Fugoo Tough Battery Replacement

Written By: Alicia Edwards

Comments: 9

Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

Time Required

35 minutes

Introduction

This guide shows how to remove and replace the battery of the Fugoo Tough.

Tools

Step 1

Begin by unscrewing the four 10.72mm corner screws using the Hex 2.0 screwdriver.
Using the Hex 1.5 screwdriver, remove the remaining six 5.79mm screws on the front of the speaker.
Pull the front part of shell away from the back part of shell.

Step 2

Change to the h1.3 head. Remove all four 5.57mm screws on both speaker covers.
Pull on the speaker covers to remove them.
Rotate to side the speaker that has the charging port. Remove the four 5.57mm screws facing you.
Rotate the speaker 180 degrees and then remove the four 5.57 screws on the side speaker that has the power/bluetooth buttons.

Step 3

Have back of speaker facing you, remove 5-12.70mm screws using 1/16 flat head screwdriver.
Using the plastic opening tool, you will be able to wedge back face of speaker off.

Step 4

The circuit board will be revealed, you will notice the various clips/wires that go to the speakers and the battery
Remove the blue "clip" from the mother board, then pull the on the speaker and remove it, to give you more room to work
Gently pull down on the largest bundle of wires connected to the mother board by a white clip.
Battery isn't anchored down, you will be able to pull it out of device
The battery can now be replaced

Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

9 comments

Is it waterproof afterwards?

TM M - 21/04/18

what are the battery specs? where can one be purchased?

Miguel Tenorio - 09/07/19

Looks like an 18650 battery with wires soldered to a plastic housing that connects the 2 poles. The battery is slightly thicker but I think it's the wrap around it to keep it as a single unit. Mine just went bad so I'm going to try to swap it out. I'll update if I'm Successful.

Damian - 24/11/19

Update: Success! Worked beautifully. I'll put together some pix I took to wrap it up. If you kinda put it together and test it but the bass is all gone, give it a squeeze. Bass doesn't really show back up til you put screws back in.

Damian - 24/11/19

What battery did you get? 18650? maH?

Tristan Mendoza - 23/03/20

arudis4x I’m trying to replace too. What battery did you get please? And would you kindly know if the unit works without a battery installed? Thanks!

Tristan did you manage?

Sergio Azzopardi - 15/09/20

what battery did you end up using for this?

Kaan Erdem - 24/09/20

. hey everyone i pulled my old battery cause its dead and no the speaker wouldnt work even pluged in its a fugo tough from two and half years ago. here is what my battery had on it. 3.7v 8.70wh 2350mah. li-ion ploymer battery.

codes found vpn:up130034 M :AE1665001 . which means its a 16650 a 18650 would work i searched up130034 ae1665001 and it came up on Taobao a website in china thats like ebay. . Anyway i searched for two weeks did cross references and even wasted 12 e-mails to fugoo customer support. well the support did nothing and still wont respond.. so they are big losers . original has 5 wires two reds one white and two blacks. i carefully took the wrap and covers off to discover the two reds and two blacks are soldered to singe contacts. they want you to buy another speaker because there are no 5 wire battery packs that a cylindrical that will fit.a Harman Kardon onyx 2 3 wire battery and attach the original five wire to it by joing the wasted two reds and two blacks and . works fine.

Rhett Mccrady - 02/05/21

Hey everyone, i need to add that customer support team did contact me. They actually are pretty cool. I should not have spoke bad about them because they sure helped me out. I want to extend a big thanks to Customer Support at Fugoo.. They went over and beyond my expectations.

Thanks, Rhett McCrady

Rhett Mccrady - 06/05/21