Have to say thanks Phil! Hope the algorithm helps you out with this comment. Your video did help me see where the tabs are, (mine is an A800 though) and I managed to open the unit without damage. Instead of buying a battery I replaced the existing battery with one from a vape (De-soldered and re-soldered to the A800 protection board) Managed to get one that is 560 mAh instead of the original 500 mAh! Hope Thailand is treating you well. Greetings from down south of you
@julietromeo872 I'm glad it helped! Taking the camera apart was no fun, but I got it back together again, it works, and the damage doesn't look too bad. You must be pretty handy with a soldering iron! Thanks for your comment 🙏
I managed to open it with a very thin plastic, thinner than a credit card & flexible - similar with a very thin guitar pick! No damage made on the camera cover after the battery replacement. Just put the thin plastic at the thin gap where the flashing led is. At the middle. Not even your nail can get in. Slide in the thin plastic (ever the thinnest guitar pick won't do the job) and keep it there so the cover won't close again. Because it tends to close. You just unlocked one clip of the case. As there is that little gap open, use another thin plastic to go all the way round because those inner plastic clips inside the cover, and all around it , they keep the camera covers locked. So u have to go around all the cover without letting it close again. As you move the thin plastic all the way round the cover , the clips unlock. Reminds me how Iphone opens with special tools. Do not use a screw driver in any case. After replacing the battery be careful so the rotating outside camera is in it's place and is rotating normally. Put the cover slowly back on and as you press it back, you hear that it clicks & clocks. The camera looks like new. Only the rear sticker is not there. P.S Take off the SD CARD before opening the covers. And look at the female slot of usb-type c as you put the covers back on. U have move the case a bit so it will go in and fit.
@modestos1991 I wish I'd known this before I changed the battery! I looked for videos and found just one ... in Thai. The language isn't a problem because I understand a fair amount of Thai, but the person doing it didn't know the trick either. There was no gap between the two halves, and I didn't know the thin plastic card trip. I damaged the plastic, but got it back together again and it still worked. Forgetting to remove the SD card was another oversight. Previously, I had replaced the battery in my 70mai Pro and it was easy. I thought the A800 would be the same, but it proved to be a lot more difficult. Thanks for your feedback.
@@PhilUKNet I am using the a800s model. Look at this video. ua-cam.com/video/rz1MPNWRQXA/v-deo.html . This guy is using the right tool (1st minute of the video). There is another video with a guy using a guitar pick. At least now I know how to do again the battery change. The dash camera is good. But i didn't expect the battery to fail after just one year of use. I am using a samsung 256 GB Pro Plus micro sd card that can stand a lot of heat.
3 worn out guitar picks did the trick with no damage (worned picks have sharp edges). Sad to look at the damage you did, but you revealed the placing of clips for us :D
@@australiaLV I'm receiving the tips now that I needed before I did it! The camera doesn't actually look too bad. In fact, the damage is unnoticeable with the camera in the car. I'm glad my efforts helped you to do a better job!
Wow, you weren't kidding. I managed to mostly avoid damaging the plastic by using some guitar picks, but just as I was patting myself on the back for doing a better job than that British geezer on UA-cam I noticed a multitude of large cracks in the screen. It still turns on but I can't see anything useful on the screen and can't get it to record anything. Overall I am thoroughly disappointed with this camera. It worked great for about two weeks, then all manner of problems began. The screen would not turn on, or get stuck on the splash screen, video files would be corrupted, cut short, or just non-existent. It would only record anything about one in ten times I used the car. I tried various SD cards, and even updated the firmware (which made it work ok again for all of about one day). I'm thinking the final solution will be to take it out to the proverbial woodshed and smash it into tiny pieces with a hammer. Not very productive but it's sure to be quite satisfying.
@iforce2d I'll join you in the woodshed! Another comment I received said it's easy to separate the two halves of the camera without doing any damage. Well, that certainly wasn't my experience. I've been using 70mai cameras for a few years now. I have a 70mai Pro and the A800 in the video is in my wife's car. They've actually been extremely reliable. I've had no issues with either camera, apart from dead batteries. Battery replacement in my camera was easy, but not so with the A800. I get quite a few comments regarding parking surveillance, but I decided a long time ago that the parking surveillance and ADAS features were a waste of time. I just use them as basic cameras in case of an accident. When it comes time to replace the cameras, I will probably go with another brand. Anyway, thanks for sharing your experience!
