- Now you'd want to replace the battery
on your phone for a number of reasons.
One of them being that maybe it's just no longer
holding a charge like it used to,
it dies a lot faster.
Another reason is maybe it completely
crapped out entirely and you can't even turn the phone on.
Either way a new battery can probably help.
So in this video I'm gonna show you step-by-step
exactly what you need to do to remove your old battery
and replace it with a new one.
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Okay, so first up we need to get a replacement battery.
Now, the one I'm gonna use in this video
is actually one that I made.
Now I made one because I got kinda sick and tired
of all the one's on Amazon one, not lasting
more than a week and two, not coming
with all of the tools that I needed to get the job done.
So you can click below to purchase that one
from my website, otherwise though you can
of course go on Amazon and find a battery yourself.
If you end up going the Amazon route
just make sure that I the has a guarantee
of some sort and has all of the tools required.
Either way, regardless of which one you use
the procedure is going to be identical.
So first we gotta remove the screen.
So we're gonna turn off the phone,
then we're going to unscrew the two screws
at the bottom of the phone using the included
pentalobe screwdriver if you bought my kit
or hopefully your kit has.
Put those screws somewhere where you can keep track of them.
And frankly what I do is I take a white piece of paper
and put all of the screws and components from the phone
onto it as I go.
And also try to keep track of what screws go
in what holes 'cause sometimes
they're actually different sizes.
So I highly recommend doing that.
But once you get those two screws out
we can then stick the included suction cup
on the bottom of the screen, just make sure
you don't overlap the home button.
If you do it creates a small pocket of air
and then the suction cup loses suction.
So get it as close to the bottom of the phone as you can
so we can have some leverage, but not overlapping
that home button.
After that you're gonna take the pry tool
that came with your kit and try to wedge
a small gap between the bottom of the screen and the frame.
Once you get it under work your way around
the edges until the screen allows you to pull it back.
Do not pull it back more than 90 degrees,
if you do you can wreck the cables
that are connecting the screen to the motherboard
and that would be, well, bad.
Now optionally you can remove the screen
entirely before continuing by unscrewing
the screws over the metal bracket where the cables are,
removing that metal bracket
and then disconnecting the cables.
Now I personally am not going to do that
because it saves me time to not have
to deal with that.
And just so long as you're careful
with the screen not going back too far
during the rest of this procedure you should be fine.
Now we need to remove the original battery.
So we're gonna use the provided Phillips screwdriver,
move the two screws holding down the metal bracket
over where the battery connects to the motherboard.
Then we'll remove that metal plate and set it
with the screws aside.
Next we can pop off the battery's connector
and then here comes the hard slash annoying part.
There are two black flaps at the bottom of the battery,
you need to pull those off enough
so that you can actually pinch them with your fingers.
Then you're going to actually pull them
towards the bottom of the phone as if you're trying
to pull them out of the bottom of the phone
and not upwards.
If you pull them too hard or you pull them
too far up they will snap and then it becomes
a nightmare to have to pry the battery out
with the glue still underneath.
Instead you're going to pull it very slowly
and very carefully until you get it out entirely.
Think of it like a Command hook
that you use to hang photos, it works in a similar way.
Once you get the first one done
you're gonna then work on the second one.
Now it might be a little easier
if you remove the spacer that's underneath the battery
by undoing the two screws and removing that,
then you can actually pull the glue strip straight down
a little bit easier than if that spacer was there.
Again, be very careful, do it very slowly,
but eventually get that out as well.
Once you have both of those glue strips out
it's very easy to just lift the battery.
If you didn't get the glue strips out
then you just have to do the pry of shame,
take one of the plastic pry tools
and slowly, carefully try to pry up
the battery without bending it too much or ripping it.
Now, this will take some time and some serious patience,
but it's not impossible and you can get it done.
Once that battery has been removed
the kit that I recommended does come
with included glue strips that you can then
replace the old one's with.
Now this is optional, you don't have to
put the glue strips in, but if you feel like it you can.
In order to do that remove the plastic on one side
of the glue strips and then set them down
into the space where the battery was,
but make sure to do it very slowly and carefully
'cause it's super strong glue.
And you wanna make sure that the black tabs
of the new glue strips are where
the black tabs of the old ones were,
overlapping the spacer and other things
out of the bottom of where the battery sits.
This way if you have to remove it again
you can easily grab these tabs
and do this procedure over again.
Once that is in place you can now put
the new battery down carefully, again because,
again, the glue is really strong.
And then reconnect it to the motherboard,
replace the metal bracket and screw down
those two screws 'til it is secure.
After that you can reattach the screen
if you took it off, otherwise you can just
slowly put the screen back down
and start from the top and work your way down
to the bottom until it's nice and snug.
Now if you do feel some resistance
when you're pushing this down be careful
that something underneath is not out of place
and stopping the screen from going all the way down.
If you do have that problem and you push hard enough
you might crack the screen which obviously
is not a good thing to do.
So just be careful of that.
But once you get it nice and snug back down and flush
we can then put in the two pentalobe screws
at the bottom of the phone.
After that we can turn it on to make sure
that it worked and we're all set.
There you go.
Quick repair video for anyone that needs it
on their battery.
If you watched this video and you didn't need
to replace your battery, thank you,
I appreciate that.
But please share it with someone
that might actually need to do the repair
or just keep it in your back pocket
for whenever you might need to do it.
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As always, thanks for watching.
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