Thanks a lot! I was able to resurrect 2 batteries that I thought long dead for more than 3 years. I thought my X-Star drone was bound for the museum already until I found your video. Kudos to you!

Just fixed 2 like this and they were both not charging at 5 ish volts. I've jumped a ton of lipos this way but I found a teardown on a Facebook X-Star group showing me - left + right with the button on the bottom. Good times, youtube watched and recommended me here. Cheers!

Thank you for the video!! My X-Star drone has been sitting in a closet for over a year due the battery would not charge and I am unable to find a replacement. I followed your steps and still was unable to get it to charge. I had to use a Lipo battery to jump start the X-Star battery as you did. I used only a 7.4v 5200mAh 2 cell 35c lipo from one of my R/C cars. I did not feel comfortable using a 3s or 4s battery. I did this outside in a open area. I jump started it 2 times each time for 10 seconds and Wala!!!! It worked right away!!!! I did use caution as you stated. You are a life saver!!! I cannot thank you enough for the video and I hope to get a few more flights from my drone.

@adadroneops8478

2 жыл бұрын

Glad to share what I have learned

Thanks so much for this! Been DYING to get my XStar back in the air again, but 7 batteries (2 had to be trashed due to major swelling), all not charging whatsoever from the Autel charger was deflating. However, one actually did charge from the Autel charger for some odd reason. I do recall however WAY back in late Oct. 2017, the final firmware for this drone came out, I had a bizarre oddity when my battery..which were working perfectly before that update went from 51% left to 2%..in about 1/2 second! Autel never released a patch for that...they simply discontinued XStar support for the most part (and purchase of these batteries!) and moved on to the Evo series. Ended up getting a Mavic Pro original, but honestly always loved the photo-video quality far better from this Autel.

Sometimes you want to hug a grown man...this is one! Thank you! You've turned a "Brick into Feathers"! Details to follow........

@adadroneops8478

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome!! Really glad I could help get your bird back in the air!

I am still hoping someone will reproduce these for us Autel X-Star Premium flyers. I have one good battery left. Still makes me mad Autel is leaving us holding a $600 paper weight by not offering the batteries for sale. Sad... Thanks for showing us this process.

@adadroneops8478

3 жыл бұрын

I really wish we could find out the demand. The batteries can be rebuilt and that is another thing that I have been working on. Not likely Autel will make more batteries and it may be due to the DJI / Autel lawsuits.

@MrVerno1960

3 жыл бұрын

@@adadroneops8478 Yes, that would allow a company to justify their up-front set up cost to start either manufacturing/remanufacturing the batteries. I did get a response from Max Amps and they could not find a good match for a replacement pack. They were worried their new packs would only give a 12 min flight time based upon the off the shelf packs they have used in the past. You may want to contact Josh Baker at MaxAmps.com to discuss your research/work.

@adadroneops8478

2 жыл бұрын

I and others have talked with MaxAmps and got the same answer.

Thanks for posting this video! I had repaired a bad battery by “boosting it” prior to your video, but you saved me several steps because prior I was completely cracking open casing to access leads on top of battery. Had no idea simply removing “cap” and cutting paper/tape would gain access! Thanks!

@adadroneops8478

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped

Thank you for this! I was able to revive my four batteries and my pumpkin is flying again after collecting dust for several years. I found removing the top of the battery pretty easy so I used that method. Three of my batteries measured less than a volt. I used a battery tender to bring mine back up. Once the battery tender went to float mode, the batteries would charge using the Autel charger. Thanks again.

@adadroneops8478

2 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

Thank you for this video! I have been trying different methods that I googled for a while to get my second battery to charge with no luck. I watched your video and followed it and it worked!

@adadroneops8478

2 жыл бұрын

You are welcome!

Thanks for the help. I ended up using a 9 volt battery and that worked well to get it up to the point where the charger would work. The first battery I tried appeared to charge correctly, but the lights on the battery don't light up, although it appears to be charged. The second battery worked perfectly.

