Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

6

Time Required

                          10 - 20 minutes            

Sections

2

  • Back Cover
  • 3 steps
  • Battery
  • 3 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Back Cover               
  • Insert the tip of an iFixit opening tool between the back cover and the mid frame of the phone.
  • Between the 2 SIM card slots is a good place to start.
  • Slide the opening tool to the bottom of the phone, to snap out the plastic clips, connecting the back cover and mid frame.

Insert the tip of an iFixit opening tool between the back cover and the mid frame of the phone.

Between the 2 SIM card slots is a good place to start.

Slide the opening tool to the bottom of the phone, to snap out the plastic clips, connecting the back cover and mid frame.

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Step 2

  • Slide the opening tool back to the top of the phone, to disconnect all the clips on the edge.
  • Slide around the corner and along the top edge, to also disconnect these clips.

Slide the opening tool back to the top of the phone, to disconnect all the clips on the edge.

Slide around the corner and along the top edge, to also disconnect these clips.

Step 3

  • Be careful not to bend the back cover too hard to prevent some of the clips breaking.
  • Grab the back cover by the loosened edge.
  • Gently bend and twist the flexible back cover a bit to disconnect the remaining clips.
  • Take off the back cover.

Be careful not to bend the back cover too hard to prevent some of the clips breaking.

Grab the back cover by the loosened edge.

Gently bend and twist the flexible back cover a bit to disconnect the remaining clips.

Take off the back cover.

Step 4

              Battery               
  • Damaging the liquid indicator sticker, on the middle most screw, will void the warranty of the phone.
  • Unscrew the ten black 4mm Phillips #00 Screws from the mainboard shield.
  • Unscrew the golden 3.4mm Phillips #00 screw on the middle-right side of the mainboard shield.

Damaging the liquid indicator sticker, on the middle most screw, will void the warranty of the phone.

Unscrew the ten black 4mm Phillips #00 Screws from the mainboard shield.

Unscrew the golden 3.4mm Phillips #00 screw on the middle-right side of the mainboard shield.

Step 5

  • Insert the flat side of a spudger between the mainboard shield and the frame of the phone.
  • Twist the spudger to lift up the mainboard shield.
  • Remove the mainboard shield from the phone.

Insert the flat side of a spudger between the mainboard shield and the frame of the phone.

Twist the spudger to lift up the mainboard shield.

Remove the mainboard shield from the phone.

Step 6

  • Use a spudger to disconnect the battery’s flex cable from the mainboard.
  • Pull of the sticker on the bottom side of the battery.
  • Grab the sticker and lift it up to take the battery out of the phone.

Use a spudger to disconnect the battery’s flex cable from the mainboard.

Pull of the sticker on the bottom side of the battery.

Grab the sticker and lift it up to take the battery out of the phone.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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Paul Flaherty - Sep 18, 2018

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Very nice guide. I had seen videos on YouTube, however not one of them made it clear that one of the screws is different and therefore should be kept apart. Whereas in this guide, that fact is extremely clear. So thank you. And keep up the good work.

Stefan Hoenig - May 26, 2019

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Mit ein paar Bildern besser erklärt als manches Video was im WWW es versucht… danke.

cordula.germany - Jul 2, 2019

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Super Dankeschön. Habe es auf Anhieb hin bekommen .super erklärt

Ernst Michel - Dec 30, 2020

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Prima Job! Mit dieser Anleitung habe ich alles in den Griff bekommen!Danke :-)