Difficulty
Moderate
Steps
9
Time Required
10 minutes
Sections
3
- Battery
- 2 steps
- Front/Back Protective Grille
- 4 steps
- Battery Cover
- 3 steps
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Introduction
What you need
Step 1
Battery
- Peel back the rubber battery cover and remove the four circled 6.0 mm screws using a T8 Torx Screwdriver.
Peel back the rubber battery cover and remove the four circled 6.0 mm screws using a T8 Torx Screwdriver.
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Step 2
- While holding the cover back, pull straight up on the battery to remove it.
While holding the cover back, pull straight up on the battery to remove it.
Step 3
Front/Back Protective Grille
- Insert the Metal Spudger between the rubber edge on the grille and the aluminum casing.
- Place Metal Spudger in the location shown.
Insert the Metal Spudger between the rubber edge on the grille and the aluminum casing.
Place Metal Spudger in the location shown.
Step 4
- Slowly pry up the grille until the two tabs shown pop out.
- Be very gentle, the grille will bend.
Slowly pry up the grille until the two tabs shown pop out.
Be very gentle, the grille will bend.
Step 5
- The grille is attached to the speaker with double sided sticky tape. To remove the grill gently pull upward while keeping tension to the right.
- Be very gentle, the grille will bend.
The grille is attached to the speaker with double sided sticky tape. To remove the grill gently pull upward while keeping tension to the right.
Step 6
- Repeat steps to remove the back grille.
Repeat steps to remove the back grille.
Step 7
Battery Cover
- Remove the four 15.0 mm screws on the left and the four 9.0 mm screws on the right using the T8 Torx Screwdriver.
Remove the four 15.0 mm screws on the left and the four 9.0 mm screws on the right using the T8 Torx Screwdriver.
Step 8
- Remove the circuit board by pushing it with your index finger in the direction shown while using a nylon or metal spudger to lift it up and out of place.
Remove the circuit board by pushing it with your index finger in the direction shown while using a nylon or metal spudger to lift it up and out of place.
Step 9
- Carefully pull on the battery cover until the rubber tab slides out of the aluminum casing.
Carefully pull on the battery cover until the rubber tab slides out of the aluminum casing.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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rajpotus - Dec 24, 2016
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can someone tell me how do i reattach the rubber battery cover if i have removed it completely
megaspeed - Feb 20, 2018
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Cut the lip off. You will not be able to put it back. It’s Bose’s terrible design.
Matthew Busche - Mar 6, 2018
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You do NOT need to remove the front grill. I have no idea why they suggest you do that here.
I think the reason you remove the battery is to make sure the circuit board has zero power on it when you work on it — otherwise a touch of the screwdriver to an unlucky spot on the board might short/burn something out. But I don’t think there’s any mechanical reason to remove it.
Once you pop off the back grill cover, you should be able to slide the tab through the slot and coax it up (maybe with a tooth-pick and/or tweezers) on top of the circuit board, but it’s probably better to unscrew the circuit board (as directed here) which makes it easier to push the rubber tab through. Then slide the circuit board back under the tab and screw it back into place.
