no matter how well you treat your iPhone
11 the battery that powers it won't last
forever
iPhone batteries last on average around
five hundred cycles which means after
two years of use
you're probably gonna at least notice a
decline in performance but you can fix
this problem no matter what you may have
heard replacing the battery in your
iPhone 11 is not only possible it's
actually very easy for this repair
you'll need an eye opener a set of
iFixit opening pics a suction handle or
ice clock a spudger tweezers and the
following screwdriver bits a pee tube
pentalobe bit a wide ripple zero bit a
phillips triple 0 bit and a standoff bit
warning opening the iPhones display will
compromise it's waterproof seals have
replacement seals ready before you
proceed past a step or take care to
avoid liquid exposure if you reassemble
your iPhone without replacing those
seals before you begin your repair
discharged your battery to below 25% a
charge the lithium ion battery can catch
fire and/or explode if you accidentally
damaged it while you're doing this
repair power off your phone and then
remove the 2 P two pentalobe screws at
the bottom edge of the phone near the
charging port the iPhones display is
secured with some adhesive to soften the
adhesive you need to place a heated
iOpener on the bottom edge of the phone
and leave it there for about a minute if
you have a crack display suction cups
might have a hard time attaching to the
glass if you're having trouble getting
them to stick cover the display with a
piece of clear packing tape if you have
an ice clock on hand the next step will
be easy but if you only have an eye fix
that suction handle follow the opening
procedure on the guide at ifixit.com
position the cups of the ice black near
the bottom edge of the iPhone one on the
front and one on the back and then press
the cups firmly into place making sure
the suction engages hold onto your
iPhone securely and close the handles of
the ice block so it slightly separates
the screen from the rear case of your
phone but be careful don't try and
separate the whole thing we're only
trying to make a gap for the next step
when you see a small gap up here insert
an opening pic into the gap under the
display to make sure the adhesive
doesn't read here once inserted slide
the opening pic around the lower left
corner and up the left edge of the
iPhone make sure you slice through all
the adhesive holding the displaying
please just be careful not to insert the
pic too far you could damage the
internals and you don't want to make
this a two-part repair to you take your
pic and insert it again at the bottom
edge but this time you guessed it slide
it up the right side of the phone to
continue supper
the adhesive the top edge of the display
is held on with both adhesive and clips
so gently pull the right side of the
display down slightly towards the
Lightning port and insert your pic in
the top right corner while gently
pulling down slide the pic across the
top edge of the iPhone and cut all the
adhesive in the way
now all the adhesive should be separated
you can open the iPhone up by swinging
the display up from the left side kind
of like the back cover of the book just
be careful and don't try and lift it all
the way off it's still attached to the
phone via ribbon cables next grab
something for you to prop up the display
like an old iPhone box and if you want
you can even use a rubber band to hold
it there you'll need your wide
triple-zero bit to remove the three
screws securing the battery connector in
place and then use some tweezers to
remove the bracket from the iPhone
with the pointy tip of your spudger or a
clean fingernail pry the battery
connector up and away from its socket on
the logic board grab your wide triple
zero again and remove the five screws
from the logic board cover bracket
and use your tweezers to remove the
bracket disconnect the LCD panel cable
the digitizer and the front panel
assembly connector with your spudger or
clean fingernail
once those are disconnected you can free
the display from the rest of the phone
with your phillips screwdriver remove
five screws securing the bracket at the
bottom of the phone below the taptic
engine and speaker after all that remove
the bracket with your tweezers next you
need to remove the five screws securing
the speaker and brackets be careful
because one of them is a standoff screw
make sure you note where each one comes
from they are all different sizes there
are small grounding clips on the top
right corner of the speaker that you
need to remove make sure you don't lose
it use your tweezers to remove the
taptic engine connector cover and then
lift and push aside the small board
covering the last hidden screw in the
bottom right hand corner of your iPhone
this is a standoff screw so go ahead and
remove it now insert the tip of your
spudger under the top right edge of the
speaker near the edge of the iPhone this
will help loosen the speaker so you can
gently pry it out you can now use your
fingers to gently wiggle it side to side
so you can remove it from the phone the
taptic engine is still held in place
with two Phillips screws take care of
those and you can disconnect the taptic
engine flex cable from its socket now
you can take out the taptic engine we've
finally arrived at the part we've all
been waiting for the battery to start
you need to locate the adhesive pull
tabs this phone has six pull tabs three
on the bottom and three on the top of
the battery we like to use our tweezers
to peel back the pull tab so we can get
a better hold of them do this for all
six tabs make sure to be careful you
don't want to puncture the battery once
you've done that grab the end of the
first pull tab and pull on it slowly and
low with your tweezers after your first
pull rolled the tweezers while still
holding the adhesive then pull again and
repeat till the strip comes out
completely do the same thing for the
five remaining strips as you pull don't
press on the battery simply hold the
iPhone by its sides
once you get to the last trip you can
hold the battery down so it doesn't fly
out with the last trip removed you can
now remove the battery if you break any
of the strip's and can't retrieve them
we have a process you can follow to
continue the repair over on the guide at
ifixit.com so now comes the reassembly
for this process we suggest that you
reinstall the taptic engine and the
speaker before you put your new battery
let's start with putting that taptic
engine back in the phone and connecting
its cable in the socket then we can
screw back in the two screws used to
secure it down now grab your speaker and
place it back into the phone secure it
by screwing the standoffs screw back in
and pressing down the small board that
covers it and then install the small
grounding clip on the top right corner
of the speaker grab your driver and
screw back in the five screws holding
the speaker in place remember one of
them is a stand off screw with your
tweezers place the taptic engine
connector cover back into place in the
correct orientation like a capital L if
you didn't lose the rubber pad that
covers the taptic engine connector go
ahead and put that back in place place
the lower bracket to secure static
engine and speaker in the phone and
screw it down
for a new battery you'll need to apply
new adhesive to we actually have an
entire video all about this walking you
through the process and we'll link to it
in the description below
once your adhesive is in place slowly
set the battery back into your phone and
connect your battery to the logic board
to make sure it's properly aligned use
your fingers to press the battery down
firmly to make sure the adhesive sets go
ahead and disconnect the battery now so
we can continue on with the rest of our
reassembly before you attach your
display you need to add new adhesive so
you can retain water resistance in your
phone we have a video on how to do that
and we'll link to it in the description
below
bring your display over to your phone
and with your clean finger or spudger
reconnect all the cables from the
display back onto the logic board now
you can connect the battery again once
finished lay the bracket that covers the
connectors back on and screw it back
into place
if you're displa still has the adhesive
liner go ahead and remove it now we're
ready to lay the display back down on
the phone carefully lower the display
and align the clips along the top edge
and then carefully press the top edge
into place before you press the rest of
the display down if you catch some
resistance check the condition of the
clips or in the perimeter of the display
and make sure they're not bent now go
ahead and screw back in the pentalobe
screws