removing it from charger it's go black (auto poweroff)
- When you press the power button it's won't boot or go black (auto poweroff) at the "LG" screen
You need:
- Old battery
- Soldering Iron and Soldering Wire
Optional:
- 0 ohm resistance

1.Remove the sticker and plastic case on the battery protection board
Image see attachment files 1
2.Use Soldering Iron to remove the component in the image
3.Soldering 0 ohm resistance to the position of removed component or just use Soldering Wire to connect two contactor, it should be like this:
Image see attachment files 2
4.Done,now your battery should be work.

This ways is from:
tieba.baidu.com/p/4071402128 (Chinese forum, solution at the second replies)

Sorry,my English is poor and i can't find buttons to upload attachments or image to xda-developers.
I finded the buttons to upload attachment!
You can ask me if you have any other questions.
If this helped you,please click thanks button.

Thank you for this instructions, i was able to fix my g watch r and get it back to working. I didn't use it for quite a while, and when i wanted to use it again it started to only work when charging (similar to my lg g3 when the battery is almost dead, which i fix with a new one, second replacement).
And i decided to give this a try before buying a new battery, my thought was that i had nothing to lose... First attempt aasn't perfect, i was able to remove that little chip, but the soldering didn't went very well (i am not very talented with a sodering iron) and when i reassembled the watch it started to flash a empty battery icon and didn't charged or turned on.
So i tryed a second time and the sordering ended up much better the second time. The 2 connectors ended well connected this time and it is now working normally.
It was very helpfull and it worked much better than i expected.