super stoked to pick this up, glad that you can actually remove this compared to the retrosux battery. Appreciate all the content man, been sick with covid and you have kept me entertained and educated on this new hobby of mine.
Finally ordered your battery mod from retro modding! Every time I checked they were sold out and I forgot until I started playing my ips modded gba sp again haha was quickly reminded and sure enough they’re back in stock I hope they have your logo on them as well as retro mods logo I believe the first ones had yours but I was too late to the party
glad we finally have a user-friendly good battery replacement for the AGS. still using the one that originally came with my 101, but when it goes out, i’ll probably pick this one up
Watching you solder those wires to the battery gave me anxiety haha. I accidentally shorted a battery once and burned a hole in my fingernail, threw the battery across the room. I have PTSD from that
Thanks so much makho!!! I have been on the search for a better battery for ages now you should adapt the frames and sizes to different consoles like the ds lite and so on
I'm using one that can keep my sp on for 35 hrs.. I'm using a battery expansion plate. The battery was only 8 on Amazon and I soldered the two battery wires behind the gold prongs black box... no pcb needed.
the whole point of the PCB is to make the mod removeable and to not require permanent modification. You can get six PCBs for less than $3 USD SHIPPED GLOBAL.
Aw man, I received one of these from RetroModding today and upon installing it today I was disappointed to see that it causes the battery cover to bulge when installed. I thought that perhaps it was my aftermarket GBA SP case that was the problem so I tried it in a completely unmodded GBA SP and the battery does not even fit in compartment, even with far more force than I would expect to use when attempting to install it. I'm not sure if this problem is a result of my specific battery cell bulging, the tolerance of the 3D printed sled, or how the soldered wires stick out a bit (and aren't able to be pushed down) on my version of this product but nonetheless I'm disappointed and hope that they can work out their issues.
This seems to be an issue with battery tolerances from the factory. It should fit better in an aftermarket shell as those tolerances are generally a bit looser but unfortunately, that's just where we're at right now. Most batteries seem to fit just fine but some are slightly larger for whatever reason. If you don't like the bulge (which, frankly, you shouldn't), I'd recommend reaching out to Retromodding.
You had a similar idea like me but I take the frame and contacts from these green crap Batterie to fit it. When come the test of the gba mod battery vs a Batterie with a tp4056 board?
Ah now I wish I had a 3d printer :/ lemme check the retromodding website hmm Edit: found it :) www.retromodding.com/collections/game-boy-advance-sp/products/makho-game-boy-advance-sp-battery
A lot of the customer reviews at Retro Modding say that the battery along with the 3D printed housing causes bulging on their battery covers. One review from 02/28/2021 said that they had updated the 3D print design to better accomodate an OEM GBA SP shell, but I'm not sure. I tried asking about this from Retro Modding, but they haven't answered yet. *Is it safe to buy a pre-assembled battery from Retro Modding?*
The issue of batteries being slightly different sizes and GBA SP shells having tiny bit different tolerances make me even more worried. Do I just have to order one in and hope for the best?
@@Moshugaani I can't give you the answer that you want. Yes, you just have to order one and hope for the best. Tolerances on these things is worse than I had known with my limited testing (look, I only have so many SPs and I figured like 14 batteries would be more than good enough for a sample size) and the only work around is to keep trying different batteries or different shells or to just cut out the bottom of the battery compartment on your SP. If it doesn't fit perfectly flush and you're unhappy with that, contact Retromodding.
@@makho Yup, I understand. Well, thanks for your patience in answering people's questions constantly. :D I guess I'll go ahead and order, and if I'm not happy with the fit, then I'll figure it out whether I can make more room for it or something. Cheers!
What are those little battery holders that allow you to use normal batteries in a gameboy and gba game instead of the tabbed ones? Kinda like the everdrive use I wanna put them in all of my gameboy and gba games so that I can use high quality name brand batteries from local retailers and what size should I get for each? Could you reply with a link for them please? Along with your thoughts or notes
@@makho ah shoot well where do you get name brand tabbed batteries? I’ve looked and can’t find any just the cheap yellow wrapped ones that have 1-2 duds in every batch and only last a few years
@@makho I searched eBay, Amazon then Googled some name brand names then tabbed cells of the appropriate sizes and couldn’t find anything name brand I don’t know a lot of the lesser known name brands and I don’t know a lot of these obscure hobby sites I am new to this stuff never heard of either of these websites you just mentioned
How can the original design be improved? I want to order from OSH and Aliexpress. Shipping from US/Canadian stores is exaggerated so I have to source from China.
