A little long to show the idea, but yes, this works. You jump the charge to the interior battery terminals, because that bypasses the circuit board. You need to bypass that board because it limits the current to prevent the battery from charging when it gets into this completely discharged state. It HAS to do that because a battery this dead presents a near-dead-short and the circuit is design to cut it off to prevent it from overheating. You definitely want to jump-charge it only for a few seconds at a time, especially at first, because it will draw a lot of current and could overheat or explode. So charge it for about 10 sec, then let it rest for 10, then do another 10, and so on, for a few minutes. Then you can put it back in the camera and let the regular charger do its thing. (I did it with a bench power supply and a current meter so I could see the current and watch for when it came down, but I'm assuming folks just want a practical "kitchen table" fix for this).
WORKS! I bought the same charger in the video before even watching this. It wasn't able to revive my dead battery. After 10 seconds of charging the posts directly I was able to get the charger to finally detect the dead battery!
Great video, I am having a problem with a bunch of non OEM batteries I have purchased. My understanding is that ARLO no longer makes a battery for the Pro. I will try the reboot method here. Has anyone taken apart a Arlo battery and replaced the actual batteries in it? Is there a circuit in the Arlo batteries that is updated by firmware that does not allow non OEM batteries to work? Or are the non OEM batteries just junk?
You're right, I managed to buy two batteries and after two years they don't charge, even though they have 47% the charge symbol is red all the time and it doesn't want to start charging, it's as if it doesn't want to recognize the battery anymore.
I thought the world is going into world war three with that intense music background then again as I watch carefully I realize that you were only fixing dead battery
Interesting, I have 8 Arlo A1 batteries that are not charged by the camera connected to a USB 5v 2.4A source. I did exactly as in the video, but using a variable power supply regulated at 9V for a few seconds. The voltage of the poles was 5.30V, but the camera does not start charging. If you test the poles of the board with the Multitest, the voltage is 0V.
mine did this as well but i put it in the camera and plugged the camera in. when i unplug the usb cable, the camera stayed on so the battery is working. when you popped the cover off the terminals you have to be careful and not rip the spot welds off of the board
also if you try to charge directly to the pins like i tried at first, it wont do anything because the battery board is setup to not allow charge once the battery is below a certain voltage
I finally got the chance to mess around with this battery and it all worked according to plan!! Who knows how long it will last. I hope that I don't have to take this battery apart a lot to keep it around. 🙏🙏🙏
i think he just used a 9 volt wall power adapter and cut the plug off and soldered on some alligator clips. any DC source between 5 and 9 volts would probably be okay
@@kobesparachute No, 5 volts is too low. It will not charge. He put caption text over the video that said use a charging voltage between 8 and 9. The battery pack clearly has a label that says, "Charge at 8.4v"
A little long to show the idea, but yes, this works. You jump the charge to the interior battery terminals, because that bypasses the circuit board. You need to bypass that board because it limits the current to prevent the battery from charging when it gets into this completely discharged state. It HAS to do that because a battery this dead presents a near-dead-short and the circuit is design to cut it off to prevent it from overheating. You definitely want to jump-charge it only for a few seconds at a time, especially at first, because it will draw a lot of current and could overheat or explode. So charge it for about 10 sec, then let it rest for 10, then do another 10, and so on, for a few minutes. Then you can put it back in the camera and let the regular charger do its thing. (I did it with a bench power supply and a current meter so I could see the current and watch for when it came down, but I'm assuming folks just want a practical "kitchen table" fix for this).
WORKS! I bought the same charger in the video before even watching this. It wasn't able to revive my dead battery. After 10 seconds of charging the posts directly I was able to get the charger to finally detect the dead battery!
hilarious music
we're both at war with our batteries
Great video, I am having a problem with a bunch of non OEM batteries I have purchased. My understanding is that ARLO no longer makes a battery for the Pro. I will try the reboot method here. Has anyone taken apart a Arlo battery and replaced the actual batteries in it? Is there a circuit in the Arlo batteries that is updated by firmware that does not allow non OEM batteries to work? Or are the non OEM batteries just junk?
You're right, I managed to buy two batteries and after two years they don't charge, even though they have 47% the charge symbol is red all the time and it doesn't want to start charging, it's as if it doesn't want to recognize the battery anymore.
not enough info on the jump cable set-up
I have 3 Arlos that last were powered on 1101 days ago according to the app. Everything works great but none of the batteries hold a charge :(
What did you do to the charging adapter terminals to give it the "jumper cable" terminals to be able to do that?
So much suspense with the background music for a dead battery revive video
Thank you this worked I used a 12V battery tender for a few mins to jump start the battery
I thought the world is going into world war three with that intense music background then again as I watch carefully I realize that you were only fixing dead battery
Interesting, I have 8 Arlo A1 batteries that are not charged by the camera connected to a USB 5v 2.4A source. I did exactly as in the video, but using a variable power supply regulated at 9V for a few seconds. The voltage of the poles was 5.30V, but the camera does not start charging. If you test the poles of the board with the Multitest, the voltage is 0V.
mine did this as well but i put it in the camera and plugged the camera in. when i unplug the usb cable, the camera stayed on so the battery is working. when you popped the cover off the terminals you have to be careful and not rip the spot welds off of the board
Got any hacks to can help you not use Arlo batteries at all??
MUTE the crazy music please
Is there a reason that you have to open the battery case? Why not just apply the voltage directly to the contacts?
Since there are circuitry inside, you don't want to fry them.
@@binhnguyen9343 Thanks.
also if you try to charge directly to the pins like i tried at first, it wont do anything because the battery board is setup to not allow charge once the battery is below a certain voltage
@@kobesparachute Thanks.
So Suspenseful.. Better than Cats !
netgear needs a better battery that when it dies it completely it won't charge
I need to try this real soon......thanks for the video....Just curiour, how long did the revitalized battery last....It's been over a year....?
curious
I bought cameras on eBay with all dead batteries smh
@@needavaycay That is not good......keeping the batteries up to par is 90% of the battle.......
I finally got the chance to mess around with this battery and it all worked according to plan!! Who knows how long it will last. I hope that I don't have to take this battery apart a lot to keep it around. 🙏🙏🙏
what's up with the intense music lol
I’m curious to know what you used to jump the battery also
i think he just used a 9 volt wall power adapter and cut the plug off and soldered on some alligator clips. any DC source between 5 and 9 volts would probably be okay
@@kobesparachute No, 5 volts is too low. It will not charge. He put caption text over the video that said use a charging voltage between 8 and 9. The battery pack clearly has a label that says, "Charge at 8.4v"
Thank You!
Solved! thanks you
Hi, what jump start type you used? Thx
Instead of charging, I've given a few zapped with smart car battery charger and it wakened up the battery, then charging it afterward.
How many voltages?
Horrible