Hi I'm Gwendolyn with iFixit and today I'm going to show you how to replace the
battery in your iphone 7 plus. For this repair you're going to need a spudger, a
small suction cup, iFixit opening pics, a p2 pentalobe screwdriver, an iOpener, a
Tripoint Y000 screwdriver, a phillips double-0 screwdriver and tweezers.
When you do your repair be sure to follow the step-by-step guide on iFixit.com
not only does 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 iOpener to soften the adhesive that secures the display to the phone.
We outline how to heat up your iOpener and steps 2 through 4 on our guide.
lay the warm I opener over the lower edge of the phone
to soften the adhesive holding the display in place.
Now attach the suction cup 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 break.
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 the 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.
finally we get to use a screwdriver.
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 three
tripoint 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 been 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 strips. Slowly pull one battery adhesive tab away from the
battery towards the bottom of the iPhone It will seem like it never ends but it
will. Now repeat this for the last two strips while keeping your finger on the
battery so it doesn't fly out of your phone with your last strip. If by any
chance your strips rip we have a heat prime method on our guide in step 29.
You can easily remove the battery now.
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