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Sony Xperia Z5 Compact Battery Replacement

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    • Power off and remove SIM card tray.

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    • Heat up the back cover to soften the adhesive.

    • Place the suction cup to open a gap from top side, then insert guitar picks and slide it to cut the adhesive underneath.

    • Remove back cover.

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    • Twist off 10 Phillips screws all.

    • Loosen NFC clip and flashlight clip.

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    • Remove the plastic bracket.

    • Pry up and remove back frame.

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    • Remove front camera.

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    • Remove rear camera.

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    • Remove loudspeaker.

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    • Release charging port connector.

    • Remove plastic protective bar.

    • Pry up motherboard assembly from this side. There are three flex connectors connecting the motherboard underneath. So pry up the motherboard assembly gently.

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    • Push audio jack out of the slot, no adhesive underneath.

    • Release LCD flex connector and main flex connector. Use a small flat tool to flip up the white edge of the connector to release tension on the end of the flex cable. Then the flex cable should slide out without any resistance.

    • Separate motherboard assembly from middle housing.

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    • Take away NFC antenna on battery.

    • Be aware that the NFC antenna is held by an adhesive and made of thin plastic. Remove it very carefully.

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    • Release battery connector.

    • Pull straight out on the black ends of the battery adhesive strips until they come off.

    • Pry up and remove battery.

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    • Place the new battery adhesive strips on the motherboard

    • Press the new battery in place

    • Follow all the steps in reverse to reassemble your phone

Conclusion

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

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18 Comments

Will the device boot up with no error message after replacing it with new battery? Or do you need some programming before or after replacing it?

Christian Duane Co - Reply

There is no error when battery is changed.

Just successfully changed my battery without any issue. Booted up normally and able to do everything I was able to do before.

Thank you for the awesome guide :)

DANIEL SOESILO -

The Sony Experia Z5 Compact is water and dust proof. Will heating the back after putting it back on reseal the phone - or is there another step that needs to be added?

Steven Cox - Reply

You can watch the repair video on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/lagaiPhoneS..., but I fixed it here https://lagaiphone.se/shop/sony-z5-compa... they used the adhesive but no water resistant warranty after repair. so far so good!

LagaiPhone -

Pretty annoying, this mentions NOTHING about the battery adhesive strips to order separately, and neither of the “things to buy” come with them. I just replaced my battery, but it’s just flopping around inside at the moment. Where do I order the battery adhesive strips to adhere the battery to the motherboard? Note for others doing this too, you NEED the adhesive strips separately beside the battery and the back adhesive!

michael - Reply

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