Eleaf iJust 3 don't work

I'm not so good with the language, so Sorry in advance for my English
Hello everyone, i know that this is not the right place to ask but i looked for a thread with my same problems and i didn't find anyone.
So, my iJust 3 today had stopped to work no reasons.
I was just vaping and i don't know why it turn off and crash.
Now it is under change, the led is red like normally but if i try to wake up my ijust, it don't work. No green led or something.
I have this box since January, not had any type of problems since now, and i don't know why.
Can someone help me? Thanks a lot!

You may want to try cleaning the 510 connection with rubbing alcohol. Then, let it set to dry out a day. That would be an easy fix if you've gotten any juice, or other moisture in the connection which is keeping it from operating. I do not know if that is the case but would do it anyway as a means of eliminating that as one possible problem. You also may want to email Eleaf support & service. I'll paste their email address below.

[email protected]

If cleaning the connection doesn't solve the problem, it might be that the internal battery has done what is commonly called deep cycled. This means the battery will not take a charge. The battery is spent up and does not have enough in itself to take recharging. Reasons this can happen are simply time and natural entropy, hard use. I've worn batteries out myself, it is one of those things which happens. I hope cleaning the 510 works out. Not sure what else could be an issue except maybe the safety circuits have gotten scrambled, in which case it won't take a charge either.

ValeTufa said:

I'm not so good with the language, so Sorry in advance for my English
Hello everyone, i know that this is not the right place to ask but i looked for a thread with my same problems and i didn't find anyone.
So, my iJust 3 today had stopped to work no reasons.
I was just vaping and i don't know why it turn off and crash.
Now it is under change, the led is red like normally but if i try to wake up my ijust, it don't work. No green led or something.
I have this box since January, not had any type of problems since now, and i don't know why.
Can someone help me? Thanks a lot!

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So the battery is not working properly?

You can not get the green LED?

thanks a lot to both of you for the answer, now I will try to follow the instructions of MagicMist and I'll tell you if it worked!

5150sick said:

So the battery is not working properly?

You can not get the green LED?

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I'll explain, if I insert the plug under charge the LED turns red (it is connected in charge) and the green LED blinks for a few seconds
But then the green LED turns off, and if I try to use it it doesn't work, neither being under charge, nor detaching it from the socket.

Did you check the manual?

https://www.eleafworld.com/manuals/

I have some news ..
I found out that the problem was related to the ijust power button!
The ignition button has come loose and you simply need to press it harder. Now, to know, is it possible to fix the button? The box being mechanical is not possible to open it, so I wouldn't know how to do it

I'd just get a decent mod, and then attempt to tear this funky mod apart to fix - relegating it to the spare/PIF/trash category. ALWAYS have a plan-B.

PoppaVic said:

I'd just get a decent mod, and then attempt to tear this funky mod apart to fix - relegating it to the spare/PIF/trash category. ALWAYS have a plan-B.

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Not sure you’d even want to give it to someone! I had one and it’s pretty meh. It was one I bought when I first started vaping again, and I don’t use it anymore. I don’t like non VW mods at this point, anyway.


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Tube mods are a non-starter to me; enclosed batteries are a straight-out NO_GO. I already wasted my dollars on eGo and twisters and an assortment of tubes that were ludicrous.

I want a real battery-sled; I want 2 or more cells.. My ONLY single-cell mod was an SXmini M-class I got really cheap, just to try Yihi - I spent nearly as much to get a GOOD screw-on battery cover ($20) and it's now stored away.. Works great, but SINGLE cell. It's packed in the same place I stored my well-modded DS-style 2x parallel squonker.

Dailies are Vt133/DNA200 dual-cell 18650's; a Basium dual-cell squonk; my Noisy Cricket V1 series-cell mechanical; (and the SXK Boxer - which I will soon mod to PWM, once I see the spare mod I ordered).

Generally speaking, I can get a loooooooong day - or two normal days - or even 3 workdays - from a single pair of 18650. Or, you can think of 2-3 "tanks" per cells.


VW mode works very well most places, barring that - VV mode. Otherwise, you make the calculations for your cells and coil and plan for the power drift down from "too hot" thru extended "perfect" to "oh shit, I forgot to change the batteries!"

PoppaVic said:

Tube mods are a non-starter to me; enclosed batteries are a straight-out NO_GO. I already wasted my dollars on eGo and twisters and an assortment of tubes that were ludicrous.

