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Astro Slide - Hardware / Re: changed my battery now with video

« on: April 10, 2025, 06:01:02 am »

Ok, one last thing - does the Astro battery have three or four terminals once you open it up? Does it have a data terminal for battery status? Or just +, - and temp?

If it has four, are you getting accurate indications on battery capacity (SoC, percentage)?

I really don´t know.
I left the astro to a technician sometimes ago to solder the battery   and don´t remember.
Maybe searching in google you can find the answer. I only know about gemini and cosmo batteries that I have oppened recently. They have in it the marks ID, +, - and T. Maybe the battery astro is similar.But I really don´t know. I will try to attach a photo to  a battery terminal similar to gemini, but I think this forum as I said before are not letting me to attach photos.
Confirmed this ( The attachments upload directory is not writable. Your attachment or avatar cannot be saved. )

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Astro Slide - Hardware / Re: changed my battery now with video

« on: April 09, 2025, 12:29:53 pm »

Yes, the bms was removed from the replacement cameron sino  battery. I soldered the BMS from the original astro battery onto the replacement battery

Ok, thanks for confirming. I guess once you remove some of the covers you can see all three terminals (or four?) and then can solder the Astro BMS in there.

With that in mind, I'll wait for the Astro battery to degrade a bit more before (e.g. where it no longer holds even a half-a-day charge), meaning that the battery replacement is mandatory to keep the device usable as a daily driver, in case I break things.

OK. Good luck. Only another link ( But for gemini and cosmo ). In this case it is not necessary to remove the BMS from the replacement battery. Check the polarity befory connecting. https://electronicsera.eu/2024/01/04/planetbatteries/ . I have changed my battery in gemini for this Hsabat battery ( https://pt.aliexpress.com/item/1005007976621754.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.5.295fcaa4HQTq2Y&gatewayAdapt=glo2bra ) . The battery cable must be twisted to put the battery in place.

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Astro Slide - Hardware / Re: changed my battery now with video

« on: April 09, 2025, 09:05:12 am »

Ok, found a video of a phone that uses the same type of battery that your replacement - natively. So looks like, that "single" connector actually has all the terminals required in it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XD1Lw9CI4vc

Astro probably does not use same connector (or does it?!), so opening up the battery is most likely needed. But I'll hold off opening the phone until the Astro battery performance has really gone down enough to make it unusable as a daily driver...

Yes, the bms was removed from the replacement cameron sino  battery. I soldered the BMS from the original astro battery onto the replacement battery

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Astro Slide - Hardware / Re: changed my battery now with video

« on: April 09, 2025, 08:57:50 am »

...I just got the battery. Cam, do you know if the installer had to open up the battery pack to get this installed? I'm confused about the fact that there is only that one external connector on the battery. Or is that a temp sensor or something?

It's visible in your video too, but looks like the texts of the battery are a bit...crumpled? Just wondering if the battery pack's has to be opened (carefully) to get direct access to the terminals (and for replacing the BMS).

Hi Zarhan.
The BMS is from the original battery. It was soldered onto  the replacement battery. I didn´t use the BMS from the replacement cameron battery.

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Astro Slide - Hardware / Re: changed my battery now with video

« on: February 16, 2025, 09:39:14 am »

Yes. It is required. This was done by a technician.

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Astro Slide - Hardware / Re: changed my battery now with video

« on: December 13, 2024, 04:40:16 am »

Hi, that's a very interesting solution for the battery problem, thanks for sharing it! Regarding the attachments issue, we are currently working on it to fix it, sorry for the inconvenience.

Varti

Thank you.

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Astro Slide - Hardware / Re: changed my battery now with video

« on: December 12, 2024, 07:24:12 pm »

Which cameron sino 3150 mAh battery? There's more than one model...

I think by "controller" you mean the battery protection board, right?. The battery charge controller is probably on the Astro Slide PCB.

Yes. Used the part that was on the original battery in the new battery.

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Astro Slide - Hardware / Re: changed my battery now with video

« on: December 12, 2024, 07:20:14 pm »

I understand better how to remove the cover, thanks!
I too would like to know the battery model.