Hey makho. Completely unrelated, but I just got a GBA SP. When I turn the volume slider to the low-middle volume, there’s a high pitched noise made through the speakers/headphones that goes away by turning the volume slider up. Is this normal, or is something wrong with my console? I completely understand if you don’t respond, but I figure you’re the best person to ask :)
The v1 version of this mod is designed that the PCB may be wedged into place and make contact with the battery terminals. It is NOT (intended to be) held in with the battery, the pressure from the wires, or the battery cover. v2 needs the bracket (or may be shimmed until you can wedge it)
The battery connector is a 2 pin ACHR. The male port (the one that gets soldered to the board) is pretty cheap. The female one (the one that is on the battery) is cheap to get without the pins. If you order them without the pins, you still need to order the pins and a crimp tool. I have not been able to find pre-assembled pigtails for sale.
Hello, please, can i use a 3.7V 1200mah battery? (Gba model Ags-001) Sorry if you said that in video, i'm Brazilian and cannot fully understand english speaking
Tolerances. Some SPs have slightly smaller battery compartments and some batteries are slightly larger. If you get lucky enough, the battery won't fit properly and the door will bulge slightly.
Because the PSP is a terribly designed console and is faulty from the factory. No, I'm not touching that shit heap. Batteries are always dead because Sony, in their infinite wisdom, designs the PSP to handshake any battery you use. This means that the battery has a small microcontroller in it. This microcontroller never switches off and puts a constant load on the battery cell. So whether you use the thing or not, the battery will always be flat after a week or two. This causes permanent battery damage quite frequently because there does not appear to be any low voltage protections either.
@@makho I knew about the chip, but didn't know it drained the battery. I've seen mods where people remove the cell from the shell and connect another generic battery to it with higher capacity. I'm wondering what to do, since I have at least 3 faulty PSPs. Sell them as-is or attempt something with them.
Nah, those are fine. I've heard that some batteries in some shells cause a little bit of battery door bulge but as long as the cell itself is not bloated, there will be no issues.
Because I'd rather give out the things I make for free than have to deal with having a shop, packaging orders, CUSTOMER SERVICE, chargebacks/return scams, etc. Also, you know that one cool project you found that one time and it was 100% open source so you could still revive it and have fun with it even though the creator moved on to other things? I certainly do. I like projects like that. So that's all the projects I make.
Why does almost everyone on TH-cam solder SMD with a comedy oversized tip wilst complaining about how hard it is? Do you enjoy making things difficult for yourself?
"I have no idea when this video is going up, probably before September"
*published 10/16*
Probably
Your contribution to a proper battery mod is invaluable. I do have the slightly wider battery, but the bracket will make it easier to fit no doubt.
super stoked to pick this up, glad that you can actually remove this compared to the retrosux battery. Appreciate all the content man, been sick with covid and you have kept me entertained and educated on this new hobby of mine.
Finally ordered your battery mod from retro modding! Every time I checked they were sold out and I forgot until I started playing my ips modded gba sp again haha was quickly reminded and sure enough they’re back in stock I hope they have your logo on them as well as retro mods logo I believe the first ones had yours but I was too late to the party
Retrosix could learn a lot from you, you actually address the issues with your battery
glad we finally have a user-friendly good battery replacement for the AGS. still using the one that originally came with my 101, but when it goes out, i’ll probably pick this one up
Watching you solder those wires to the battery gave me anxiety haha. I accidentally shorted a battery once and burned a hole in my fingernail, threw the battery across the room. I have PTSD from that
I hate soldering battery wires or tabs. It always makes me nervous.
@@makho Try soldering 18650 cells with tabs. It's very frightening.
I was very close to improving your mod, or make an addition to your mod similar to this one. I'm glad someone else is doing this. Lol
24:49
makho: "Screwdrivers? I AM THE SCREWDRIVER!"
ordered myself one, super stoked! thanks to your video last week i didn't make the silly mistake of ordering one of retrosix's!
Thanks so much makho!!! I have been on the search for a better battery for ages now you should adapt the frames and sizes to different consoles like the ds lite and so on
And the 3ds xl and new nintendo 3ds xl
I already did. Look at the github repo I linked in the description.
I'm using one that can keep my sp on for 35 hrs.. I'm using a battery expansion plate. The battery was only 8 on Amazon and I soldered the two battery wires behind the gold prongs black box... no pcb needed.
the whole point of the PCB is to make the mod removeable and to not require permanent modification. You can get six PCBs for less than $3 USD SHIPPED GLOBAL.