I want a real battery-sled; I want 2 or more cells.. My ONLY single-cell mod was an SXmini M-class I got really cheap, just to try Yihi - I spent nearly as much to get a GOOD screw-on battery cover ($20) and it's now stored away.. Works great, but SINGLE cell. It's packed in the same place I stored my well-modded DS-style 2x parallel squonker.

Dailies are Vt133/DNA200 dual-cell 18650's; a Basium dual-cell squonk; my Noisy Cricket V1 series-cell mechanical; (and the SXK Boxer - which I will soon mod to PWM, once I see the spare mod I ordered).

Generally speaking, I can get a loooooooong day - or two normal days - or even 3 workdays - from a single pair of 18650. Or, you can think of 2-3 "tanks" per cells.


VW mode works very well most places, barring that - VV mode. Otherwise, you make the calculations for your cells and coil and plan for the power drift down from "too hot" thru extended "perfect" to "oh shit, I forgot to change the batteries!"

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I haven’t tried dual batteries yet, even though I have an Aegis Legend. It just feels big and heavy. So I’m using the Solo, which I like but yep, I’m having “ oh crap, I forgot to charge and even my backups are low now” moments.

I do like VW, though. I like the style of pen vapes, but unless they have VW, I won’t buy them. I have two Uwell Nunchakus which are great, since you can adjust power and swap batteries. I had an Aspire CF VV mod which was so blah, I gave up on VV. Although I had a VV tube that I loved about 5 years ago (by VaporFi of all brands. lol)

I dread building coils but it’s the smartest route to take now with the Deeming bs in May. Hope it’s overturned, though!


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ValeTufa said:

Now, to know, is it possible to fix the button? The box being mechanical is not possible to open it, so I wouldn't know how to do it

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I would not be capable to walk you through opening one. I myself own other mech mods but none of these particular ones. Would think you could open it and repair it yourself. Would not recommend doing so though, if you're not sure what you're doing. It would be better if you had some experience in taking mods apart and repairing them. The catch 22 here being the only way to get that experience is to do it.

For now though I'd find something else that'll work until you can possible repair this one, or simply find another device that'll work better for you. It doesn't sound like you're ready to dive into repairing mods and no one should force you into doing what you're not ready to do, even the product itself.

You might want to consider a Coppervape mod if you think you'd also like to try squonking. These are rather simple to repair with the firing mechanisms being in the top and merely a screw, and bar to connect to the 510 connector. Though I'm not trying to tell what to do. I'm just offering a suggestion based on my experience with these mods. They are real simple to fix as well as simple to modify a little.

Rhianne said:

I don’t like non VW mods at this point, anyway.

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Learning to use mechs does require some patience, a little effort and willingness to get out of a "safe" zone a little. They are not for everyone. That noted, I happily enjoy using my single cell 18650 mechs and building coils. For me having something that contains chips you need to replace or sort out if there's trouble is too much hassle and I leave them as "bricks". Mechs give me "fire and vape". I pay attention and can sense when I need swap out batteries, put one to charge, rotate it with one that has appropriately rested. I say again though, mechs are not for everyone & I'm not pushing them on anyone. The OP though in this case is using one of their own volition.

MyMagicMist said:

I would not be capable to walk you through opening one. I myself own other mech mods but none of these particular ones. Would think you could open it and repair it yourself. Would not recommend doing so though, if you're not sure what you're doing. It would be better if you had some experience in taking mods apart and repairing them. The catch 22 here being the only way to get that experience is to do it.

For now though I'd find something else that'll work until you can possible repair this one, or simply find another device that'll work better for you. It doesn't sound like you're ready to dive into repairing mods and no one should force you into doing what you're not ready to do, even the product itself.



Learning to use mechs does require some patience, a little effort and willingness to get out of a "safe" zone a little. They are not for everyone. That noted, I happily enjoy using my single cell 18650 mechs and building coils. For me having something that contains chips you need to replace or sort out if there's trouble is too much hassle and I leave them as "bricks". Mechs give me "fire and vape". I pay attention and can sense when I need swap out batteries, put one to charge, rotate it with one that has appropriately rested. I say again though, mechs are not for everyone & I'm not pushing them on anyone.

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It seems like mechs are made for vapocalypse, since there’s no electronics involved. The Eleaf one we mentioned is a so-so non adjustable regulated mod. I had one, it was harsh but eventually calmed down, and then simply stopped working! VW was a huge step up from it, imo. I’m too cavalier with my rigs, I think, to want to get a mech. I like being able to put them down on my chair etc and know they’re okay. I might worry with a mech with all the venting going on with these kids.
Have a good one!