Thank you so much I used a 12v car battery touch for 3 secs and it allowed me to start a charge. Thanks again....

@adadroneops8478

3 жыл бұрын

your welcome, glad to help!

Thanks for this video. I was able to fix my battery following your instructions, except I hooked up the multimeter to it and used alligator clips to hooks up a brand new 9v battery for about 5 seconds. I watched the voltage climb to around 8.5 and disconnected it. Then plugged in the factory charger and was back in business. Thanks again.

@adadroneops8478

3 жыл бұрын

That is a safe way to ensure you add a little extra voltage to it. Glad it helped.

Thank you! Just fixed my charging problem with this technique. I had 6.84 volts and the charger would not pick it up so I figured this wouldn't work because it was more than the 3V you spoke about. After hooking a 12V trickle charger until it reached 9V I was pleasantly surprised to see the Autel charger green light come on and see it charging. Thank you for the nice step-by-step instructions.

@adadroneops8478

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped

Thank you. This worked perfectly so far. I have 2 batteries charging now.

@adadroneops8478

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped

Thank you for the very informative video. I followed your instruction exactly except I didn't have a 12 volt supply so I used a regular 9 volt battery and it took a little to get the board and charger to recogninze each other but finally the charger green lite came on and a few more minutes with the 9 volt battery and the charger started working to charge the battery and I removed the 9 volt and at 14.6 volts the green lites on the battery came on. From there on the charger brough the battery up to 16.8 before it shut off. I forgot to say this battery was sitting for over 5 years and only had 0.6 volts when i checjked it before starting your procedure.. Thank you so much you saved my drone and batteries.

@adadroneops8478

Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it helped you Richard.

This worked for me! I revived my battery no problem. I didn't have a charger, but after someone mentioned a 9V battery I decided to give it a try. The 9V batt brought it up high enough for the charger to take over. Really happy!

@johnmcgee2806

4 ай бұрын

Ditto, with 2+yr old batts!

IMan, I think you may have saved me. Thank you so much!

@adadroneops8478

2 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

You are brilliant! I brought six batteries back to life. I'm not an engineer but I think the problem is that the Autel charger does not operate on batteries below a certain voltage. If they were to adjust their equipment, we would not be having this problem. On four of my batteries, I left the top off in casre I have to reboot them. As a next step, I'm wondering if I could put a positive and negative terminal on top of the battery to connect to as opposed to popping a delicate plastic lid on and off? For your information, I used a 10 amp power supply and set the voltage at 15.5 V and the amperage at about six and left the terminals on for about two minutes. The battery became a little warm but fired right up and I was able to charge it. We all owe you a debt of gratitude for your pioneering work! Autel has treated its customers horriblyby not fixing this and providing new batteries. It is as if a carmaker sold the car that had to be discarded after three years because there was not a replacement battery!

@adadroneops8478

2 жыл бұрын

Greg, I have good news. I tested another way that does not require you to remove the top. You can connect thru the 12 pin connectors. kzread.info/dash/bejne/mIR1rJVwpdW6lNY.html

Thank you I fixed mine thanks to you 😍

@adadroneops8478

3 жыл бұрын

So glad it was able to help you fix yours

@adadroneops8478

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Glad to help

I never really comment on KZread unless someone blows me away and man you not only saved my $1000 toy but you also made a three-year-old very happy because we are going to finally be able to fly after three years of not knowing why my batteries didn’t work, you the man appreciate you.

@Hcampista

2 жыл бұрын

P.S I only used a 9 V battery and helped a ton

@Hcampista

2 жыл бұрын

Went from 3 V to 8 instantly and charger recognized battery

@adadroneops8478

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Great to hear this helped you and you got to fly it with the little one

Thank you brother this really help me💪🔥🔥🔥my battery’s are working again 🎈🎈🎈

@adadroneops8478

3 жыл бұрын

Glad this was able to help you!!

