it's okay
still not Faris oh hi I'm KK in today I
am going to try to replace the battery
in a retina MacBook Pro so this repair
according to I fix it is one of the most
difficult repairs because the battery is
really glued on to the lower case but
because I work at I fix it I have lots
of access to engineers so yesterday I
gave them a call and they gave me a
couple of tips and tricks before I got
started hey Jeff okay so I'm actually
going to try well no I'm not going to
try I'm going to replace the battery in
a 13-inch retina MacBook Pro looking
through the guide got a little bit
intimidated and thought
I have engineers I can call and I'm very
lucky so just wanted to give you a call
and see if you had any tips or tricks
for me
we scored this laptop of 1 out of 10 on
our ability scale you're in for a
challenge right off the bat I want to
say this is a difficult guide but it's
mostly tedious I would just tell you
don't rush it
what's the worst thing that could happen
I would recommend discharging the
MacBook as much as you can before you
start the repair be careful that you
don't pry against the motherboard or the
little trackpad control board I like to
slip a piece of tinfoil in underneath to
protect the screen because that is
directly underneath everything and so if
you go too crazy with the adhesive
remover you can get some of it on the
screen do you recommend like having a
bucket of sand
yes I would definitely recommend having
a bucket of sand or some kind of
disaster prep scenario we have a link at
the top of the guide for what to do with
a swarm battery they can be dangerous so
if it looks funky if it looks swollen or
sweaty read the precautions that we've
laid out and then decide if you want to
proceed to prepare well thanks Jeff I
think I have everything you need just
needed a little bit of confidence from
the friends you got this I'm gonna get
started so I have the iFixit guide here
and I have the kit first thing we gotta
do according to the guide is remove the
lower case which is secured to the upper
case most of these screws are the same
length the two middle screws in the
middle of the MacBook those are actually
a different length so you're going to
want to keep them in order I have my
magnetic mat here so I can write
everything down and make sure everything
stays in the same place Oh
connected with clips hope I didn't break
anything but I'm pretty sure that is how
it's supposed to go step one and almost
any repair is to disconnect the battery
battery connector is over here you
always want to go slow but I definitely
don't put yeah that popped right out so
I have kind of bent it back so that no
power can circulate through the machine
now I am going to remove the right
speaker so I am going to remove the two
Torx screws that are securing the logic
board
and two so far so good almost just too
simple the next thing I want to do is
the flat edge of the spudger to pop up
the i/o board off its socket so there is
a caution sign here it says be careful
only to pry up the i/o board cable not
on the socket itself and if you do you
can risk damaging your logic board but
if I do damage the logic board at least
we know Luis Rossman
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so next thing I'm going to do is now
that I have the i/o board cable out of
the way I can disconnect the right
speaker cable from the connector I'm
gonna do that now
there we go so now I am going to
carefully peel the right speaker cable
off of the upper case which is not hard
to do really you're just trying to give
yourself more room to be able to take
out the battery there are a lot of
screws securing the speaker to the upper
case so I guess we're going to remove
some screws it was the first one second
one and so with those screws out of the
way I can now lift the right speaker
from the cable and pull it free from the
case okay so now we've got to do the
same thing on the right side this one
seems oh there we go there's the second
one
there it is so the next step is popping
the trackpad connector straight up out
of its socket so that is this guy here
and feel like a pro disconnecting
connectors now that came right out
alright so we're gonna lift this
trackback cable up to be able to make
room for the battery to come out and
it's fill up fairly easily not resisting
at the very end of the connector there
is a zip connector that I need to
disconnect so I have to open the bracket
on the ZIF connector oh there we go
well most of the disassembly is moving
and shaking so I'm on step 22 of the
guide and it's asking me to put aluminum
foil between the display and the
keyboard so in the case that the
adhesive remover falls into the wrong
places the foil is hopefully going to
protect my display Oh open that a little
bit all right just please work oh the
next thing you need to do I guess this
is getting more and more dangerous I
need to put on glasses and safety gloves
alright so this is I guess where the
real fun begins so I have my iFixit
adhesive remover one of the tips I got
from Taylor and Jeff or just go slow and
be patient and so I'm reading that you
actually have like two times as much
adhesive remover in this bottle than you
need so just keep that in mind when you
are putting it into the battery alright
so Jeff and Taylor also told me to start
on the outsides of the battery the
trackpad is in the center of the battery
and you can do some damage there so you
just want to be extra careful as you're
prying things out so starting with the