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Rhianne said:

It seems like mechs are made for vapocalypse, since there’s no electronics involved.

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Yup, exactly. Let us Neanderthal Luddites vape in peace instead of standing around growling at blinky light box what no work to make pleasing vape. Ugh.

Rhianne said:

I’m too cavalier with my rigs, I think, to want to get a mech. I like being able to put them down on my chair etc and know they’re okay.

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See now? I can understand that. It's why I'm not demanding, holding you at knife edge, gun point or anything to go out and buy a mech. Nope and I will not do that with anyone. I will though offer my experience/s, opinion if asked. Plenty of others do as well. And yes if they all jumped off a cliff I would too, no I take that back, I'd find a higher cliff to jump from. *chuckles* Why? Well, why not?

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I might worry with a mech with all the venting going on with these kids.

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Again this is something I can understand too despite not being able to naturally sire children. I was once told I'd be a good daddy. The irony of that doesn't escape me but I rather ignore it because it's fruit hanging too low. I've had two issues with batteries in using mechs. One I believe was due to a battery being crap / mis-wrapped with a false wrap.

The other time taught me to be more diligent in keeping my mod and area where I vape more clean. I think a tiny bit of wire debris got stuck in the metal battery cap's threading and caused a short leading to a possible vent / explosion. I did manage though to break contact, get the battery clear to a safe area for the boom that didn't happen.

But yes, I understand not wanting to cope with such a risk. Again, I don't push anyone to get a mech and use it. That's just not my nature. I don't like others telling me how to live ergo I don't tell them how to live. I follow a simple path of live and let live. Seems to work for me.

Damn it, there I am thinking again. Can you pass me the twenty pound sledge, I'll stop this but good.

MyMagicMist said:

Yup, exactly. Let us Neanderthal Luddites vape in peace instead of standing around growling at blinky light box what no work to make pleasing vape. Ugh.



See now? I can understand that. It's why I'm not demanding, holding you at knife edge, gun point or anything to go out and buy a mech. Nope and I will not do that with anyone. I will though offer my experience/s, opinion if asked. Plenty of others do as well. And yes if they all jumped off a cliff I would too, no I take that back, I'd find a higher cliff to jump from. *chuckles* Why? Well, why not?



Again this is something I can understand too despite not being able to naturally sire children. I was once told I'd be a good daddy. The irony of that doesn't escape me but I rather ignore it because it's fruit hanging too low. I've had two issues with batteries in using mechs. One I believe was due to a battery being crap / mis-wrapped with a false wrap.

The other time taught me to be more diligent in keeping my mod and area where I vape more clean. I think a tiny bit of wire debris got stuck in the metal battery cap's threading and caused a short leading to a possible vent / explosion. I did manage though to break contact, get the battery clear to a safe area for the boom that didn't happen.

But yes, I understand not wanting to cope with such a risk. Again, I don't push anyone to get a mech and use it. That's just not my nature. I don't like others telling me how to live ergo I don't tell them how to live. I follow a simple path of live and let live. Seems to work for me.

Damn it, there I am thinking again. Can you pass me the twenty pound sledge, I'll stop this but good.

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Instead of a sledge, you can have a slug. No, not the wormy things. Booze, man, booze. Oops, here I go leading folks astray...


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Rhianne said:

Instead of a sledge, you can have a slug. No, not the wormy things. Booze, man, booze. Oops, here I go leading folks astray...


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Wife has to face this young man who thinks he "that and more" at her work. She tells me that yesterday he was on about drinking half a bottle of vodka, the 40 proof stuff. He asked her what she thought about it. She told him he may as well have been drinking water. Told her she could have said her husband likes 1500 proof rum and drinks it or moonshine like water. She said she didn't want to cause him to go kill himself. Then she got this look, "oh wait."

And I did once turn up a pint of 151 proof Bacardi's, downed it in two chugs. My mom watched me do it and was a little shocked. "Son I know we're a family of booze hounds but damn." She laughed though when twenty minutes later I barely felt a buzz. I'd probably end up on my butt, on the deck if I tried that now since being on testosterone. My metabolic rate has gone from cheetah to snail due to that. It eats toe jam. As does being six foot and thee hundred pounds.

