Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

8

Time Required

                          25 minutes            

Sections

2

  • Access Panel
  • 5 steps
  • Battery
  • 3 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Access Panel               
  • As with all electronic devices, make sure your device is powered off before you begin.
  • Gently lift up the access panel; it should easily “pop” open.

As with all electronic devices, make sure your device is powered off before you begin.

Gently lift up the access panel; it should easily “pop” open.

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Step 2

  • Remove 14mm screws on the front panel with a J1 Phillips head screwdriver.
  • There are 8 screws in total.

Remove 14mm screws on the front panel with a J1 Phillips head screwdriver.

There are 8 screws in total.

Step 3

  • Be gentle, the rubber seal is fragile and easy to tear, resulting in cosmetic damage to your device.
  • Using the ifixit Opening Tool, carefully pry off the rubber seal around the sides.
  • The seal is held by adhesive, if this is proving difficult you can use a heat gun to help the process.

Be gentle, the rubber seal is fragile and easy to tear, resulting in cosmetic damage to your device.

Using the ifixit Opening Tool, carefully pry off the rubber seal around the sides.

The seal is held by adhesive, if this is proving difficult you can use a heat gun to help the process.

Step 4

  • The cover is the most difficult part to remove. As you work, pry continuously, moving the tool around the device, working it a little further as you go.
  • Using the ifixit Opening Tool, pry open at the seam found under the rubber seal.
  • As the cover starts to come off, you can lift up using your hand.

The cover is the most difficult part to remove. As you work, pry continuously, moving the tool around the device, working it a little further as you go.

Using the ifixit Opening Tool, pry open at the seam found under the rubber seal.

As the cover starts to come off, you can lift up using your hand.

Step 5

  • Gently squeeze the internal locking mechanism inside the red and white terminals with either your fingers or a pair of precision tweezers.
  • While squeezing the internal locking mechanism, pull back the terminal.
  • Repeat this process for the second speaker.

Gently squeeze the internal locking mechanism inside the red and white terminals with either your fingers or a pair of precision tweezers.

While squeezing the internal locking mechanism, pull back the terminal.

Repeat this process for the second speaker.

Step 6

              Battery               
  • Using a cutting tool such as a Jimmy steel blade or wire cutter, cut the cable tie surrounding the battery.
  • Be careful not to damage the battery while cutting the cable tie surrounding the battery.

Using a cutting tool such as a Jimmy steel blade or wire cutter, cut the cable tie surrounding the battery.

Be careful not to damage the battery while cutting the cable tie surrounding the battery.

Step 7

  • Using the ifixit Opening Tool, pry out the battery power supply connector.
  • Pull and remove the battery power supply connector.

Using the ifixit Opening Tool, pry out the battery power supply connector.

Pull and remove the battery power supply connector.

Step 8

  • After disconnecting the power supply connector, pull the battery out of its case.

After disconnecting the power supply connector, pull the battery out of its case.

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

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Pierre Vanhoorenbeeck - Apr 18, 2021

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Bravo ! Le choix de cet appareil symbolique !

Lux Valet - Feb 2, 2022

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Seriously

Couldn’t the lady get her

’nails did’