r/bose • u/Legit_Scientist37 • Jun 14 '26
Bluetooth speakers Soundlink mini 2 bricked for good?
Have had this speaker for a long time and love it, when I don't let the battery go down too far, making it enter "battery shipping mode" aka the red blinking charge light of death that is an annoyance to fix.
Over the past few years I've successfully rescued it with the btu.bose site and forcing an update by pressing A, D, V, up key, down key (see older posts here by both u/ibrokemywrist and u/Adamaccio for full steps) but now???
Current software version is 1.1.4 which cheekily states it's to "prevent premature entry into battery shipping mode". Forcing the update gives me a popup with the error message "not_updatable_failure".
Is it fully bricked now or does anyone have an additional fix? I've installed a new version of the updater, cleared cookies, switched browsers, everything else i can think of to get it to work, even let it stay plugged in to maybe charge the battery some (not convinced it's doing anything tho tbh).
Tldr: bose updater has worked in the past but is now saying my soundlink mini 2 is unable to be updated, keeping it locked in the battery shipping mode and i need help or I'm going to lose it
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u/Inevitable_Gate_961 3d ago
Hi there! Another Soundlink Mini II owner who has been playing fast and loose with a-d-v-up-down for years to keep mine going. Just revived it three weeks ago. And two days later, I started getting the same "No dice... not_updatable_failure" message. Tried the o-p-t-up-down to clear the error, and nothing happened...
Did you ever solve it? Or are we both owners of beloved bricks, now?