Samsung Galaxy Buds Live are easily repairable, iFixit teardown finds

Ivan, 13 August 2020

The team over at iFixit did everyone a solid and put out an easy to follow guide on how to open up the new Samsung Galaxy Buds Live, should you ever want to replace the batteries inside the buds.

And with a repairability score of 8 out of 10, replacing the standard batteries is easy enough if you have the tools, the patience and follow the guide, seen below.

Some key takeaways - the battery inside each Galaxy Bud Live is a rechargeable Varta CP1254 A3 with 0.2Wh of juice per charge. It's a standard battery, which you can find online, albeit not as easily as before. The battery inside the case itself is a 1.81Wh - bigger than the Galaxy Buds+ case battery.

Here's the entire video.

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Reader comments

Geezer
14 Aug 2020
KSE

What's stopping someone from giving aftermarket casing of the phone like a black smith? Phones can be made repairable by rubber seal and screws as in laptops. Tws earbuds is just a waste of money. I would suggest anyone thinking of buying it sho...

Anonymous
13 Aug 2020
pN4

I have the tools but not the skill xD. I bought the original Galaxy Buds mainly because of repairability but every Samsung phone and tablet is a pain to repair.

AnonD-807890
13 Aug 2020
6sE

Oh I thought the comment was about AirPods. Don't get me wrong... I support the cause but manufacturers are trying their best to deter self-repairs. I don't have the necessary tools or skills to repair most of my own devices, because they&#...