right I don't know why it feels so
strange to put liquid in a battery but
here we go
okay
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so let's see if that little amount of
adhesive did it I mean I should probably
wait a little bit longer but I
definitely think that I need a little
bit more adhesive remover so here we go
all right so try to with the card
promising oh okay right one is out I'm
about 30 minutes into this repair and I
still only have one battery sellout
which feels crazy to me we are going to
repeat this process on the next cell so
we did the very right cell and you can
see that up and now we're gonna do one
right next to it I wish the guide told
me where to apply the adhesive remover
it just says apply a small amount under
the battery there's lots of places to
choose from top side bottom wish I knew
where but I'm just gonna go on the side
because that feels right when I replace
the battery in my 2012 MacBook Pro it
literally took ten minutes I like to
think of batteries as oil changes like
you're gonna need to replace it if you
want to keep your device running and
when you do things like completely blew
it down to the case this is an awful
experience it's gonna go in with the
card again same tactic
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yep nope that's not working
so I guess I will continue to add
adhesive remover and maybe tilt it a
little bit like I hope that's okay in my
mind the adhesive is stuck under there
so you want to use a little too easy
get it in there guide doesn't say to do
this let's hope I'm not screwing
anything up there's just a lot of gross
adhesive right here and you can see
there's still a lot of residue left on
the case as well okay let's see if we
are getting anywhere
more louver the card is sliding in more
ah huzzah throw my card under there and
outside one
so here hide some amount of adhesive
remover
I think the guide says 45 minutes to two
hours and I really think that probably
depends on this part right here the
adhesive but it's no okay
more adhesive remover trying again
ah okay
I really really want to keep prying
pretty hard but I have Jeff in my mind
just telling me you shouldn't ever force
anything in repair especially a battery
so I guess I will put a teensy bit more
adhesive remover in oh sorry boxes okay
oh geez okay all right so now I have
just the middle cell which I have been
warned is that it scariest I guess
Taylor and Jeff both told me to be
really careful with crying because
there's a lot of components around and
then this is where they told me to
potentially elevate my matchbook I have
a pair of speakers so I'm just gonna
look that
still waiting for the adhesive remover
to do its thing and then I'm going to
take this right card and then continue
to pry from the right versus prying from
the down here where I can potentially
damage that board all right so now comes
apparently the hardest part of this
repair and it is pulling out this middle
battery both Jeff and Taylor warned me
to be very careful with the trackpad and
so here I go I'm gonna pry from side ish
up here you're getting there not quickly
but okay
I'm feeling a little bit defeated on the
right side so maybe the left side will
be more productive you shouldn't be
laughing this much okay underneath these
batteries is a bunch of sticky gunk and
that is what we are fighting with and so
that's why it takes so long for the
adhesive remover to work there's nothing
technically difficult about it which is
what Jeff and Taylor said which is why
they are our teardown engineers it's
just annoying like getting this adhesive
up it's just tedious and time-consuming
and you just don't want to go too fast
oh my gosh so close the card is under ah
okay um I got it this is the money shot
oh yeah thing is just completely coated
in a lot of adhesive so with the battery
out I'm going to start getting off the
rest of this gunky adhesive before I put
my new battery in guide says you can
just start with your fingers all right
I'm still battling the last of the
adhesive I'm fairly close to being done
here just scraping it up now I think we
are ready to put the new battery back in
I'm going to take off my gloves because
I think I'm allowed to do that or I want
to do that because I do though there is
plastic if you bought the i6a kit you
can see that the adhesive is already on
the battery which is nice I started
doing that with iPhones as well which
makes your pair a lot easier doing this
super gracefully
all right so that screw is in and it
should just push right in there putting
the speaker back in just doing this
whole thing in Reverse there we go and
then I'm gonna go ahead and tighten
those those up all right and that's just
pressed right in there
luckily my battery isn't adhered too far
down yet so I still have a little bit of
room to play with so I can snap this guy
in so lay him back down and then we got
one more so you go right here
so gonna replace the bracket on the i/o
board I'm gonna put the battery back in
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so let us get this tape back on
all right so I am going to lift this up
and see how much adhesive remover got on
the foil and seemingly none soda
positive powering it on now hopefully it
will recognize it and if it does I have
a beer here waiting for me it turned on
good sign alright so all done if you've
got a hard repair that you want to see
me try go ahead and drop that into the
comments and I'll see you next time
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