It is on the video.
Model is CS-BLV009XL { Cameron Sino ). The capacity is 3150 mah. The original battery  capacity is 4000mah.If the admin provide a solution I will attach photos of the original and the cameron sino battery.

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Astro Slide - Hardware / Re: changed my battery

« on: December 12, 2024, 05:40:26 am »

I would like to see detailed instructions published, including how to remove the cover. Please do so.

To remove the cover use your fingernails in the gap  between the black part and the blue hardcover. Slide and move your fingernails through the entire edge. And force a little bit to remove it. Use the same controller of the original battery in the new battery. ( This was done by a technician who soldered the controller to the new battery ) . I   have asked the administrator to attach photos here. Link to video again: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Kfc60a0QzMA

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Site Suggestions, Requests, and Updates / Re: Forum outage

« on: December 11, 2024, 04:28:14 pm »

Hi all,

regarding yesterday's outage, this is what our host has published today in the support's forum:

"On Thursday the 28th of November 2024 (the Thanksgiving holiday here) in the afternoon, our Domain Registrar suspended our domain due to a false positive in one of their systems. Because of communications complications involving the holiday, it took us more than 18 hours to reinstate the domain. The vast majority of ibiblio-supported sites and service have been impacted. We are still working to resolve the lingering effects and plan future steps to avoid a recurrence of this problem."

Everything is now back to normal, thanks for your patience.

Varti

Hi. I am having problem with attachments. Message: Photos could not be attached. Message : The attachments upload  directory is not writable.
Please help me.Thanks

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Astro Slide - Hardware / changed my battery now with video

« on: December 10, 2024, 02:39:58 pm »

After a couple of years , I changed my cell phone  battery. My astro was powering off with 25% of charge. The new battery is only 3150 mah but slim sufficient to fit astro. It is cameron sino brand . This battery charge lasts more  than the  original one, believe me. Photos could not be attached here . Message : The attachments upload  directory is not writable. I 've contacted the administrator and I have not got any solution up to now. So I decided to put a link of a video here : https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Kfc60a0QzMA

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Astro Slide - Linux / Astro running ubuntu

« on: November 03, 2024, 05:14:42 pm »

Hi. This vídeo shows astro running Ubuntu touch. So It is possível. I sent an email to Planet . Let's wair.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_JDeMOQxJsU&pp=ygUUQXN0cm8gc2xpZGUgNWcgbGludXg%3D

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Astro Slide - Android / Re: keyboard gemini apk on google play

« on: January 06, 2024, 06:24:03 am »

I found this on APK Pure
https://apkpure.com/gemini-keyboard/com.gemini.keyboard

Thank you very much !

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Cosmo Communicator - Hardware / Re: New Batteries Anywhere? (Shipped to USA)

« on: September 27, 2023, 06:55:38 pm »

This is most intriguing.

Cam, mifritscher took steps to prevent a pcb lock-up. Did you do the same, or were you simply able to remove cable from old battery and attach to new? Then install in the Cosmo?

This is the best news I've heard in a while, Planet-wise, but I absolutely suck at soldering, even if the pcb is okay.

Jake

Sorry for the late reply. The circuit controller from the original battery ( I think this is called BMS ) was removed and soldered in the new battery ( used only the cell from the new battery. The circuit controller of the new battery was removed and discarted ). I don' t know these terms pcb . I am from Brazil . Only to take care of polarity when soldering. I only did this. After this, I reconnected the cable of the battery on the phone. Sorry about my English. I used  a battery with the same specs as the original except for the small capacity in mAh. Used rating voltage 3.85 V and charge voltage 4.4 V.

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Cosmo Communicator - Hardware / Re: New Batteries Anywhere? (Shipped to USA)

« on: September 02, 2023, 08:25:58 pm »

I have looked high and low, esp for this part number: CS-PLX600SL but I can't find replacement batteries for Gem/Cos.

Has anybody recently purchased one?

Thanks,
Jake

No batteries in any part of the world. So, I put a smaller battery 3250 mah , 3.85V here in Brazil. I used the same controller from the original battery. You must search for one wich is  thinner  or with the same thickness . It worked very well . The cost of battery and service was 120 reais , about US25 .