Thank you! I'll be ordering these PCBs for my DS Lites 😆 bless oshpark for free global shipping 😆
Aw man, I received one of these from RetroModding today and upon installing it today I was disappointed to see that it causes the battery cover to bulge when installed. I thought that perhaps it was my aftermarket GBA SP case that was the problem so I tried it in a completely unmodded GBA SP and the battery does not even fit in compartment, even with far more force than I would expect to use when attempting to install it.
I'm not sure if this problem is a result of my specific battery cell bulging, the tolerance of the 3D printed sled, or how the soldered wires stick out a bit (and aren't able to be pushed down) on my version of this product but nonetheless I'm disappointed and hope that they can work out their issues.
This seems to be an issue with battery tolerances from the factory. It should fit better in an aftermarket shell as those tolerances are generally a bit looser but unfortunately, that's just where we're at right now. Most batteries seem to fit just fine but some are slightly larger for whatever reason.
If you don't like the bulge (which, frankly, you shouldn't), I'd recommend reaching out to Retromodding.
Makho, is the retromodding version better than your last version ? Your version works with their bracket ?
my latest version is literally their version so it will work with their bracket
@@makho right, i meant if this one th-cam.com/video/VjnONhSVvpA/w-d-xo.html would work with their bracket, not the RM iteration
i love your weathered venusaur sp
You had a similar idea like me but I take the frame and contacts from these green crap Batterie to fit it.
When come the test of the gba mod battery vs a Batterie with a tp4056 board?
I did a video on that already using the salvaged frame.
Hi, it is a very good design. BTW v2 is not available in oshpart now?
You'd have to ask RM. I may have the PCB shared in my github but the PCB itself offers no benefit over the V1 iteration without RM's 3D printed frame.
oo! I cant wait for these to come out!
They're out now. Check the description.
Ah
now I wish I had a 3d printer :/
lemme check the retromodding website hmm
Edit: found it :)
www.retromodding.com/collections/game-boy-advance-sp/products/makho-game-boy-advance-sp-battery
A lot of the customer reviews at Retro Modding say that the battery along with the 3D printed housing causes bulging on their battery covers. One review from 02/28/2021 said that they had updated the 3D print design to better accomodate an OEM GBA SP shell, but I'm not sure. I tried asking about this from Retro Modding, but they haven't answered yet. *Is it safe to buy a pre-assembled battery from Retro Modding?*
The issue of batteries being slightly different sizes and GBA SP shells having tiny bit different tolerances make me even more worried. Do I just have to order one in and hope for the best?
@@Moshugaani I can't give you the answer that you want. Yes, you just have to order one and hope for the best. Tolerances on these things is worse than I had known with my limited testing (look, I only have so many SPs and I figured like 14 batteries would be more than good enough for a sample size) and the only work around is to keep trying different batteries or different shells or to just cut out the bottom of the battery compartment on your SP. If it doesn't fit perfectly flush and you're unhappy with that, contact Retromodding.
@@makho Yup, I understand. Well, thanks for your patience in answering people's questions constantly. :D
I guess I'll go ahead and order, and if I'm not happy with the fit, then I'll figure it out whether I can make more room for it or something. Cheers!
What are those little battery holders that allow you to use normal batteries in a gameboy and gba game instead of the tabbed ones? Kinda like the everdrive use I wanna put them in all of my gameboy and gba games so that I can use high quality name brand batteries from local retailers and what size should I get for each? Could you reply with a link for them please? Along with your thoughts or notes
you can't use those in OEM carts
@@makho ah shoot well where do you get name brand tabbed batteries? I’ve looked and can’t find any just the cheap yellow wrapped ones that have 1-2 duds in every batch and only last a few years
@@kingarthur7255 what did you search? Because they are available on mortoffgames and digikey at least.
@@makho I searched eBay, Amazon then Googled some name brand names then tabbed cells of the appropriate sizes and couldn’t find anything name brand I don’t know a lot of the lesser known name brands and I don’t know a lot of these obscure hobby sites I am new to this stuff never heard of either of these websites you just mentioned
@@kingarthur7255 www.mortoffgames.com/gameboy-advance/repair-and-replacement-parts44/game-repair-parts48/cr1616-coin-cell-battery-with-tabs-panasonic-
www.digikey.com/en/products/detail/panasonic-bsg/CR-1616-F2N/301860
How can the original design be improved? I want to order from OSH and Aliexpress. Shipping from US/Canadian stores is exaggerated so I have to source from China.
Hey please make a video about de supercard that you are using plss
they're garbage
@@makho 😳😔👊
Ca I use a jst ph 2 pin connector instead of the ach?