I guess so. The hardwire kit would need to be live all the time to store the time and date. It gets quite hot where I am, and I haven't experienced any heat issues with the battery or camera.
Made the same mistake when I took apart my Lenovo X1 yoga. The micro SD card broke like 1mm at the edge (I admittedly hoped that it was still usable). 😢
@@Haziq2012 When my wife's A800 started to get a low battery, the camera continually complained about 'battery low'. I'm not sure if a low battery will cause a 'bootloop' problem. Just like computers need to be turned off, then on, to rectify some issues, your A800 may need to be rebooted to fix this problem. It might help if you disconnect and then reconnect the battery, but I'm only guessing. I haven't seen any problems like this with the A800.
@@Haziq2012 Ah, OK. I stopped doing firmware updates a long time ago. They changed the firmware so that parking surveillance would only work if you have a hardwire kit, which I don't. My two 70mai dashcams work, so why fix something if it isn't broken. No more firmware updates for me. Good luck fixing your problem!
@AJ-sy1mp I can't say categorically whether it is safe or not. All I can say is that I live in southern Thailand, where it can get quite hot. This year has been hotter than usual, with temperatures of +40C for long periods of time. I have a 70Mai Pro, and my wife has a 70Mai A800. There haven’t been any heat-related problems with either the cameras or the batteries.
Thanks for the tip. It would be really useful if you could do a video showing how. Just looking at it, there was no obvious way, and the two halves are joined together very firmly.
thanks for the video, i managed to pry open the dashcam case without any damage. I did use tools to disassemble mobile phone tho. it significantly helped the process.
I'm sure that if you have tools or experience - preferably both - it's not too difficult. I had neither and couldn't find any guidance online. I managed to do it using a small screwdriver, but this damaged the plastic. I have since been told that it can be done with a very thin plastic card. I had no such problems opening the 70mai Pro.
Have to say thanks Phil! Hope the algorithm helps you out with this comment. Your video did help me see where the tabs are, (mine is an A800 though) and I managed to open the unit without damage. Instead of buying a battery I replaced the existing battery with one from a vape (De-soldered and re-soldered to the A800 protection board) Managed to get one that is 560 mAh instead of the original 500 mAh!
Hope Thailand is treating you well. Greetings from down south of you
@julietromeo872 I'm glad it helped! Taking the camera apart was no fun, but I got it back together again, it works, and the damage doesn't look too bad. You must be pretty handy with a soldering iron! Thanks for your comment 🙏
I managed to open it with a very thin plastic, thinner than a credit card & flexible - similar with a very thin guitar pick!
No damage made on the camera cover after the battery replacement. Just put the thin plastic at the thin gap where the flashing led is. At the middle. Not even your nail can get in. Slide in the thin plastic (ever the thinnest guitar pick won't do the job) and keep it there so the cover won't close again. Because it tends to close. You just unlocked one clip of the case. As there is that little gap open, use another thin plastic to go all the way round because those inner plastic clips inside the cover, and all around it , they keep the camera covers locked. So u have to go around all the cover without letting it close again. As you move the thin plastic all the way round the cover , the clips unlock. Reminds me how Iphone opens with special tools. Do not use a screw driver in any case. After replacing the battery be careful so the rotating outside camera is in it's place and is rotating normally. Put the cover slowly back on and as you press it back, you hear that it clicks & clocks. The camera looks like new. Only the rear sticker is not there. P.S Take off the SD CARD before opening the covers. And look at the female slot of usb-type c as you put the covers back on. U have move the case a bit so it will go in and fit.
@modestos1991 I wish I'd known this before I changed the battery! I looked for videos and found just one ... in Thai. The language isn't a problem because I understand a fair amount of Thai, but the person doing it didn't know the trick either. There was no gap between the two halves, and I didn't know the thin plastic card trip. I damaged the plastic, but got it back together again and it still worked. Forgetting to remove the SD card was another oversight. Previously, I had replaced the battery in my 70mai Pro and it was easy. I thought the A800 would be the same, but it proved to be a lot more difficult. Thanks for your feedback.
@@PhilUKNet I am using the a800s model. Look at this video. ua-cam.com/video/rz1MPNWRQXA/v-deo.html . This guy is using the right tool (1st minute of the video). There is another video with a guy using a guitar pick. At least now I know how to do again the battery change. The dash camera is good. But i didn't expect the battery to fail after just one year of use. I am using a samsung 256 GB Pro Plus micro sd card that can stand a lot of heat.
