Battery Disconnect

Before you begin, switch off your phone.

Apply a heated iOpener to the back of the phone to loosen the adhesive beneath the back cover. Apply the iOpener for at least two minutes.

Secure a suction handle to the bottom of the back cover, as close to the edge as possible.

Lift the back cover with the suction handle to create a small gap between the cover and the frame.

Insert an opening pick into the gap.

Slide the opening pick to the bottom left corner.

Insert a second opening pick and slide it to the bottom right corner to cut the adhesive.

Leave the opening picks in place to prevent the adhesive from resealing.

Insert a third opening pick at the bottom left corner.

Start to slide the tip of the opening pick from the bottom left corner along the side of the phone to cut the adhesive.

Leave the opening pick in its place at the top left corner to prevent the adhesive from resealing.

If the adhesive becomes hard to cut it most likely cooled down. Use your iOpener to reheat it.

Insert a fourth opening pick under the top left corner of the back cover.

Slide the opening pick along the top edge of the phone to cut the adhesive.

Leave the opening pick in the top right corner to prevent the adhesive from resealing.

Insert a fifth opening pick at the top right corner of the phone.

Slide the opening pick along the right side to cut the remaining adhesive.

Lift and remove the back cover.

Use a pair of tweezers to carefully peel the adhesive strip off the mother board and the battery and remove it.

Use a pair of tweezers to peel the black adhesive strip off the battery connector and fold it out of the way.

Use a spudger to pry up and disconnect the battery connector.