Turns on but buttons not working

I had the same problem. Also when the grill is off, it works again. Its a design flaw. Problably a case of creep of the plastic cover.

The cause that the buttons are not working is that the button below the power button is constantly pressed when the grill is on. I found out that it also works when you very slightly lift op the plastic around the jammed button by putting your nail inbetween the plastic and the grill.

When this doesn't work you can try to just slightly release the six screws under the grill.

Combining this solutions I got it working again, with the grill on.

playing around holding 2 buttons down at once and have found out quite a few things about these buttons, one of them being able to disable the buttons all together, none would work, here’s what i did; right below the power button is the link button, while on a charger and charging light lit press and hold the link button below the power button and the volume + button, all the buttons will either stop working or begin working again for you, I hope this helps

I faced a same problem

What i did was

If your device is on and the button isnt responding

I reseted (turning off) my jbl flip 3 using the + button by pressing it for sometime until the device turned off (red light appeared)

Wait for a little while, about 10 minutes and try to turn on again using the power button.

If it doesnt work try to plug in on a charger and press + continously until the device turned on by itself(there will be red light) and wait again for 10 minutes.

As i know different device has different period of resseting, so if your jbl is little bit old so you need to wait for little longer.

I hope it'll work . Cause it worked on mine.

Having checked other sources and emailed with JBL, the problem seems to stem from the battery expanding. I am on my 2nd unit now. 1st had the button issue. I use 8 hours a day and used to keep it plugged into an iPhone charging brick all day and night. This probably caused the battery to get too warm and expand, putting pressure on the buttons and not letting them function. I now charge it until all the indicator lights are on then unplug it. I also then run it down to when the warning light comes on before charging again. Hope this helps. They are great units for the money.

I had the same problem: the buttons didn´t work and it only could be used while charging.

I opened the jbl flip 3 and found out that the battery got wider due to degradation and was pushing upwards the buttons causing them not to work. I changed the battery for a new one and it now works perfectly fine.

It seems that is a design flaw and that many jbl flip have this issue at 2-3 years of life. I have two of them and both had the same issue.

I hope this can help others!

Um amigo meu me trouxe uma Flip 3 para verificar este mesmo problema. Notei que o botão de pareamento não respondia ao clicar, era como ele estivesse sempre pressionado.

Então a desmontei parcialmente, igual ao vídeo: https://youtu.be/sOgtOc6pDzg

Então, com cuidado para não atingir os circuitos, utilizando uma chave de fenda, puxei um pouco a estrutura em torno do botão de pareamento, liberando a pressão que havia ali, e ela voltou ao normal.

I tried removing the grills, and realized one side was way harder to do than the other (the one without the buttons on my unit). I tried to lift it so it was almost the same as the other, than the buttons worked. I also removed it completely and put it back on just to be sure, and it still works.

I had faced this problem too. The simplest way to fix this problem is -

Turn off your flip 3 by pressing volume(+&-),Call, and Bluetooth.

Then remove the grill and then put the grill back on

had the same problem and was able to solve it:

I disassembled more or less the whole speaker (use the right screwdrivers, not to mess up the screws) following some youtube vids.

I found two problems for the buttons not working and solved them like this:

1) The flat cable connecting the buttons with the circuit board tends to slip out of its “gripper” on the PCB.

I slid it back in, closed the gripper and put a little tape on top

2) The Bluetooth button tends to get stuck, wich causes the power button not to work any more. To solve this I opened the ruber cover between PCB and outside cover. There is a white/transparent plastic piece attached below, that has the same function like a “rubber dome” in a keyboard. It has two little noses on its bottom to push on the buttons on the PCB (power and Bluetooth). I cut off a part of the bluetooths nose, to give the button on the PCB more space to come up again. Obviously dont cut off too much…

after reassembling everything works as it should again and Im happy.

button not function even it full charge

Faced the exact same problem.. resolve it in less than 10 seconds. just pull up the plastic bridge a little just near the “power” button by putting nails of index finger and thumb on the edges of the plastic bridge & grill.

Use Bluetooth,-,+,play buttons all at a time for continuous and with hold then it automatically sounds on

The problem lies with the deformation of the plastic housing. The hourglass button near the power button is “depressed” by the warped plastic housing. Pinching this area together should free up the buttons and unit will become responsive.

I just knifed out the circle around the plastic hourglass button . Since my main concern was using the BT and power button normally.

NAILED IT!

tear apart the case and find the little screw between volume up and volume down (as I illustrated in my picture with an arrow).

I loose that screw to half tightened then all the buttons work again.

finally you put the case back and the problem should be fixed.

I followed this youtube video to tear the case of my Flip 3

title: JBL Flip 3 Teardown and USB Repair

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR7RvDwh...