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Middle of a battery replacement but battery connecter outlet is broken

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So I was in the middle of a Apple Watch Series 5 battery replacement, but found out that the logic board had a damaged and torn off battery connector (the connection from the battery to logic board has been broken and can’t plug the battery into the logic board) the logic board has a broken battery connection and was wondering what I should do? Is it possible to solder a new battery connector onto the logic board or just replace the logic board all together?

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Looks to me like the pads are reasonably intact. I would think it's definitely worth trying to find a replacement and/or a good repair person who can solder it in for you.

Hopefully some of our contributors who work with Apple repairs can help out with finding a replacement part.

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Fingers crossed!

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Double check that you did damage the SIP module. Here's a blow up of the connector on the SIP board

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If you have lifted the connector off of the SIP module its not likely you'll be able to resolder it down as the solder pads are so small you likely pulled them fully off so there is nothing to solder to! Post a clear picture that we can see what you have now Adding images to an existing question but I wouldn't hold out hope, sorry ;-{

At this point I think its time to throw in the towel. while replacing the SIP unit is possible finding one that is not locked is not easy! Just like an iPhone Apple did a very good job to protect your data and in doing so made repairing some areas quite hard and here replacing close to imposable!

So what to do? Carefully button up the watch with the orginal battery. Making it look like you've not entered, visit an Apple Store to see what it will cost to repair, only say the battery stopped working. I'm assuming the watch comes alive when placed on the charging puck. If not see what they will give you for credit to a new watch.

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Alright I put up a pic

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You'll need to find someone with the skills and tools to do this. This requires a special hoot air station as the nozzle needs to be quite small otherwise you'll cook things.

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