Hacking Charging EZ 3in1 Battery

[evoo1]

When randomly browsing some NDS Hombrew forums, i cam across a post that said it's possible to recharge the EZ 3in1's Battery by leaving it in your DS while it's connected to a charger. It also says, your DS must be shut down and you should keep the charger connected even a few hours once the DS itself is fully recharged.

Can this really be done?

 

[Destructobot]

Nope, the 3-in-1 uses a non-rechargeable CR1220 battery. If it dies on you you'll have to replace it.

 

[evoo1]

yeah I thought so.

thanks for you reply though

 

[cutterjohn]

If you need to replace the battery and if you do it yourself, or whomever does the replacement, you might want to have them add a battery clip instead of re-soldering a new battery directly.

I wish that EZ would've done this in the first place, but they were likely worried about batteries being knocked loose from the clip during shipping -> false defective returns, and/or possibly, more cynically, ensuring a bit of future income.

 

[Searinox]

You don't really have to bother soldering anything. Just use a piece of scotch tape all around to make it stick between the clips, I did it 6 times and it worked each time.

 

[Shabadage]

does the positive side face up or down? My 3in1 just died again and I don't want to reverse the battery!

 

[Searinox]

Yes positive on both lite and gba-sized EZflash faces downwards. Mine faces upwards cause it's "special".