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Hi all, The band holder broke off my Fitbit Charge 4, along with more than 50% of each screw. Any advice on getting the rest of the screws out? The sleeves around the screws have little nibs on them that prevent them from spinning freely (I tried to squeeze them with pliers but wound up with little nubs I can no longer grab onto). Please see the intact side and the broken side in the attached pictures. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!!!! This may do the trick.
Same happened to my wife’s one. I’m going to try this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrGsEjH-…
Thanks for the housing-band reference! This also happened to my wife’s charge4 shortly after the end of the 1y warranty with more than half of the screw holders breaking off from the body. I used superglue to reattach the connector part & its screws and it held up for a few months but now it broke off again. Since she’s not too thrilled about the look of the housing-bands, I’m considering drilling deeper into the existing screw holes and using longer screws (+glue) so it holds a bit longer. Anyone tried that? Any clue how deep I can drill beyond the side-surface of the watch body before hitting something important?
@kbembedded thank you so much for the link to the Fitbit off brand holder. I had the exact same problem as OP and my Fitbit has been sitting here unused for over a year. Your recommendation saved it!
After checking u tube and the Fitbit website, I found no solutions or any great answer to repairing the broken screws on my Fitbit charge 4 band holder. Was ready to give up and thought I would have to break down and buy a new Fitbit but discovered the Charge 5 even had cases of the same problem and no info on Versa plus the extra cost. So took the broken screws out and cleaned the connections surfaces for the band to the watch body and used gorilla super glue, and rubber bands to hold it in place. I had lost the small spring which holds the 2 tabs up which lock the band holder to the watch so cut a very small piece of rubber band to put in its place. After a 24 hour set up everything seemed strong, the button release no longer works, but have been wearing the watch constantly for the last 2 weeks, doing a lot of mechanical and labor intensive work, and the band is secure!!
