Many thanks for this great teardown. It gave me the confidence to strip my H3+ and replace a faulty/water damaged SD board (No SD error). Using a new SD board from China for £15UKP I resurrected this H3+ that I bought as a spares and repairs for £100UKP from Ebay and its now working for the first time. Worth noting I bought some quality 00 screwdrivers to do the work - Wera brand - highly recommended. Thanks again!
my gopro 3+ silver edition is another issue. it will turn on but freez immediately. i repeat many times but still freeze. i followed the instruction to hard reset but still freeze on startup. i put the sdcard which is contain firmware upgrade but still freeze on startup. plus it getting hot and hot any help thank you.
+jay spetch Hey! Yes the LCD screen is replacable, it is a bit pricy at around 60 dollars on ebay. I would just search around ebay for the part and see if you can find a good deal there. It seems to be a simple ribbon plug so it should be an easy fix! I hope this helps you, sorry I took a while to get back to you.
Please, broke in connector linking the battery plate, the second 5:42 of the video, you know where I can find a replacement the same? please Thanks !!!
Enrique Higueras Sadly that part is quite pricey... About $90USD from ragecams.com and around 50-90 on Ebay from what I've found. I'm sorry that you've damaged that part.
What microphone are you using? Does it work in Other gopros and just not yours? Is the microphone designed specifically for it and others who use that specific microphone had any issues or solutions?
Thank You for the response! Good questions! I have a MOVO GM100 Lavalier and adapter cord. They claim GoPro Hero3, Hero3+ Hero2 compatibility. After watching some videos I also bought a different mic. from Amazon that says it is compatible with GoPro. Two mic's one adapter and no sound from either. I ordered another adapter just for grins but it hasn't arrived yet. Unfortunately I am the only one in my area doing this so I can't try this on another GoPro camera. I DO have a cheap knock off GoPro but it takes a micro USB adapter. So I ordered an adapter for it to test my mic's but have yet to receive it. The official GoPro hot line says external microphones are not compatible with my GoPro Hero3 Silver yet I see TH-cam videos with this model using remote microphones. Also, my USB port works for charging the battery......Thoughts?
I just got my other adapter and BOTH microphones work now! So apparently my MOVO USB - microphone adapter was the problem. I am going to try it out on my motorcycle now to eliminate wind noise.
A word of warning about the flex cable in the end - just broke mine after disassembling 3 times due to residual corrosion cleaning and bad connected "micro-connectors". Will have to buy a replacement flex cable (record button) somehow most probably. Other than this, the camera is like new after so many years without maintenance.
Is the camera sensitive to loud voices..lol. Totally joking, great video, I know it's old, but I acquired the exact camera with a used drone purchase not long ago, had a scratched lens I replaced already, thinking of using it to make a naked gopro for my lighter models. Did you notice much of a weight difference when you got the body off of it? If I can drop 15-25grams it'll be worth it, otherwise I won't bother. FYI... You can get lenses that just screw in without taking the whole gopro apart, that's how I replaced mine, at least with the Hero 5 and back from videos I've seen. You have to carefully take that outer lens protector off and use wide set of tweezers or prongs, to break the rubber-ish glue seal, but then it screws right out, and you use some blue lock-tight when you screw the new one in, and you'll have to hook it via hdmi to PC/TV to focus it. Link at the bottom to the one I got. What's great is they have a lot of FOV and lens size choices if you don't like the stock Hero 3+ lens. Just remember the thread size is common, but they make others, you're looking for M12 or !2*0.5, that's how it's listed. Also if you read reviews, lotta people make a big deal out of the lens having, or missing, the IR filter. If the camera and lens don't have one, it'll give you a funky pinkish picture. If one or the other, or both have them, you'll be fine. The hero 3+ has one on the sensor so either way you're fine. You can see this IR filter at 7:17, it's like the redish-yellow glare on a pair of sunglasses, at 8:49 you can see thru the new lens your installing straight down to the blue mouse pad, no filter. You probably know all this, but threw it in for anybody trying to figure out how to replace an old camera's lens. Take care, Cheers! usa.banggood.com/RunCam-RC21RC23RC25-FPV-Lens-2_1mm2_3mm2_5mm-FOV-165150130-Degree-Wide-Angle-for-Swift-Swift2-p-1127473.html?rmmds=detail-left-hotproducts&cur_warehouse=CN&ID=522238
Just a quick question: The serial number on the back of the motherboard is its own serial number? Or it's the serial number of the cam itself ? (And the motherboard haven't got no own serial number.) In that case it should match the serial number in the battery compartment. Am I right ?