@k.d.truitt2844

3 жыл бұрын

@@adadroneops8478 what kind of battery did you use to jump the Aurelio battery

@adadroneops8478

3 жыл бұрын

@@k.d.truitt2844 I used another 4S battery. Someone mentioned using a 9Volt battery to help bring the power up enough to get the charge to work.

You are the best 👍

@adadroneops8478

3 жыл бұрын

your welcome, hope it helped

@user-vf6oq4tu4p

3 жыл бұрын

@@adadroneops8478 I used good battery to start others and all 5 battery’s working now 😀

Thank you so much

@adadroneops8478

2 жыл бұрын

Your welcome! glad to help.

Thank you for this clever workaround I can't wait to give it a try on my two orange paper weights. Wondering if I can use my FlashFish DC power source as a charger, and also did the batteries require another firmware update after reviving them?

@adadroneops8478

Жыл бұрын

Not sure on the software updating.

I ressurected 2 batteries ... jump started them with a 9v.

Can any trickle charger work to boost it? I have a trickle charger that i connect to motorcycle batteries and just wonder if that would work

@adadroneops8478

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, that would work. Just keep an eye on the voltage. You only need a little over 3.5 volts to get the autel charger to pick up the battery.

Have succeeded in getting it to light up but I only have the button light working. Been oncharge for the last 6hrs but nothing is happening. Please help!!

@adadroneops8478

2 жыл бұрын

try holding the power button for +10 seconds so you can have the battery cycle a reset. then see if it will charge again. It is possible the cells are not able to take the charge and they are beyond charging.

Thanks for looking into this. Shame on Autel for crapping on the folks that supported them in the early days! I have nothing nice to say about them any more. M batteries will take a charge but it will only last about 3-4 minutes. All systems go and then all of a sudden the batteries go into critical mode and it goes down where ever it might be. In my case a corn field or a woods. They were stored for a long time and when I got it out the batteries were wonky. I'm gonna try to reset them and see what happens. Any other ideas as to bringing them back? Thanks again.

@adadroneops8478

2 жыл бұрын

working on replacing the cells

@larrywilliams4311

Жыл бұрын

@@adadroneops8478 I have the same problem as threequarders with my X-Star Premium batteries. I have 3 batteries and 3 chargers. The chargers appear to be charging them to the max. However when I put them in the drone I only get about 4-5 minutes of flight time before it goes into critical mode and the drone has to land. Is there a way to "jump start" them or should I consider that the batteries are finished? Are there any 3rd party companies manufacturing a battery that will work with the X-Star Premium?

Have a couple questions because I'm having the same issue with these batteries. First question is could I actually just plug a adapter in to the charging port without hooking up the balance port to charge it up enough for the charger to read it? Do you think that would work? Secondly would it be possible for you to send a pic of the actual terminals you connected to so I don't mess anything up? Also would any lipo charger work for this? I'm looking at a 1to 4s charger but I don't know if that's all It has to be as far as amps or volts? I have five batteries and all of them did this leaving me with no drone to fly. Any help would be really appreciated. Thanks

@adadroneops8478

3 жыл бұрын

The charging port has both power leads and the balance leads as part of the charger. The two main terminals have to turn and if the battery wont turn on it may not allow the power to go back, plus your pushing the power back through the board. Not sure if the mother board would like that. I tried my lipo charger and it did not do enough for me to get the battery charge high enough. I dont have enough experience with my lipo charger so it might work.

@Studio51media

2 жыл бұрын

Yes…. i don’t think you can force a charge into the pack from the terminals ? [I tried and I couldn’t get it to work!!] Unless you can differentiate and connect to the the balancing pin out… which I’m thinking is to risky and difficult? …. I may eventually add external terminals ??? Or even drill holes in the front cover so I can stick my power supply leads into the holes to zap the battery [ies] Because it literally only took seconds on each battery to elevate the voltage on the pack high enough to finally get the charger to “take” The next step is to find raw battery packs [that have the equivalent voltage, cell number, and amp-hour ratings and use the circuit board in the failed pack] to create a replacement… even though they would probably not fit in the old case and would be ugly and barbaric?… As lone as I’m back up in the air and filming again… I could care less!

