- So the reason you would want to do this
is at a certain point eventually,
the battery life just doesn't last
as long as it used to or straight up just conks out.
Now, even though Apple says that their iPhone
has a non-removable battery,
it's not technically true.
It is removeable,
it's just a pain in the ass.
So in this video I'm going to show you step by step
how you can remove the battery
and then also replace it with a brand new one.
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Okay, so first up you need to get a new replacement battery.
I was sick of crappy batteries that I kept finding
on Amazon and would only last for a little bit
and didn't have all the tools that I needed
and all this other crap,
so I actually decided to make my own.
I had to manufacture this top spec that you can,
and made sure it passed all the battery regulations
with flying colors,
which is something that a majority of the Amazon ones
can't really say.
I also made sure to include every single thing
I thought you would need to install the battery
from start to finish.
With that said,
you can buy it directly from me here in my shop,
or you can, of course, head to Amazon
and find one of your own.
Either way, the tutorial is going to be the same.
Just make sure if you don't buy the battery that I have
that you make sure the one that you do buy has all
the tools that you need and has some type of guarantee
that it's gonna last longer than, I don't know, a week.
Okay now, first, make sure that you turn off your iPhone.
Then, using the provided pentalobe screwdrivers
if you bought the battery from me,
remove the two screws at the bottom of the phone
and set them aside.
I usually take a white piece of paper
and set everything down on it in different sections
so that I know exactly where everything goes back.
It's good to do this also because some of the screws
are not actually the same sizes,
even if they both come from the same place.
So, just a tip.
After that, using the provided suction cup,
suction the bottom upmost part of the iPhone screen
without overlapping the home button.
If you do overlap the home button it creates
a little pocket of air
and then it loses suction
every time you try to pull up.
So that's why you want to kind of get it as close
to the bottom of the phone without actually covering
that home button.
Using the plastic pry tool also from the kit,
pry under the end of the screen while pulling up
on the suction cup until you get a gap
and can wedge the screen off.
Work your way around the screen until it is completely up,
but make sure not to bend it back too far
or you would damage the cables that connect the screen
to the motherboard.
Next, we need to remove the original battery.
So, with holding the screen up if you left it on,
unscrew the two screws holding down the metal plate
over where the battery connects to the motherboard
and set them aside along with the metal plate.
Again, keep track of every screw.
Those two are actually different sizes
so make sure you know which one goes into which hole
when you set them down.
Next we can pop off the lego-like connector
of the battery.
And here comes the hard part.
So you need to pry the battery up very carefully
so as not to bend it or rip it.
If you do, it'll short possibly,
it'll just break, it won't work,
so just don't do it.
It's not a good idea.
There is some glue under it
and you need to separate that from the battery.
You can either heat the back of the device
with a blow dryer to kind of warm up the glue
and make it a little more pliable,
or you can just kind of go at it
and just very carefully and slowly work your way around
until you remove it.
Once it's out,
we can now take the new battery
and place it where the old battery was,
and then connect it to the motherboard
like the original one.
Next, put back the metal plate and screw that back down.
And we can replace the screen.
So either reattach it to the motherboard
and screw the metal plate back down over it
if you did remove it,
otherwise you can just fold the screen back down
and push it down until it snaps into place.
I start at the top of the device and kind of just
work my fingers down the edges to the bottom
of the device until everything is nice and snug.
Just be careful,
if it feels like it's too hard to push down, don't.
There might be something in the way.
Check before you push down again
because otherwise you can literally push down hard enough
and just crack the screen and that's a whole nother video
that you have to watch.
Once it is in place though,
you can replace the screws at the bottom of the iPhone
and turn the phone back on.
There you go.
I hope that helped some of you out
who needed to replace their battery.
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Also, if you didn't need to replace your battery
but you're watching this anyway, thank you.
But, also share with someone who might need to do it.
Or keep it in your back pocket for when you might
need to replace yours.
As always, thanks for watching.
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