3 worn out guitar picks did the trick with no damage (worned picks have sharp edges). Sad to look at the damage you did, but you revealed the placing of clips for us :D
@@australiaLV I'm receiving the tips now that I needed before I did it! The camera doesn't actually look too bad. In fact, the damage is unnoticeable with the camera in the car. I'm glad my efforts helped you to do a better job!
Wow, you weren't kidding. I managed to mostly avoid damaging the plastic by using some guitar picks, but just as I was patting myself on the back for doing a better job than that British geezer on UA-cam I noticed a multitude of large cracks in the screen. It still turns on but I can't see anything useful on the screen and can't get it to record anything. Overall I am thoroughly disappointed with this camera. It worked great for about two weeks, then all manner of problems began. The screen would not turn on, or get stuck on the splash screen, video files would be corrupted, cut short, or just non-existent. It would only record anything about one in ten times I used the car. I tried various SD cards, and even updated the firmware (which made it work ok again for all of about one day). I'm thinking the final solution will be to take it out to the proverbial woodshed and smash it into tiny pieces with a hammer. Not very productive but it's sure to be quite satisfying.
@iforce2d I'll join you in the woodshed! Another comment I received said it's easy to separate the two halves of the camera without doing any damage. Well, that certainly wasn't my experience.
I've been using 70mai cameras for a few years now. I have a 70mai Pro and the A800 in the video is in my wife's car. They've actually been extremely reliable. I've had no issues with either camera, apart from dead batteries. Battery replacement in my camera was easy, but not so with the A800. I get quite a few comments regarding parking surveillance, but I decided a long time ago that the parking surveillance and ADAS features were a waste of time. I just use them as basic cameras in case of an accident. When it comes time to replace the cameras, I will probably go with another brand. Anyway, thanks for sharing your experience!
Will it work without battery? And just run it with just the hard wire? I. Afraid that battery might blow up during hot season while on park.
I guess so. The hardwire kit would need to be live all the time to store the time and date. It gets quite hot where I am, and I haven't experienced any heat issues with the battery or camera.
Made the same mistake when I took apart my Lenovo X1 yoga. The micro SD card broke like 1mm at the edge (I admittedly hoped that it was still usable). 😢
I was a bit annoyed with myself for forgetting to remove it, but they're cheap these days!
@@PhilUKNet if it'd make you feel better, the one I wrecked was a 400GB. 😭
@@NarootW Ouch!
The scren lcd is black how i can fix it
@@abduilrahmanabumostafa4753 I'm sorry, I don't know.
My dashcam 70mai A800S stuck on bootloop. Is it possible to have a battery problem?
@@Haziq2012 When my wife's A800 started to get a low battery, the camera continually complained about 'battery low'. I'm not sure if a low battery will cause a 'bootloop' problem.
Just like computers need to be turned off, then on, to rectify some issues, your A800 may need to be rebooted to fix this problem. It might help if you disconnect and then reconnect the battery, but I'm only guessing. I haven't seen any problems like this with the A800.
@@PhilUKNet ive done my research many says issue from the firmware problem
@@Haziq2012 Ah, OK. I stopped doing firmware updates a long time ago. They changed the firmware so that parking surveillance would only work if you have a hardwire kit, which I don't. My two 70mai dashcams work, so why fix something if it isn't broken. No more firmware updates for me. Good luck fixing your problem!
@@PhilUKNet thank you sir! Goodluck to you too
Is this battery safe at high temperatures?
@AJ-sy1mp I can't say categorically whether it is safe or not. All I can say is that I live in southern Thailand, where it can get quite hot. This year has been hotter than usual, with temperatures of +40C for long periods of time. I have a 70Mai Pro, and my wife has a 70Mai A800. There haven’t been any heat-related problems with either the cameras or the batteries.
Can we replace battery with super capacitor , a d.i.y job ?
Honest answer - I don't know!
Lol What did you do! Its ez to remove without damaging anything Just put very thin plastic card around the display and it will pop up
Thanks for the tip. It would be really useful if you could do a video showing how. Just looking at it, there was no obvious way, and the two halves are joined together very firmly.
thanks for the video, i managed to pry open the dashcam case without any damage. I did use tools to disassemble mobile phone tho. it significantly helped the process.
I'm sure that if you have tools or experience - preferably both - it's not too difficult. I had neither and couldn't find any guidance online. I managed to do it using a small screwdriver, but this damaged the plastic. I have since been told that it can be done with a very thin plastic card. I had no such problems opening the 70mai Pro.