Oontz Angle 3 ULTRA Motherboard Replacement

Written By: Ben Malone

Comments: 4

Oontz Angle 3 ULTRA Motherboard Replacement

Difficulty

Difficult

Steps

Time Required

55 minutes - 1 hour

Introduction

This guide shows how to replace the motherboard on the Oontz Angle 3 Ultra in the case of water damage or other types of damage. The device would likely not work or have a strange behavior. Follow this guide to replace the motherboard and get the Oontz Angle 3 Ultra working again.

Tools

Step 1

Remove the two black rubber sheaths around the edges of the speaker.
Under the symbol-marked sheath there is a white rubber covering for the buttons. Peel this away to reveal the panel underneath.
On two corners of its triangular face there is a small divot, which allows you to use your fingernails or a pair of tweezers to grip and peel away the covering.

Step 2

Use a JIS #0 screwdriver to remove the six screws to expose the motherboard.

Step 3

Using a pair of tweezers, pinch and pull the rubber fillings obstructing the screws.

Step 4

Using a JIS #0 screwdriver, remove the 6 screws holding the backplate in.
Remove the back panel off of the device.

Where can I get the mother board and other parts to buy for the Oontz angel 3 please

Christopher Dunkley - 11/04/21

Step 5

Using the spudger, remove the motherboard from the device.
Be cautious not to break the USB and 3.5mm auxiliary ports which are poking through the side of the device.
The microphone wires that connect to the back of the motherboard are very thin and may pull out. Do not worry, the following step is removing those wires.

Step 6

Using a soldering iron, remove microphone wires attached to the motherboard.
Melt the solder on the battery terminals on the motherboard and pull the wires through the backside of the board.
For more information on soldering, please visit the How to Solder and Desolder Connections guide.

Step 7

Using a spudger, disconnect the speaker bus female connector from the motherboard's male bus.
Remove the grounding wire from the back of the motherboard by gently pulling the metal connection directly away from the board.

Step 8

With the new motherboard, re-solder all of the wiring into their appropriate soldering locations and wiring harnesses.
Reassemble the speaker in reverse order.