Hi Rodrigo, thanks for sharing this, this exactly my issue with the tag; it won’t turn on. Just wanted to know, once you opened the case how did you actually fix the button? and is your tag still watertight for all this time after the repair?
Just in case it helps: To confirm it was the power button I fiddled with the other button one while connecting the tag to the base and confirmed i could get it into download mode, and the display would turn on etc. Make sure it's the button because messing with it (: That said, I'll answer your questions. > how did you actually fix the button? I ended up lifting the white-ish button module (shown here th-cam.com/video/dYPg_ZX2DFs/w-d-xo.html) from the cable that connects it to the brains of the tag. The "cable" is actually the 2 traces built into the brown plastic/isolating thing (I don't know tech term for this type of cable). The problem was that one of those traces wasn't properly soldered to the button. The white-ish square has the mechanical part of the button, and underneath it there are endpoints where the traces attach to. I got it to work, but I'm not sure how long it will last, those buttons are not designed to be messed with, and my soldering is fairly basic. > is your tag still watertight Probably not, I'd add hot glue or put it inside a watertight (but thin to not block signals) bag. That'll likely make it not fit in the armband, so probably annoying. I haven't actually taken it into the water. I ended up reaching out to support and they sold me (for cheap compared to tag price) a returned tag one which had some issues with the display but was still functional and you could read the display ok anyway.
@@RodrigoRosa thanks, seems like I will have to compromise the tag’s water tightness although for water is precisely what I use it for. Definitely not happy with the product.
Do you have any spare parts for the x65 lense by any chance? BTW thanks for this video. We just have each other or throw these things in a bin pretty much when they are toasted
@@marcass100 it works yes, the button was the problem. But I'm not sure how long my fix will last, nor if I'll manage to make it waterproof again (will probably order another since I use this for surf)
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Hi Rodrigo, thanks for sharing this, this exactly my issue with the tag; it won’t turn on. Just wanted to know, once you opened the case how did you actually fix the button? and is your tag still watertight for all this time after the repair?
Just in case it helps: To confirm it was the power button I fiddled with the other button one while connecting the tag to the base and confirmed i could get it into download mode, and the display would turn on etc. Make sure it's the button because messing with it (:
That said, I'll answer your questions.
> how did you actually fix the button?
I ended up lifting the white-ish button module (shown here th-cam.com/video/dYPg_ZX2DFs/w-d-xo.html) from the cable that connects it to the brains of the tag. The "cable" is actually the 2 traces built into the brown plastic/isolating thing (I don't know tech term for this type of cable).
The problem was that one of those traces wasn't properly soldered to the button. The white-ish square has the mechanical part of the button, and underneath it there are endpoints where the traces attach to.
I got it to work, but I'm not sure how long it will last, those buttons are not designed to be messed with, and my soldering is fairly basic.
> is your tag still watertight
Probably not, I'd add hot glue or put it inside a watertight (but thin to not block signals) bag. That'll likely make it not fit in the armband, so probably annoying. I haven't actually taken it into the water.
I ended up reaching out to support and they sold me (for cheap compared to tag price) a returned tag one which had some issues with the display but was still functional and you could read the display ok anyway.
@@RodrigoRosa thanks, seems like I will have to compromise the tag’s water tightness although for water is precisely what I use it for. Definitely not happy with the product.
Do you have any spare parts for the x65 lense by any chance? BTW thanks for this video. We just have each other or throw these things in a bin pretty much when they are toasted
The camera works fine. So didn't touch it. no spare parts sorry!
@@RodrigoRosa no worries. Did you manage to fix a tag?
@@marcass100 it works yes, the button was the problem. But I'm not sure how long my fix will last, nor if I'll manage to make it waterproof again (will probably order another since I use this for surf)
@@RodrigoRosa good stuff. Put it in a ZIP bag haha
So my battery in my tag is going bad, how hard was it to split the case? Battery should be a standard single cell lipo so easy to source.