I was five foot three and one hundred to one hundred twenty pounds. Used to be immortal but then some doctor goes and injects kryptonite into me saying it'll make me better. No, it only made me human and old worn out, falling to pieces. I ought to have never went to the Navy. At least if hadn't I'd still be that scrawny runt. Nobody would thought anything "wrong" about me. But then I might have died from having "baby" bones. *smh* Damned to live, damned to die. Dunno, reckon like everyone says the living is better. Hard pressed for me to "buy it" sometimes.

*sighs* But oh wait, like my buddy told me "I survive."

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Wife has to face this young man who thinks he "that and more" at her work. She tells me that yesterday he was on about drinking half a bottle of vodka, the 40 proof stuff. He asked her what she thought about it. She told him he may as well have been drinking water. Told her she could have said her husband likes 1500 proof rum and drinks it or moonshine like water. She said she didn't want to cause him to go kill himself. Then she got this look, "oh wait."

And I did once turn up a pint of 151 proof Bacardi's, downed it in two chugs. My mom watched me do it and was a little shocked. "Son I know we're a family of booze hounds but damn." She laughed though when twenty minutes later I barely felt a buzz. I'd probably end up on my butt, on the deck if I tried that now since being on testosterone. My metabolic rate has gone from cheetah to snail due to that. It eats toe jam. As does being six foot and thee hundred pounds.

I was five foot three and one hundred to one hundred twenty pounds. Used to be immortal but then some doctor goes and injects kryptonite into me saying it'll make me better. No, it only made me human and old worn out, falling to pieces. I ought to have never went to the Navy. At least if hadn't I'd still be that scrawny runt. Nobody would thought anything "wrong" about me. But then I might have died from having "baby" bones. *smh* Damned to live, damned to die. Dunno, reckon like everyone says the living is better. Hard pressed for me to "buy it" sometimes.

*sighs* But oh wait, like my buddy told me "I survive."

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Sigh, I heard that “ you’ll survive” shit from my family. I always figured we didn’t incarnate here just to survive, though. What’d they give you that messed you up and why?
My dh went into the AF because he couldn’t find work. He ended up getting a lot of vaccines which made him ill for a while, and he hurt his back there too. I think a lot of kids go into the military because of not finding work. It’s great for the military, though.

Take care!


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Rhianne said:

What’d they give you that messed you up and why?
My dh went into the AF because he couldn’t find work. He ended up getting a lot of vaccines which made him ill for a while, and he hurt his back there too. I think a lot of kids go into the military because of not finding work. It’s great for the military, though.

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Well, military didn't give it to me. I did go to the navy with intentions of being twenty to life. While in basic they looked a note from M.E.P.S that was small featured, young looking. They sent me through a battery of tests and ended up tossing out hypogonadism as part of a diagnoses. There was more to it but I had to come back home two years until I found an endocrinologist who finalized my diagnoses as Kalmann's (sic) Syndrome. It's a real fun "rare" congenital "disease" which seems to be gaining in men that have it. At the time I was one in like 10,000 that got it. Now I'm like 6 or 8 in 10,000.

So as a result I was discharged with a MILPERSMAN coding that reads I was improperly educated. It's still an honorable discharge. Worse case I had a minor disciplinary mark which was cleared up by re-printing my name in the Blue Jacket's Manual, I had used cursive but that was a no no, block printing only. Yes, some inspector just needed something, anything so he could not give our company's compartment a gold star. I went down to do "Jane Fonda Aerobics" with the SEALS for a military week. You go, you get your ass handed to you in a rough four hour PT session. That was my disciplined punishment. "Dumb ass, block print only, remember that! No more Jane Fonda for you, huh?"

At any given before I got prescribed the testosterone which my body had never made on its own I could eat and eat for days but gain no weight. I could drink marines under the table and even some sailors, poor army guys didn't stand a chance. I'd drink myself sober and need to drink more to try getting drunk, funny it never happened.

After testosterone got into my body, well, I started putting on weight, getting drunk off one or two mixed drinks. I grew a whole foot taller. My legs ached from bone out for about three weeks. Went to bed one night with a little squeaky mouse voice, woke the next morning with a roaring beast voice. I did puberty in two weeks where as it normally takes six months. But I did it many years later than I ought to have.

