YP-R0 not charging. Battery replacement ?

[mkcheznous]

My partner dropped her yp-ro in the bath!.
It was quickly scooped out and she said switched off.
I left it on top of a raidiator for a couple of days to dry out before attempting to boot it.
When it did boot - it went to the charging battery screen even though it was not connected to a power source. From there I could boot the player into play mode and everything seemed to work BUT when I tried to switch off, it jus went back to "charging". I tried a reset but it did the same on boot up.
I left it on the radiator for another day and then tried to boot it. This time it came up with a message saying it had insufficient battery and was shutting down.
I therefore tried to charge it but though the machine works when connected to a usb power source, as soon as I disconnect it, it says it has no power and needs to shut down.
I have dismantled the machine and note that the battery does not warm up when under charge so I am assuming I need to replace the battery.
Any ideas where to get one / what type it is - there is little information on the battery itself other than the rating.

[Lorenz092]

You cannot be sure that the problem is the battery, you may need to desolder cables of the battery, cleaning them carefully, as well as cleaning + eventually resolder a little the usb port

[mkcheznous]

I have had a very close look at the solder points near the battery and near the usb connector and they look fine.

Considering what happened to the unit - surely it is more likely the battery?

After some research I suspect that the Q2 Battery may fit. It appears to be similar dimensions - same voltage but 620mah rather than 600mah
Any views on this?

[mkcheznous]

Replaced the battery and the unit now charges - hurray.
However it will not switch off - it goes to the charging screen animation when you try to power down - even when not connected to a charger.
Also when you disconnect from a PC it does not detect that you have disconnected - have to do a hard reset to get past it.

Any ideas ?

[mkcheznous]

OK managed to get it to power down by holding the power off button while it drops to "charging" then cycles to Main menu and then switches off. It takes about 8 seconds.
When I switch back on it first goes to "charging" again so I have to press switch on again to get it to go to menu.
Better than a dead player though.

[lebellium]

Great but maybe you should rather look for a cheap R0 on a second-hand website like ebay

[mkcheznous]

Well I bought the replacement battery on Ebay for less than £10 and it is still working as I described. Plays perfectly and charges fine. Fairly easy to replace the battery and resolder.
It would be nice if it would switch off and reboot easier but it does work

[lebellium]

Good to know