Hi. A while ago, my Gameshell’s USB port came off. I knew I couldn’t fix it myself, so I asked the forum when the mainboard would be back in stock and if there was a way I could replace the USB port on my own. The full thread is here. Anyway, I couldn’t get it replaced by Clockwork since I couldn’t verify the warranty (It was a gift and we lost the invoice), but a commenter (@Petrakis) told me that I should be able to solder the USB port back to the mainboard. Unfortunately, I have no soldering experience so I can’t do it myself. My brother has some experience, but he can only access a soldering iron via his college and is currently home on break. Because there’s no USB port attached to the mainboard, I can’t charge the Gameshell’s battery. Does anyone have any recommendations or advice as to how I can charge my Gameshell battery without the mainboard’s USB port? Sorry for making this so long. Thanks in advance for the help!
I looked around a bit and came up with these:
Would one of these work well or is there something else you’d recommend using instead?
The battery type in the Gameshell is a “BL-5C” which is a standard Nokia-style battery.
As mentioned you could get any universal charger for BL-5C and charge using that.
Take a look on ebay, you could probably get a charger and second battery for <$15
Have you thought about buying battery wall charger (then using dremel to cut out aluminum and making door 