Samsung Gear 360 (2017) diy battery replacement

Got mine and it didn't charge, it was new old stock. Tried all chargers old and new, tried laptop type-c usb port, tried pc usb 2.0/3.0 ports...no luck.

I wanted to return it to seller but got the itch and opened it up. I followed this vid    • samsung gear 360 camera battery removal  

I noticed there was a solidified white substance at the charge board of the battery. It probably leaked. When I removed the battery I noticed there the battery pouch had a hole already (see 00:05).

I tried hooking the battery to charge board but it didn't work. I almost gave up. Then got the idea to just skip the charge board as my 18650 I used for testing has its own board since it came from an earbud charger. And it worked!

On the connector ribbon, one side will have 2 thick traces. That is where you have to solder to. I found the ground by using multi meter against the ribbon trace and a screw near the connector on the board.

TIP on disassembling, if you found it hard to remove the 2nd half of the white shell, pry it from the bottom part (the area where the tripod mount is). Prying from the sides won't work or may damage the plastic as it is glued to metal. And prying around the lens area didn't work for me. This thing got loads of metal that is why it's damn heavy.