hi I'm Gwendolyn with iFixit and today
I'm going to show you how to replace the
battery in your iPhone 7 for this repair
you're going to need a spudger a small
suction cup I fix it opening picks a p2
pentalobe screwdriver an eye opener a
tripoint Y triple 0 screwdriver a
Phillips double zero screwdriver and
tweezers when you do your repair be sure
to follow the step by step guide on a
fix-it comm 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 as always
make sure your phone is off before you
begin this repair like previous iPhones
the first things we remove are the two
pentalobe screws on the bottom edge of
the iPhone next we heat up an eye opener
to soften the adhesive that secures the
display to the phone we outline how to
heat up your eye opener and steps two
through four on our guide lay the warm
iOpener over the lower edge of the phone
to stop in the adhesive holding the
display in place now attach the suction
cups to the lower half of the display
assembly just above the home button pull
up on the suction cup to create a small
gap between the display assembly in the
rear case grab a spudger and insert the
flat end into the gap slide the spudger
to the left along the lower edge of the
iPhone give the spudger a twist to widen
the gap between the display and the rear
case slide the spudger up the left side
of the iPhone starting at the lower edge
and moving towards the loud silent
switch be sure not to pry the top edge
of the display away from the rear case
it's held in place by plastic clips that
can brace now that the left side is done
move over to the bottom right corner and
do the same thing on the right side pull
the suction cup to a 10 degree angle the
display cables run along the right edge
so you don't want to tear them you can
remove your suction cup and slide an
opening pic underneath the display along
the top edge of the phone to loosen the
last of the adhesive pull the display
assembly away from the top edge of the
phone to disengage the clips holding it
to the rear case open the iPhone like a
book with the display as the cover and
the hinge on the right side we have four
tripoint screws that are new but luckily
we have a bit for them
remove the bracket and use the flat end
of your spudger to lift the battery
connector out of its socket on the logic
board next use the flat end of your
spudger to disconnect the two lower
display connectors from their respective
sockets on the logic board move to the
top of the phone and remove the two
Phillips screws securing the bracket
over the front panel sensor assembly
connector go ahead and remove the
bracket as well use the spudger to
disconnect the front panel sensor
assembly connector from its socket on
the logic board and just like that you
can remove the display let's remove the
two Phillips screws securing the
barometric vent to the rear case and
then just lift it out moving on we need
to use the flat end of our spudger to
disconnect the taptic engine connector
from its socket grab your Phillips
driver and remove the three screws
securing the taptic engine and once
those are out you can remove the taptic
engine grab your tweezers and peel back
the adhesive strips on the battery once
they are peeled it's time to remove the
adhesive strips remember to keep the
adhesive flat and unwrinkled while you
remove the strip's slowly pull one
battery adhesive tab away from the
battery towards the bottom of the icon
now repeat this with the last strip
while keeping your finger on the battery
so it doesn't fly out of the phone if by
any chance you're stripped rip we have a
heat and pry method on our guide in step
30 you can easily remove the battery now
that's it for this repair you can find
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