I fixed the charging port on my bluetooth speaker!

So, I accidentally pulled my speaker away while it was plugged in and damaged the charging port. Doh! Classic. So I went off on a journey to fix it.

First, I tried to use electrical tape, hoping I could get the pressure back on some of the contacts. That didn't work, since the entire female adapter was loose, and eventually not even connected to the board any longer. So off to solder land.

Using a volt meter, I determined which wires were used and went where from the adapter board to the main board. I found that the two outer wires in the cable setup are for the charging port.

Then, I cut some small wire from a dead usb mouse and soldered each wire to the appropriate lead on the female charging adapter.

Next, I soldered the female charging adapter back onto the board.

And finally, I cut and spliced the wires from the cable harness and soldered my new lines into it.

Voila!

I bypass the board entirely and simply go to the cable.

I had help from my friend to get this going and plan out the steps. But I am impressed we were able to solder it all without mucking it up.

Oh, and I bought the soldering iron from a closing radionshack for almost 90% off. So lucky me!

1. The main board after I pulled the 'input' board off.

2. Thankfully the charging port was not on the main board and used this connector harness to send the information. If it hadn't I would have been screwed. Notice that the charging port is not even on the board at this point.

3. After cutting off the data wire connections from the charging port, I soldered some wires from an old mouse to the power lines.

4. Then I soldered those lines directly to the wiring harness. Simply bypass the board that does nothing. Right? I mean, I checked with the voltmeter if it altered anything... yeah. I think I'm okay.