@adadroneops8478

2 жыл бұрын

trying to build a solution

I'm no electrician or rocket scientist but couldn't you just take the alligator clips to the side where they would charge from the factory charger rather than popping off the cover? I have 4 batteries that have done the same thing. Less than 5 hours on each. I put in the case and went to take it out during our Snovid 21 here in Texas and I had 2 batteries with no lights and the other 2 the light would stay on and not turn off. Finally they did I'm guessing after the battery drained enough. I don't have a fast charger or "spare" battery so are there other options to charge?

@billcallahan9303

3 жыл бұрын

Don, I guess this guy doesn't like to answer questions. I couldn't see what the hell he was doing. Wish he had lit the area. He also talks in a muffled tone though I do appreciate his effort.

@adadroneops8478

3 жыл бұрын

Hey sorry, did not see you had commented. Someone suggested trying that as well. I remember trying that to get a power reading from the connectors but if the battery wont turn on it won't provide power to those terminals. If i can get ahold of another battery that wont power on I want to try that way.

@adadroneops8478

3 жыл бұрын

Other people have mentioned using a 9v battery to add some power to the battery. is just has to get above the minimum threshold for the charger to notice the battery.

@adadroneops8478

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Bill, were you referring to not being able to see the contact points?

I charged the battery to 16V but the LED lights and the power button doesn't work. I tried putting into the drone and got an Unknown Battery warning message on the controller. Is there anyway I can rescue this battery?

@adadroneops8478

2 жыл бұрын

If you had not done this, try holding the power button down for 10 seconds watch the lights cycle and reset the battery. You may have to do that a few times to get the board to reset and recognize the battery has power.

@coysurf

2 жыл бұрын

@@adadroneops8478 you are a genius. It worked🙌🏼

Series wiring isn’t positive to positive and negative to negative. That is parallel wiring. Series wiring is positive to negative.

@adadroneops8478

2 жыл бұрын

thanks, i realized I said that and noted is in the comments.

Is anyone selling these still? just found out Autel doesn't make any more because they want you to buy their new drone. If that's the case then I will NOT be buying autel anymore because they'll probably do the same to the next drones that are currently out.

@adadroneops8478

2 жыл бұрын

Have not been able to find them for sale new. All manufacture stop supporting products after a certain time frame. Autel and DJI also went through a lawsuit and Autel had to stop selling the x-stars.

Same problem here. Drone has less than 5 hours of flight.

@adadroneops8478

3 жыл бұрын

Were you able to try this on yours?

@alexjackson2007

3 жыл бұрын

@@adadroneops8478 My nephew did but he ended up messing up the battery. It's bloated now. I did not want to risk messing up the second battery I have.

@adadroneops8478

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear. I am working on a rebuild solution. Keep in touch

@alexjackson2007

2 жыл бұрын

@@adadroneops8478 Will do. Will gladly pay you to help me get it back in the air.

If I send you my battery could you reset mine

@adadroneops8478

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, Joseph I could help you out. You can reach me on Facebook, Aerial Drone Architect

My batteries now charge, but the LED lights no longer work..

@adadroneops8478

2 жыл бұрын

Does the drone start up but no LEDs work? If you have not tried to reset the battery hold down the power button for 10 seconds watch the LEDs cycle and it should reset the board. See if that helps.

Could you possibly sell me one battery?

Just found your youtube. I Inherited a drone from my father in law who sadly passed away. Since he never told me he owned it, I know nothing about it, but I have three batteries and none of them seem to work. I don't have any of the other things you have, if I mailed you batteries would you be willing to try to resurrect the batteries for a fee?

@adadroneops8478

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear Brian, yes send me a PM and I can take a look at them for you.

Any idea where to get aftermarket batteries?

@adadroneops8478

Жыл бұрын

No, still looking. Alot of people have been looking.