your phone battery isn't holding charge
like it used to which means it might be
time for a new one it's easier than you
may think
stick around because today I'm going to
show you how to replace the battery in
your iPhone six-plus hi i'm Gwendolyn
and for this repair you're going to need
a pentalobe screwdriver a nice clock a
spudger or plastic opening tools
tweezers a phillips double zero
screwdriver and in the event that
something goes wrong with the battery
adhesive you may need the help of an eye
opener and some plastic cards for prying
I already have the majority of the tools
I need in my pro tect tool kit so I'm
ready to get started and I also have my
magnetic mat it helps keep screws
organized so I never do a repair without
it when you do your repair be sure to
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
really cool and very helpful so every
time you do a repair you want to make
sure your device is completely off and
once you do that you can start by
removing the two pentalobe screws at the
bottom of the thumb
with those screws out now we're ready to
open our phone to do that I'm going to
use this tool called the ice glide the
ice flex prise your phone open just
enough making sure it won't damage any
cables inside your iPhone if you don't
have a nice slack you can use a
combination of a small suction cup or
your spudger and opening tools to
private phone open just be extremely
careful not to damage any cables inside
your phone using the ice plaque is super
simple just position the suction cups
right over the home button and open the
handles once the suction cups are fully
engaged
just press the handles together and
you'll have an open phone we're gonna
disconnect the battery before we move on
to the rest of the repair and to do that
we're going to remove the two screws
holding the bracket that's holding the
cable in place and then use the flat end
of our spudger to disconnect it just be
careful to only disconnect the cable and
not the socket on the logic board keep
in mind 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 and before we
get to those we're going to have to
remove a cable bracket which is screw to
place by five Phillips screws and there
are all those cables to disconnect them
I'm just going to use the flat end of my
spudger
next we need to remove the three
adhesive strips that hold the battery in
place the adhesive strip has a tab that
can be lifted by using some tweezers
once you've lifted the tab successfully
carefully pull the right tab straight up
making sure to keep it flat and not
twisted slowly work your way around the
battery keeping the tab as flat as
possible with that one done pull the
left tab up and around the corner of the
battery and finally work on the last
remaining tab in the middle instead of
pulling it to either side of the battery
just pull it straight back but be
careful the components at the bottom of
the phone don't rip the tab now that the
adhesive strips have been removed the
battery will lift right out of the phone
if your tabs break and you're unable to
retrieve them with blunt tweezers we
recommend the heat and scrape option
outlined in step by step guide for
reassembly we recommend you follow that
step by step guide on a fix-it comm in
Reverse and if you're in the mood to see
the reassembly on video check out the
iPhone six-plus 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 you can find me on twitter
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