if the battery in your iPhone 5c is
giving you trouble you've come to the
right place because today I'm going to
show you how to replace the battery in
your iPhone 5c hi I'm Gwendolyn with
iFixit and for this repair you're going
to need an ice Clack a phillips triple
zero screwdriver tweezers a spudger
scissors a pentalobe screwdriver and
plastic opening tools I already have the
majority of the tools I need in my pro
tech tool kit so I'm ready to get
started when you do your repair make
sure you follow the step by step guide
on ifixit.com not only does it walk you
through the complete repair but you can
also see comments and notes from other
users who have followed it which is
extremely helpful first things first I'm
going to make sure that my phone is
completely powered off and once I've
confirmed that I'm going to get started
opening my phone by removing the two
screws down by the lightning connector
with those screws out I'm ready to open
up my phone to do that I'm going to use
this tool called the ice clack if you
don't have a nice clack you can use a
combination of a small suction cup and a
spudger or an opening tool to pry the
phone open using the ice clack is super
simple just position the suction cups
right over the home button and open the
handles once the suction cup is fully
engaged just press the handles together
and you'll have an open phone now that
we have the phone open we can move on
but keep in mind that the display
assembly is still connected to the logic
board to get it completely off we're
going to need to disconnect all the
cables but before we get to those we
have to remove the cable bracket which
is held in place by four Phillips screws
make sure you use an organizational tool
for keeping track of your screws they
are incredibly small and can vanish
easily I'm using one of our magnetic
mats which holds the screws in place and
I can also make notes and keep track of
where the screws come from and there are
all those cables to disconnect them I'm
going to use the flat end of my spudger
with the display assembly free we can
move on to the next step which is
disconnecting the battery even though
our phone is powered down it's a good
idea to completely disconnect any power
sources before continuing any repair the
battery connector is located right below
the battery connector bracket which is
held in place by two Phillips screws to
disconnect the battery we're going to
use the flat in the bar spudger to lift
the cable out of its socket make sure
you're prying the cable connector itself
and not the actual socket the first step
to removing the battery is removing the
adhesive strips that hold it in place
the adhesive strip has a tab that can be
lifted up by using the pointy end of
your spudger once you've got it fully
out cut the black tab right between the
white adhesive strips and carefully pull
the innermost tabs straight up making
sure to keep it flat and not twisted
now that the adhesive strips have been
removed you can lift the battery right
out of the phone for reassembly we
recommend you follow the step by step
guide on ifixit.com in Reverse and if
you're in the mood to see a reassembly
on video check out the iPhone 5c
reassembly video on our channel you can
find all the parts and tools you need
for this and many other repairs at
ifixit.com and let us know how it goes
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