Hardware PS Vita Battery 3000 mAh MOD

[isoboy]

Because I have three Vita's. A white 1000 that I use, a black 1000 also fully modded that I've been trying to give away to my brother on several occasions. He doesn't care and don't want it. And a third one also hacked but it's got some scratches on the screen and I don't want it. I got all of them at decent prices. I want to do the mod on one of the black ones and succeed before I try it on the one I'm actually using.

 

[invaderyoyo]

Invaderyoyo,

With your mod, is there a significant increase in battery life?

Idk, I just did the mod. I haven't really had a chance to compare.

Ordered two batteries. I don't like soldering on a damn battery though.

I used a 3220mah battery and I put the vita battery controller in a different spot. If you look at my picture, I placed it to the right of the battery instead of under it.

 

[isoboy]

The battery has four contacts but the solder points are shown with the two icons on the side?

 

[invaderyoyo]

The battery has four contacts but the solder points are shown with the two icons on the side?

The batteries themselves only have two contacts. That goes for both the Vita and Note 4 battery. Once you unpack them, you'll see.

 

[isoboy]

https://www.google.no/search?q=sams...i59j69i60j0.1258j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 this particular one being recalled? BOOM!

http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/austintexwireless/note_4_battery_3.jpg four contact points. you solder on the icons? just to be sure.

 

[reeshmd23]

Thanks i did this mod and was successful. Fyi i had a 3g vita and removed the 3g card and tray and it worked for me. Thanks again

 

[invaderyoyo]

https://www.google.no/search?q=sams...i59j69i60j0.1258j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 this particular one being recalled? BOOM!

http://imgs.inkfrog.com/pix/austintexwireless/note_4_battery_3.jpg four contact points. you solder on the icons? just to be sure.

No. You need to unpack the battery. Those contacts are for the battery controller, which you replace with the Vita battery controller.

I'll post a clear picture later, when I get a chance.

 

[isoboy]

A few tips on what not to do when unpacking the battery too please. Looking at a few youtube videos. Doesn't seem like much of a problem ripping off the part with the circuit chip.

 

[Simonius007]

A few tips on what not to do when unpacking the battery too please.

Avoid accidental short circuit of the battery.
Don't connect + and - together))

 

[invaderyoyo]

A few tips on what not to do when unpacking the battery too please. Looking at a few youtube videos. Doesn't seem like much of a problem ripping off the part with the circuit chip.

I uploaded some more pics here.

https://imgur.com/gallery/7Tcj7

 

[isoboy]

Oh GOD, I pried under the note 4 battery controller with a sharp knife and hit the poles I suppose. Saw some sparks for a second. Smells a bit burnt. The battery isn't getting any hotter so it should still be good. If you only you could have posted detailed description of how you removed it. Do I just force it off with pliers?? The fucking thing is stuck.

 

[aut0mat3d]

pull and bend carefully - do this outdoors on a non burnable surface in a well ventilated place - if you short cut the battery it could burn - THIS IS SERIOUS!
The Connector Fins of The Batterys are soldered/welded to the PCB on the underneath.
-Here is a Picture how the Cell looks (in principe) without the Circuit: http://image.made-in-china.com/2f0j...hium-Ion-Polymer-LiFePO4-Traction-Battery.jpg

 

[isoboy]

This is how the controller sat in place. Now which is positive and which is negative? if you flip the picture around 180, the sticker showed positive on the right and negative on the left. So as far as I can tell the positive pole is the small point on the lower left in the image and the negative is the big point in the middle?

Is this right? You see I applied some solder on what I believe are the two solder points on the battery. It's easy to spot the connections on the vita control board.

 

[isoboy]

I did the mod. Seems to be working. Need to charge it up and test battery life tomorrow. The memory card wouldn't work any more. As far as the console is concerned there's no card inserted. I tried the 8gb card from my third vita and it worked but of course I had to format it. Not sure if I'll do it on my main console.

 

[invaderyoyo]

I did the mod. Seems to be working. Need to charge it up and test battery life tomorrow. The memory card wouldn't work any more. As far as the console is concerned there's no card inserted. I tried the 8gb card from my third vita and it worked but of course I had to format it. Not sure if I'll do it on my main console.

Have you used an sd2vita? I read some people were having similar issues.

https://www.reddit.com/r/vitahacks/comments/6z2ulq/call_me_aaron_i_done_fucked_up/

 

[isoboy]

I have not. I have a white vita with 64gb official memory card (yeah, shoot me) and the second vita that I did the battery mod on with 16gb and a third vita with 8gb. All three are working fine but something must've happened during my battery swap since the 16gb card won't be reckognized anymore. I threw it in the trash but changed my mind, picked it back up and put it in my pstv that I've had for like two years but still haven't tried just because I'm using my vita. It's on 3.55 or 3.56 just sitting in my drawer until I can be bothered to try it. Maybe tomorrow. I should emphasize that if I put the mem card in the vita it's like nothing has been inserted. It's simply not reckognized by the console. Could I have fried it somehow? It worked fine before I did the battery mod. I've been charging my vita for a while now. I hope the battery controller does its job and kills the orange light on the vita fairly soon.

 

[Simonius007]

I can confirm that my battery still working without any degradation.
Nothing shortened, nothing fried.


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[isoboy]

It got late last night and I had to continue charging it today. I didn't want to leave it in the cradle last night but now it finally stopped. I fired up retroarch snes fifteen minutes ago and I'll just leave it running and see how many hours I get. There are plenty more plastic pieces you can break off in the vita top shell and I'm sure you could cram in another little battery but I can't be bothered.

 

[Simonius007]

It got late last night and I had to continue charging it today. I didn't want to leave it in the cradle last night but now it finally stopped. I fired up retroarch snes fifteen minutes ago and I'll just leave it running and see how many hours I get. There are plenty more plastic pieces you can break off in the vita top shell and I'm sure you could cram in another little battery but I can't be bothered.

Check beginning of my post.
Don't use two batteries with different capacity it will lead to one overtaking other.
That's why I created this SINGLE battery mod.

 

[isoboy]

I do believe there's room for the bigger 4000mah capacity batteries but I can't be bothered testing those chinese ones. I bought quality batteries. The official ones samsung sell I guess. From the biggest and most trusted company in my country which isn't the US.

Two hours on the sly cooper loading screen. Screen automatically dims down. Battery indicator haven't moved at all. It's still full. Something should happen fairly soon.