Hey makho. Completely unrelated, but I just got a GBA SP. When I turn the volume slider to the low-middle volume, there’s a high pitched noise made through the speakers/headphones that goes away by turning the volume slider up. Is this normal, or is something wrong with my console? I completely understand if you don’t respond, but I figure you’re the best person to ask :)
try cleaning it
makho I appreciate the advice, thanks!
Sooo, what’s that battery connector called? Got some boards on order but don’t wanna solder the battery directly to it. 😉
2 pin ACHR
If I wanted to have a bracket printed in a custom color what are the dimensions of the frame?
the bracket is linked in the description
@@makho Right but for some reason when I upload it to the few 3D printing sites I've found online it thinks the dimensions are gigantic.
24:30 you should get that cough checked out ;)
Do I need this 3d printed thing? Or can I use such a lipo battery mod without it?
The v1 version of this mod is designed that the PCB may be wedged into place and make contact with the battery terminals. It is NOT (intended to be) held in with the battery, the pressure from the wires, or the battery cover.
v2 needs the bracket (or may be shimmed until you can wedge it)
@@makho I got it to work. But thanks anyway for your response.
Any one know where I can buy that little connector he soldered on or what is the name of that part.
The battery connector is a 2 pin ACHR. The male port (the one that gets soldered to the board) is pretty cheap. The female one (the one that is on the battery) is cheap to get without the pins. If you order them without the pins, you still need to order the pins and a crimp tool. I have not been able to find pre-assembled pigtails for sale.
@@makho thank you so much
Awesome, just ordered mine!
Hello, please, can i use a 3.7V 1200mah battery? (Gba model Ags-001) Sorry if you said that in video, i'm Brazilian and cannot fully understand english speaking
Why some are having door bulge ?
Tolerances. Some SPs have slightly smaller battery compartments and some batteries are slightly larger. If you get lucky enough, the battery won't fit properly and the door will bulge slightly.
Hey Makho, have you considered doing the same with PSP batteries? They have a higher chance of dying for some reason.
Because the PSP is a terribly designed console and is faulty from the factory. No, I'm not touching that shit heap.
Batteries are always dead because Sony, in their infinite wisdom, designs the PSP to handshake any battery you use. This means that the battery has a small microcontroller in it. This microcontroller never switches off and puts a constant load on the battery cell. So whether you use the thing or not, the battery will always be flat after a week or two. This causes permanent battery damage quite frequently because there does not appear to be any low voltage protections either.
@@makho I knew about the chip, but didn't know it drained the battery. I've seen mods where people remove the cell from the shell and connect another generic battery to it with higher capacity. I'm wondering what to do, since I have at least 3 faulty PSPs. Sell them as-is or attempt something with them.
What's the actual charge time for this cell?
two and a half hours from fully depleted iirc
Hey can you please share where to buy the batteries? I haven't found decent ones on aliexpress...
read description
Not sure if you’ll see this comment. Haha
I purchased two 950mah batteries from retro gaming repair.
Should I be concerned or am I good to go?
Nah, those are fine. I've heard that some batteries in some shells cause a little bit of battery door bulge but as long as the cell itself is not bloated, there will be no issues.
@@makho Thank you for the quick response!
I like it
Nice burp coverup at 3:44 mate
I just bought the mk.1
Probably september oof.
Looks like they took down their oshpark project :(
they just updated it to a new version, I updated the link in the description
Where do i buy pre soldered ones though?
literally read the description.
Why are you not making any money off this if they are using your work?!?!
Because I'd rather give out the things I make for free than have to deal with having a shop, packaging orders, CUSTOMER SERVICE, chargebacks/return scams, etc.
Also, you know that one cool project you found that one time and it was 100% open source so you could still revive it and have fun with it even though the creator moved on to other things? I certainly do. I like projects like that. So that's all the projects I make.
Dude, invest in some cameron sino batteries. They are completely up to spec, even better than stock
Every other person who has mentioned these has reported fitment problems. So no, I definitely won't do that. Also, that's not what "invest" means.
You should let me send in my for repair 😒
I don't do commissions
If this is your idea and your project, why aren't you making any money out of it?
I don't want to have to deal with having a shop, shipping orders, CUSTOMER SUPPORT, and also because I just do this for fun.
makho idea: have a portion of the profits that would go to you instead be donated to a charity of your choice
@@thiefrules feel free to give to a charity what you would have given to me
Why does almost everyone on TH-cam solder SMD with a comedy oversized tip wilst complaining about how hard it is? Do you enjoy making things difficult for yourself?
fuckin armchair expert over here
fuckin armchair expert over here
fuckin armchair expert over here
@@makho You can call it whatever you like, but sizing your tip to your work is fundamental.
@@_zzpza ok