Cool stuff, nice video, thanks! Gotta ask even tho you probably move out from you parents now, how much of a liability and cumbersome were you as a young one? I mean, i liked to pick things apart (wreck), but i didnt even get good, you seem like your solving a trivial puzzle, haha. Cheers
@SEFAmanegg my Gopro 3+ ( silver) brocken and something wrong in mainboard, If you have, please give me Schematic, battery not chagering and IC (face same gold) over heat. Rgs Reed
Foti H Foti H well there's a setting for auto off you can change. But for turning on, check the battery and charging cables first. If it's still not working the power switch may be defective. Fixing it yourself is easy, you just buy a replacement housing and swap it out.
one of my friend make update for first time and fromt that time doesnt work sometimes doesnt turn on and sometimes turn on than turn of by it self like have issues...before update was working perfect after update doesnt work..sd card is 64g
Great! Thanks for this vid - helped me a lot! Great job! But could you please speak a little quieter, maybe whisper, I still managed to make out several words...
+NGC1433 Hey, thank you. And I'm sorry about the sound quality. I was whispering but my mic isn't a very good quality one so it isn't the best sounding one.
+SEFARmanegg You definitely don't have a thing to be sorry about! You helped me and I'm very grateful. Your mic also is ok, I could even hear your lips moving. The problem is with whisper itself. When we whisper, a lot of sounds, those sharper ones- get omitted and that pretty much breaks the deal for non-native English speakers. But anyway, you are great!
the 3+ black edition is that much different from the silver edition? just scratched my lens(3+ black) this weekend and got VERY UPSET about it. i'm hoping the new lens is a 'screw in' lens and i'll be able to change it much easier with out really have to take it all apart. but great work showing the instructions on how to change the lens on the silver. th-cam.com/video/WcR6uDo_u-Q/w-d-xo.html
Kevin Chin the reason I took it apart was because the replacement lens I received had a different length thread than original and for the proper focus I needed to replace the lens housing as well. The hero 3+ black should be very similar to this. I've never taken apart a her 3+ black, but I doubt they would be different enough to the point of making the replacement process vary. The lens I used was listed for both the hero 3+ silver and black. I'm sorry if my video was confusing and making you believe you must take apart the whole entire camera to replace the lens. I was just unlucky and got a lens that required me to. I hope you can repair your camera quickly, cheaply, and painlessly!
Many thanks for this great teardown. It gave me the confidence to strip my H3+ and replace a faulty/water damaged SD board (No SD error). Using a new SD board from China for £15UKP I resurrected this H3+ that I bought as a spares and repairs for £100UKP from Ebay and its now working for the first time. Worth noting I bought some quality 00 screwdrivers to do the work - Wera brand - highly recommended. Thanks again!
Nice work...speeding up and narrating post filming is good.
Réal Fortin Thank you!
Thanks man! This was very helpful for taking out the water that got inside in an surf accident. Thanks again.
+Giovanni Martini Wow did the camera survive from that?? I'm glad I helped!
Thoughts on making a naked 3+ for FPV drones? I believe it can run on 5v thru the 30 pin connector.
Great deal. Just right size for us. Wish we had bought one sooner.
my gopro 3+ silver edition is another issue. it will turn on but freez immediately. i repeat many times but still freeze. i followed the instruction to hard reset but still freeze on startup. i put the sdcard which is contain firmware upgrade but still freeze on startup. plus it getting hot and hot
any help thank you.
Very good, I want to do this to pull the hot mirror.
why are you whispering?
+South West Florida Aerial lol. it was like 3 in the morning, didn't want to wake the parents
lol gotcha, just seems funny in the vid, like your givingn out some kind of top secret info,,lol
@@guglielmodicarlo4139 hahah yea XD
I've got some issues with hero 3 black , wanna know if you could help me out, or at least give me your opinion
Hi, great video. I have broken the screen on the go pro! Is it easy enough to replace and buy?
