if the battery in your phone is acting
up maybe it's time for a replacement so
today I'm going to walk you through
replacing the battery in your iPhone 5s
hi I'm Gwendolyn with iFixit and for
this repair you're going to need an ice
Clack an iphone 5-point pentalobe
screwdriver a Philips double-0
screwdriver plastic opening tools a
spudger and scissors I already have the
majority of these tools in my pro tect
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 you can also
see comments and notes from other users
who have followed it which can be
extremely helpful first things first I'm
going to make sure that my iPhone is
completely powered off and once I've
confirmed that I'm going to get started
by opening the phone and removing the
two screws by the Lightning connector
with those screws out I'm going to get
started with opening my phone and to do
that I'm going to use this tool called
the ice black the ice black prise your
phone open just enough making sure it
won't damage the home button cable that
connects the display assembly to the
lower part of the phone if you don't
have an ice Clack you can use a
combination of a small suction cup in
your spudger to pry the phone open just
be extremely careful not to damage the
home button cable or its connector using
the ice black is super simple just
position the suction cup right over the
home button open the handles and once
the suction cups are fully engaged
just press the handles together and
you'll have an open phone now we have
the phone open just enough room to
disconnect the home button cable and to
do that we're going to use the pointy
end of our spudger and first pry up the
bracket that's covering the connector
with the bracket cover off
we just need to disconnect the cable but
be careful when you're working with your
spudger that you're only prying the
connector up not trying the entire
socket and now that the home button
cable is disconnected we can open our
phone 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 at the top of the phone but
before we can get to the cables we need
to remove the cable bracket which is
screwed in place by four Phillips screws
make sure you use an organizational tool
for keeping track of your screws they're
incredibly small and can vanish very
easily I'm using one of our magnetic
mats which holds the screws in place and
you can also make notes and keep track
of where the screws come from and there
are all those cables to disconnect them
we're going to use the flat end of our
sponger with the display assembly free
we can move on to our next step
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 end of our spudger to lift
the cable up and out of its socket make
sure you're prying the connector itself
and not the actual socket because you
don't want to break the connector
entirely the first step to removing the
battery is removing the adhesive strips
that hold it in place the adhesive
strips have a tab that can be lifted out
by using the pointy end of your spudger
once you've got it fully out cut the
black tab right between the two white
strips of adhesive carefully pull the
innermost tab straight up making sure to
keep it flat and not twisted with the
first one done pull the second tab up
and around the corner of the battery
now that the adhesive strip has been
removed the battery will lift 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 the reassembly on video check out
the iPhone 5s reassembly video on our
channel you can find all the parts and
tools you need for this and many more
repairs at ifixit.com and let us know
how it goes
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