Samsung Gear S3 Frontier Battery Replacement 

Great work. I just used this myself and it worked out perfectly. One suggestion would be at 1:00 where you forcefully pull away the cover. This effectively destroys the water proofing gasket. If you can just separate the back and then very, very slowly pull it apart, the seal can stay perfectly intact ensuring your watch will be waterproof after the repair.

Great quick Video 2:35

Great video, made the replacement very easy. From start to finish, took about 20 minutes, including time to pause and play back to see more detail. Thank you for the help!

I just successfully completed the battery replacement today. Thank you for your valuable info.

I cannot believe I finished this successfully. First, it is hard to get the back plate off. When they say to use a lot of force, I applied enough force to open a jar of pickles and it suddenly popped while trying to get leverage with the tool. The ribbon that holds the battery to the motherboard isn't a connector. It sits in an enclosure of the same shape, so you just have to pop it out of place. If you pry on the side opposite of the ribbon of death, you'll lower the likelihood of breaking it. The force that you have to use need to be even and deliberate. I normally hamfist things, but I made sure to take it extra slow. The battery is glued to the back of the motherboard, and you're not going to be able to lift up the battery in the motherboard until you disconnect the battery ribbon. Are you trying to cry the battery off of the back of the motherboard, don't pry it. Cut through the glue with a tool until it separates. It's so much easier putting it back together then taking it apart.

Thank You very much for making a short and straight to the point video. Your camera work and detail was right on point. Opening up the watch after the initial four screws was troublesome at first with the plastic tool but instead of using the tool that came with the battery that I purchased off EBAY I used a drywall / box cutter knife that I got for a buck from the dollar tree. Worked like a charm. After that it took me less than 15 minutes for the whole swap, including double checking. I can't thank you enough. I'm lucky enough to have two Gear 3 watches so I will use this for now and fix the other later. Thank You sir.

I took my time and followed your video. Works like a charm, thank you Natty.

Thanks very much. Made changing the battery easy

Just did this and it worked great! Thanks for the video!

Thanks, you're a lifesaver! The instructions that came with the battery are rediculously vague.

great video in my opinion the frontier is all you can want in a smart watch and there isnt really else you can add its awesome to be able to basically renew the watch thx man

Thank you so much for this video! Completed the repair with confidence!!!

Much Appreciated!

Great Job

Thanks for the video. I just changed out my watch battery. The worse part for me was removing the 4 main screws. I might later replace the screws and try re-sealing the case.

I'll tell you what you guys make it look so easy not easy to open it up.

Awesome video! Went just like you instructed. Thanks much, Is it still waterproof?

Thank you!! This was very helpful!! I was able to replace my battery with a new one from Amazon. OgoDeal was the brand. Nothing was broken in the process and now my battery is good as new!

What about the waterproofing gasket?

Hello my friend. I need your help. I have a gear s3 classic model watch, the lcd screen is defective. I found one frontier with a faulty motherboard. can i plug a classic motherboard into a frontier watch? do you know I was undecided

thank you

For anyone that plan to replace the battery. Please extremely careful with the ribbon cable that connects between the motherboard and battery. Watch this video at least 5 times before starting open up the motherboard. I accidentally damaged the ribbon cable just because I thought that would be the easy process to replace the battery and skip steps in the video. Now I no longer need to replace the battery anymore, my watch is dead.

Thanks for this easy to follow tutorial. May I know where you bought the battery replacement? And from your experience, is the replacement good? I'd like to replace the battery on mine too as it barely lasts a day now.

Some kind of sealant?

What about ip 68?after that can i go again under water?

One Question: What about the seal?

My advice would not to power the watch on untill it's fully Charged and then Leave it on untill it dies For the first time then charge it back up completly To get the most life out of the new battery

After a year, I finally manage to replace the battery. When I turned it on, it only had 8% charge. I think that´s a bad sign. Its charging now. I hope it works because I love my watch.

What size screw type y?

Ima be tackling this soon, because for some reason no repair shop near me replaces the battery

Where did you get this battery replacement kit?

I pulled of the ribin to the face stuck it back on with tape the screen comes on to show its charging but watch will not turn on help

How about the water proof seal? I saw it break and tear away when you removed the back cover of the watch. How do you replace that? Without that the watch will no longer be waterproof. It won't even be water resistant. Can you help with this? I really don't want to take my watch apart without being able to make sure it is waterproof when I put it back together. Thanks for any help you can give!

Will it still be water resistant after opening it?

Question Where can I get a replacement battery?

When I reassembled my watch everything turned on but the touch screen no longer works. Help! Any suggestions?

He makes it look sooo easy lol

It's it normal for the battery to get really hot? I think I bought a faulty battery

You has killed the caseback gasket😭

is still waterproof?

I replaced my battery and when I turn it on, everything seems to work fine. However, when I place it on the charger, it comes up with a yellow triangle symbol with a thermometer in the middle and says it can't charge the batter right now, the watch needs to warm up. It's an ambient 70 degrees in springtime here... not very cold. What did I do wrong? Thanks.

After that it's no more water resistance?

When open it like that? Is it still have waterproof?

what kind of battery is this? is it a special one to this watch or it can be found easely?

I went ahead and replaced the battery. Tried turning it on and still got nothing also connected it to the charger and started getting a blinking light. Can anyone help?

hey I am from INDIA and have the same watch and i require a battery pack , well when i checked out at the samsung service center they told me that they have stoped manufacturing the match and hence its impossible to get a new battery. and now it sucks that i cant wear my fav watch. :/

So, if I accidentally disconnect the ribbon from the motherboard at 1:20, is there a way to re-attach it? Or is it broken permanently?

didnt put the rbbon back.

Why does it look so easy to get it open. after removing the 4 screws the back will not open AT ALL.

Surely the back plate should have been resealed?

Gear s3 ki battery kaha mile gi

motherboard ribbon is key here. i was super careful following the steps but mine has detached and i cant reattach even triedsello tape. The annoying thing is the battery charges fine and you see the pulsing, but you can't turn the screen on. Need to see if its worth repairing or chucking away. ***THE MOTHERBOARD RIBBON IS SO FRAGILE BE CAREFUL

1:20 I wasn't careful aaaand it broke in two, like it was a thin piece of cigar paper. God damn it. 😫

are you in a race?! slow tf down daymn. you went by about the battery connector so fast for no reason

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