Solved Has Anyone Broken Down A Tile Can The Battery Be Replaced Tile And The Tile App

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I use a number of Tile Bluetooth tracking tags (http://www.thetileapp.com) and was wondering: has anyone tried to replace the battery?

This piece of junk is meant to run for one year. They will then give you a 40% discount on a new one if you send them your old one back. Here are a couple of video on guys that tore them up replacing the battery. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-BTStja… This one probably had a lot of finger blood on him when he finished. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TwBrauQ… This repair is much safer and better.

I replaced the battery of my Tile Mate. The Battery iside is a CR 2025 and I replaced it with the very common CR32. It’s a bit larger but it still fits. You have to make sure though that the spring contacts touch the buzzer. At the end I both halves together with superglue and DONE!

It is possible very possible on Tile gen 1 and the Mate. I have not tried on the newer models. I have done it myself on four units. It not only reactivated the tiles it also reset the battery life timer. But, it’s insides are delicate and very near to the edges of the casing so you must be very careful if you try. Plenty of YouTube videos exist to show how to do it.