if your battery is giving you trouble in
your phone you're in luck because today
I'm gonna show you how to replace the
battery in your iPhone se for this
repair you're going to need an eye
opener the ice Clack a P two pentalobe
screwdriver a Philips triple zero
screwdriver some plastic cards a plastic
opening tool a small suction cup a
spudger and some tweezers I have most of
the tools I need in my pro tect tool kit
and I also have my magnetic mat it helps
keep me organized along the way this is
just an overview so be sure to check out
our step by step guide on ifixit.com
when you do your repair the first step
is to open the phone and it's as simple
as removing the two pentalobe screws on
either side of the lightning connector
once those are out and organized on your
mat use your ice clock to pop open the
phone slide the iPhone between both
suction cups and press firmly right
above the home button then just pop it
open don't open the phone too far or you
risk damaging the home button cable or
the socket it plugs into keep the cable
loose if it's stretched taut it's too
far if you don't have an ice Clack you
can open your phone with a suction cup
and an opening tool we outline this
alternative in steps 5 through 7 on our
guide once the phone is cracked open we
can get to work on the home button cable
that is tethering it to the rear case
first use your spudger to pry the
bracket then use your spudger to
disconnect the cable when the connector
has been released you can pull the home
button end of the assembly away from the
rear case using the top of the phone as
a hinge open the display to about a 90
degree angle and lean it against
something to keep it propped up while
you're working on the phone add a rubber
band to keep the display securely in
place while you work this prevents undue
strain on the display cables time to
disconnect the battery to do that we
just need to remove the two screws
holding the bracket in place remove the
bracket and then disconnect the battery
with your opening tool
now that there's absolutely no power to
the phone we're going to work on
disconnecting the display from the logic
board there's a bracket protecting all
the cables we need to disconnect it's
held in place by several screws of
differing size so make sure you take
notes on your magnetic mat where these
came out or you could damage your logic
board
if you reassemble them in the wrong
order now you can take the bracket out
of the phone and get to work on
disconnecting all those cables holding
the display in place to remove the
battery use the tip of your spudger to
lift the battery adhesive tabs lift the
tabs just enough to cut the black tab
with scissors between the two white
adhesive strips just be careful to cut
up not down so you don't puncture the
battery try to keep the strip's flat and
unwrinkled during the next procedure
wrinkled strips will stick together and
break instead of pulling out cleanly
slowly pull one of the battery strips
away from the battery towards the bottom
of the iPhone guide the strip carefully
around the corner and up the side of the
battery be careful not to snag it on any
of the other internal components repeat
this procedure with the last strip
if you were able to remove the battery
strip successfully you can just lift the
battery out of the phone that's it for
this repair for reassembly we recommend
you work backwards on a step by step
guide when you do your repair you can
find all the parts and tools you need
for this and many other repairs at
ifixit.com good luck and let me know how
it goes you can find me on Twitter at
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