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| Posted by DougSmith TomTom Battery Life The battery life in my TomTom is hopeless. Does anyone know how to replace the battery or do I have to call Tomtom and send it back? Thanks Doug |
| Posted by Guest Re: TomTom Battery Life Hi Doug, The battery is bad on all of them, That's why it comes with a car battery charger, so that u can run it off the car while driving. I hope this is helps Matthew |
| Posted by the-ingeneer Tomtom battery I have found a trick for those bad battery, but you lose your warranty. You need to open your Tomtom, behind the screen you will find the battery (for the Go 710 it is an 3.7 V, 2400mAh, Samsung ICR18650-24) You'll find 3 wires: red, black and yellow. Cut them of at the half of the wire size, then cut off your car loader wire (tomtom)(5v), you will see again 3 wires inside :red,black,white Connect the red with red, black with black, white with yellow (the best thing is to make a little hole in the cover to pass the wire, so it will be better for closing the all thing) I did it and it works pretty fine, I had save 30 dollars ;) :D I did it in approximately 30 minutes Remember you will have no battery any more and no waranty of Tomtom! It only works then with your Tomtom car loader. |
| Posted by GDT More... Some posts are not listed here. See all posts here: TomTom Battery Life GPS Data Team |
| Posted by Boettcher VIA 1500 only good in car so battery is somewhat redundant My Via 1500 seems to have given up on its battery. But as I always use it in the car, so the car charger works. Since the car mount is an integral part of the case, it is too inconvenient to try use this anywhere except the car anyway. |
| Posted by old TomTom After this long... 6&1/2 yroldTomTom After this long the gps has been shutting down even when properly plugged into the vehicle's chargeroutlet. A battery icon with a sliver of red appears then phwoooooosh...ALL BLACK! Free, lifetime maps compel me to take it apart and replace the battery myself. ______________ Beating the drum against planned obsolescence. |
| Posted by Ssstu tomtom battery Just one thing that may be of interest to some readers is that apparently some of the later TomTom's require a high charge rate to charge the unit as well as provide the navigation information required. I am informed that if you do not use the supplied power socket charger, sufficient charge is not received to charge the unit at the same time as using it. :roll: |