Battery Disconnect

Switch off your phone.

Heat an iOpener to loosen the adhesive beneath the rear glass. Apply the iOpener for at least two minutes. If you have a heatbed with precise temperature control (like any FDM 3D printer with heatbed) 45°C is enough. You might want to repeat this step several times during the rear glass removal.

Apply a suction cup to the back of the phone, as close as possible to the center of the right edge.

Pull on the suction cup to create a gap between the rear glass and the frame.

Insert an opening pick into the gap.

Slide the opening pick along the edge to the bottom right corner.

Leave the opening pick in its place to prevent the adhesive from resealing.

Insert a second opening pick under the bottom right corner.

Slide the opening pick along the edge to the top right corner.

Leave the opening pick in its place to prevent the adhesive from resealing.

Insert a third opening pick under the top right corner of the back cover.

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

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

Insert a fourth opening pick under the top left corner.

Slide the opening pick along the edge to the bottom left corner to cut the adhesive.

Leave the opening pick in its place to prevent the adhesive from resealing.

Insert a fifth opening pick under the bottom left corner.

Slide it along the the edge to the bottom right corner to cut the remaining adhesive.

Remove the back cover.

Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the ten 3.6 mm-long screws from the motherboard cover.

Insert the tip of an opening pick under the motherboard cover.

Use the opening pick to lift the motherboard cover up and release the plastic clips that holds the cover in its place.

Remove the motherboard cover.

Use a spudger to disconnect the battery by prying the connector straight up from its socket.