Thanks
+jay spetch Hey! Yes the LCD screen is replacable, it is a bit pricy at around 60 dollars on ebay. I would just search around ebay for the part and see if you can find a good deal there. It seems to be a simple ribbon plug so it should be an easy fix! I hope this helps you, sorry I took a while to get back to you.
5:40 Whats the purpose of the caple youre pulling out? im kinda scared to destroy something. thanks for the video
Please, broke in connector linking the battery plate, the second 5:42 of the video, you know where I can find a replacement the same? please Thanks !!!
Enrique Higueras Sadly that part is quite pricey... About $90USD from ragecams.com and around 50-90 on Ebay from what I've found. I'm sorry that you've damaged that part.
I have a GoPro Hero3 Silver camera. My remote microphone does not work but the camera microphone does. Any thoughts?
What microphone are you using? Does it work in Other gopros and just not yours? Is the microphone designed specifically for it and others who use that specific microphone had any issues or solutions?
Thank You for the response! Good questions!
I have a MOVO GM100 Lavalier and adapter cord. They claim GoPro Hero3, Hero3+ Hero2 compatibility. After watching some videos I also bought a different mic. from Amazon that says it is compatible with GoPro. Two mic's one adapter and no sound from either. I ordered another adapter just for grins but it hasn't arrived yet. Unfortunately I am the only one in my area doing this so I can't try this on another GoPro camera. I DO have a cheap knock off GoPro but it takes a micro USB adapter. So I ordered an adapter for it to test my mic's but have yet to receive it. The official GoPro hot line says external microphones are not compatible with my GoPro Hero3 Silver yet I see TH-cam videos with this model using remote microphones. Also, my USB port works for charging the battery......Thoughts?
I just got my other adapter and BOTH microphones work now! So apparently my MOVO USB - microphone adapter was the problem. I am going to try it out on my motorcycle now to eliminate wind noise.
A word of warning about the flex cable in the end - just broke mine after disassembling 3 times due to residual corrosion cleaning and bad connected "micro-connectors". Will have to buy a replacement flex cable (record button) somehow most probably. Other than this, the camera is like new after so many years without maintenance.
He sounds like he is recording a narration in his sleep
Awww you scratched my lens! Classic!
You are a legend. I have the U tough, had the same issue with my Go Pro and worked a charm hahahahahahahahahahaha. Thank you.
Is the camera sensitive to loud voices..lol. Totally joking, great video, I know it's old, but I acquired the exact camera with a used drone purchase not long ago, had a scratched lens I replaced already, thinking of using it to make a naked gopro for my lighter models. Did you notice much of a weight difference when you got the body off of it? If I can drop 15-25grams it'll be worth it, otherwise I won't bother.
FYI... You can get lenses that just screw in without taking the whole gopro apart, that's how I replaced mine, at least with the Hero 5 and back from videos I've seen. You have to carefully take that outer lens protector off and use wide set of tweezers or prongs, to break the rubber-ish glue seal, but then it screws right out, and you use some blue lock-tight when you screw the new one in, and you'll have to hook it via hdmi to PC/TV to focus it. Link at the bottom to the one I got. What's great is they have a lot of FOV and lens size choices if you don't like the stock Hero 3+ lens.
Just remember the thread size is common, but they make others, you're looking for M12 or !2*0.5, that's how it's listed. Also if you read reviews, lotta people make a big deal out of the lens having, or missing, the IR filter. If the camera and lens don't have one, it'll give you a funky pinkish picture. If one or the other, or both have them, you'll be fine. The hero 3+ has one on the sensor so either way you're fine. You can see this IR filter at 7:17, it's like the redish-yellow glare on a pair of sunglasses, at 8:49 you can see thru the new lens your installing straight down to the blue mouse pad, no filter. You probably know all this, but threw it in for anybody trying to figure out how to replace an old camera's lens. Take care, Cheers!
usa.banggood.com/RunCam-RC21RC23RC25-FPV-Lens-2_1mm2_3mm2_5mm-FOV-165150130-Degree-Wide-Angle-for-Swift-Swift2-p-1127473.html?rmmds=detail-left-hotproducts&cur_warehouse=CN&ID=522238
Just a quick question:
The serial number on the back of the motherboard is its own serial number? Or it's the serial number of the cam itself ? (And the motherboard haven't got no own serial number.) In that case it should match the serial number in the battery compartment. Am I right ?