I'll own up to my share of being lazy to a point. If I actually tried doing some serious PT like I used to in the navy, I'd get built maybe instead of just solid 300 pounds. Trouble being part of KS means I have thin bones, not exactly brittle but still thin and arthritis is no help. Got a real good batch of that in my lower back, right around tail bone. So yeah it messes with sciatic nerves. I walk around in roughly about a low grade 5 pain on the silly pain scale. My 5 though might be ten other folk's extreme 10. I am genuinely a masochist, having a high pain threshold. Trying to exercise though really hammers me. Know I need to do it to help keep weight controlled, know the weight adds to the pain, but damn you can't keep "working" through pain sometimes and exercise is a gradual weight control. Need to keep doing it.

I have to stop because I wind up literally hurting and making myself feel worse. Yes, I know it's that "wall" a person needs to "get over". I just am afraid if I go over I'll be shattered to bits and it hurts that bad. I've lived rough too. Been a good country boy raised plenty of Hell. Also was a beaten dog a while. Not like I've tried to baby the body to keep the miles low, plenty of miles on it. But no, it wasn't the military that gave me anything, at least nothing what caused this that I'm aware of. Sure I got the glow in the dark vaccine which they said would protect me from a direct nuclear explosion. Hm, like I really want to go test that to see, huh? *chuckles* But I'm not thinking the military give me anything, in fact that I think is why they discharged me.

I also think it might be because I'm my mom's first of three kids she was never supposed to have according to navy doctors. I'm there in the navy proving them wrong, how does that look? I'm just a damn contrary fool having just enough sense to know that but not enough to "get over" it. Swear they'll need call me for my funeral, I'll be busy with something and forget to die again.

My old man goes out for a walk when his back acts up, I guess it works for him. If I’m not feeling good, I tend to languish in bed being miserable, though. And no walkies for me. Lol
He also talks about the officers who were really nasty, just because they could be and over minor things. I met him about a year after he was discharged, and I’m glad I didn’t have to be a military wife actually.
Must’ve been hard doing puberty in such a short time. I can imagine it took its toll on you.
Were you stationed stateside or on a ship or something?

Rhianne said:

Were you stationed stateside or on a ship or something?

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I was in basic at Great Lakes. The first night of double ought day as it is called, we got off the plain at O'Hare & the captain announced. "Welcome to the heat wave. We have a brisk minus sixty degrees for you tonight. Enjoy your stay!" I was there from about middle of Feb, graduated basic, had two or so weeks after that as active in fleet yet was stuck waiting on out processing paper work. I could have been called out though during those few weeks.

Had some off hand training in underwater hull repairs. Met a mate there who I really would have liked to kept in touch with. We kind of played save one another's butts as that training kept increasing in difficulty. I was told it was not B.U.D.S but damned if it didn't seem like it, at least to me at the time. Me being all of 100 pounds back then could wiggle into torpedo tubes real slick like.

My orders for after basic would have sent me into the Western fleet, up into the great North-West. I would have been the guy that made torpedoes and other munitions blow up in a smiley face pattern. That would have been considered ordnance maintaining, disposal, building. Me and wife's dad, who happened to do a lot of ordnance stuff when he was army, often could both think the best thing was something going boom to solve the problem.

I enjoyed military life. Liked the structure of it. Met my wife after having been in and dumped out. She refuses to let me go if they ever did call for me. "They had their chance, rejected you so they can go fuck off now," she says. I think that more than anything fucked me up. I had intended twenty to life, my heart was there for it.

It seemed logical for me to be military, grew up with family having been. Grew up to limited job options too. High school kind of was "okay, get him graduated and pointed to a recruiter". there was very limited discussion of me and college. I would have broken any college out of being bored with it. So yeah, more or less that was supposed to be my life. Then, I'm let go and told medical discharge but it reads out as coded for not educated right. Gee, I dunno, maybe I ought to have gone army instead. Same skill set and infantry only worries if you can dig a ditch and pull a trigger.

Yeah, I think being "let go" from what I thought was going to be my life, yep, it screwed my mind up. And looking at it now. No, I wouldn't go serve for the government. I'd go serve for my oath & the People yes but not the government. There I am again holding two different opinions, tsk, one of these days I'll have to stop that. Until then guess I'll just keep on keeping on, as is said, ... I survive. And yes, like you I think there's more than surviving to be done. But shhh, don't let 'em know we can see that. They'll flip it all upside down again and I'll lose my marbles. Might need to go get my shit kickers on, and you might not like me scuffing them on the floor as I walk.

I can do the walking too, helps some. But then there's also times it doesn't. Again it runs into "well fuck, keep doing that and end up on the deck in pain." Maybe I'll get more sense, eat right, exercise right, be Mr. Right, ... still die anyway.