Game Boy Advance SP: Battery Adapter Kit

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Description

Once your Game Boy Advance SP battery has gone bad and you start looking for a replacement, you’ll find it’s impossible to find original batteries since they expire if not kept charged with a minimum level of power.

Compatible batteries may be an alternative; however, some manufacturers may misrepresent the actual capacity, or their quality may not be good enough.

If you have replaced the screen with an IPS screen or the charging port with a USB-C port, I’m sure you’ll also want to replace the battery to make your GBA SP perfect. This kit helps you to install any li-ion battery; however, the best option is the 603048, which has 900mAh, that is 300mAh more than the original!

Short video of the installation, with the full video down in the documentation section:

 

FEATURES

  • Exact shape for Game Boy Advance SP.
  • Protection circuit against over-discharge.

INCLUDED

  • 1 Board
  • 1 Plastic adapter

REQUIRED (NOT INCLUDED)

  • Li-ion battery, recommended: 603048 with 900mAh
  • Phillips screwdriver
  • Tri-wing screwdriver (optional)
  • Soldering iron
  • Tin

BATTERY LIFE

The table below shows the total hours the original and recommended batteries last. Tests were conducted on three different GBA SP units, with no sound and using the same original game.

Original battery 603048 battery
Min. Brightness Max. Brightness Min. Brightness Max. Brightness
Game Boy Advance SP (AGS-001)(1) – – 28h 14h 45m
Game Boy Advance SP Backlight (AGS-101)(2) – 7h 20h 30m 10h 45m
Game Boy Advance SP (IPS V2)(3) 3h 1h 30m 7h 30m 3h 30m

(1) Brightness levels: 0 & 1
(2) Brightness levels: 1 & 2
(3) Brightness levels: 1 to 9

NOTES

In general, li-ion batteries already include a protection circuit against over-discharge. You will need to replace the one soldered to the battery with the one provided in this kit. Check the Installation guide PDF for more details.

The red solder mask drops on both sides of the board protect the circuit from short circuits when you solder the battery legs. This will be black like the circuit, not red.

DOCUMENTATION

Additional information

Weight 0,0016 kg
Dimensions 4 × 5 × 0,6 cm
Circuit color

Black
Circuit version

v1.2

Compatibility

Full compatibility with any GBA SP shell

Frequently Asked Questions

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Changelog

  • 2022-12: v1.0
    • Initial version.
  • 2023-01: v1.1
    • Modified how the boards are attached to the frame, v-cut instead mouse bites.
    • Modified the surface finish to gold.
  • 2022-02: v1.2 (First released version)

    • Modified the height to 5mm.
    • Customized both SOT-23-6 shapes in the circuit.
    • Bigger battery pads for easy soldering.
    • Added solder mask over the ICs to protect them during the battery soldering.

Gallery of customer's installation

If you are happy with your installation result, you can send me the photos and I can publish here, other clients will see the result!

1 review for Game Boy Advance SP: Battery Adapter Kit

  1. digitaldarylh (verified owner) –

    PERFECT! And it couldn’t be easier to install! The battery recommended to go with this is a great fit with a higher capacity. Solid recommendation!

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