I do not remember, for I have lost my gopro in a river. Sorry
Oh, I'm sorry for your loss.
Thank you
Cool stuff, nice video, thanks! Gotta ask even tho you probably move out from you parents now, how much of a liability and cumbersome were you as a young one? I mean, i liked to pick things apart (wreck), but i didnt even get good, you seem like your solving a trivial puzzle, haha. Cheers
I'm guessing your parents were asleep while you were making this vid because your speaking quiet ;)
easytutmc lol yea, sorry for the crappy audio haha. You nailed it!
Thanks bro
Mic on my gopro (hero3+black) do not work (after water dommag) ! where i can locate the mic on motherboard ! please
you have 2 mics one on top and one on left side from front so both 2 are in plastic black case... hope I help
photo please !!!
Thank you !!
very, very well done
What size screw driver did you use?
THANK youuu
@SEFAmanegg my Gopro 3+ ( silver) brocken and something wrong in mainboard, If you have, please give me Schematic, battery not chagering and IC (face same gold) over heat.
Rgs
Reed
ou je pourrais commander une lentilles pour un go pro hero 3 WHITE EDITION
So I fell on my bike and now the camera won't turn on or even charge I tired hard reset it and it didn't work
But it was working after that it was when I turned it off
hi i have a problem with my go pro turn on and off automaticly please can you help me to solve the problem or anyone of you knows somethings?
Foti H Foti H well there's a setting for auto off you can change. But for turning on, check the battery and charging cables first. If it's still not working the power switch may be defective. Fixing it yourself is easy, you just buy a replacement housing and swap it out.
SEFARmanegg hey man i dont know what is going some moments works good some other moments turn of/on like have issue or i dont know what..
Foti H well turn off like power off or stops recording? If your SD card isn't fast enough it'll stop recording
one of my friend make update for first time and fromt that time doesnt work sometimes doesnt turn on and sometimes turn on than turn of by it self like have issues...before update was working perfect after update doesnt work..sd card is 64g
Foti H I would try a different SD card. Make sure it's a class 10 of a reputable brand. These require very fast so cards. Size doesn't dictate speed
ASMR disassembly?
Yooooo where is the mic on board mines stopped working
Great! Thanks for this vid - helped me a lot! Great job!
But could you please speak a little quieter, maybe whisper, I still managed to make out several words...
+NGC1433 Hey, thank you. And I'm sorry about the sound quality. I was whispering but my mic isn't a very good quality one so it isn't the best sounding one.
+SEFARmanegg You definitely don't have a thing to be sorry about! You helped me and I'm very grateful. Your mic also is ok, I could even hear your lips moving.
The problem is with whisper itself. When we whisper, a lot of sounds, those sharper ones- get omitted and that pretty much breaks the deal for non-native English speakers. But anyway, you are great!
My go pro hero three won’t charge
Nao Precisava Tirar a placa do foco!!!!!
good video but why do you have a sock in your mouth
the 3+ black edition is that much different from the silver edition? just scratched my lens(3+ black) this weekend and got VERY UPSET about it. i'm hoping the new lens is a 'screw in' lens and i'll be able to change it much easier with out really have to take it all apart.
but great work showing the instructions on how to change the lens on the silver.
th-cam.com/video/WcR6uDo_u-Q/w-d-xo.html
Kevin Chin the reason I took it apart was because the replacement lens I received had a different length thread than original and for the proper focus I needed to replace the lens housing as well. The hero 3+ black should be very similar to this. I've never taken apart a her 3+ black, but I doubt they would be different enough to the point of making the replacement process vary. The lens I used was listed for both the hero 3+ silver and black.
I'm sorry if my video was confusing and making you believe you must take apart the whole entire camera to replace the lens. I was just unlucky and got a lens that required me to.
I hope you can repair your camera quickly, cheaply, and painlessly!
holla holla oakland
WHY ARE YOU WHISPERING ?
I'm angry because you're whispering...like very very very angry....I'm turning green I'm so angry!
BUTTERS! ARE YOU MAKING THAT GOPRO DISASSEMBLY TUTORIAL FOR TH-cam THAT I HAD FORBIDDEN YOU TO MAKE!
but indeed nice video, thanks bro.