iPhone X Battery Replacement Guide

How to replace the battery of your iPhone X

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Difficulty

Medium

Duration

40 – 60 Min.

Tools

Pentalobe screwdriver
Cross-type screwdriver
Metal spatula
Special screwdriver Triwing
Plastic spatula
Suction cup
Spudger
Tweezers

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Preface

Use the following tutorial to easily change the battery on your iPhone X. You should make a backup of your iPhone before changing the battery and then turn it off.

Please note: After replacing your battery your iPhone will no longer be waterproof and you will lose your warranty.

Step 1: Loosen Pentalobe screws

Turn off your iPhone before you start the repair!

Remove the two pentalobe screws on the bottom of the device.

Step 2 a): Release display

Carefully lift the screen out of the frame using the suction cup and the thin metal spatula. Take care not to insert the spatula more than 2mm into the frame as there are several sensitive ribbon cables inside.

Step 2 b): Release display

Carefully slide the metal spudger along the other side to break up the adhesive holding the display in place. Take care not to insert the tool to deeply into the frame here, as well in order not to damage the sensitive sensors along the top edge of the iPhone.

Should you be unable to loosen the screen from the frame, try heating your iPhone a little with a hair dryer. Be careful not to let it get too hot so you won’t damage the battery. Heat it up only to the point where you can still comfortably touch the device.

Step 3: Remove metal cover

Open the screen like you would a book so you are able to reach these screws securing the metal cover. Lean the screen rest against the iPhone’s packaging or a book. Note exactly which screw goes where!

Step 4: Loosen connectors

Carefully remove these connectors using the plastic spatula. Start with the battery connector, then disconnect the others.

Step 5: Disconnect flat cable

Carefully remove this ribbon cable glued into the frame. Remove the adhesive tape from the screen and around the inside of the frame.

Step 6: Loosen screws

Remove these four tri-point Y000 screws and these three phillips screws. Take good care not to touch the grounding pads.

Step 7: Undo connector

Carefully lift the metal bracket a little bit, it is still attached to the device with a small ribbon cable. Remove the small connector underneath the metal bracket with the pointy end of the plastic spatula. Then, remove the metal bracket as well.

Step 8: Loosen the metal cover of the speaker connector

Remove this tri-point Y000 screw and remove the metal cover of the speaker connector underneath. Carefully remove the connector with the pointy end of the plastic spatula.

Step 9: Release speaker

Use the pointy end of the plastic spatula to carefully remove the speaker glued to the frame. Start near the edge of the frame and take care not to damage the cable you just disconnected.

Step 10: Remove adhesive

Hold the speaker by its edges and gently move it from side to side to separate it from the bottom of the frame. Then, remove any residual adhesive from the speaker grille.

Step 11: Undo the connectors of the Taptic Engine

Remove this phillips screw, disconnect the Taptic Engine and remove it from the frame.

Step 12: Warm backside

The battery is held in place by four strips of adhesive. Three are located underneath the bottom segment and one underneath the top segment. Each piece of adhesive has a tab at the marked spots which you can pull. To make it easier to remove, heat up your phone with a hair dryer from the rear side of the frame. Be careful not to let it get too hot so you won’t damage the battery. Heat it up only to the point where you can still comfortably touch the rear side of the device.

Step 13: Remove the adhesive strip

Carefully pull the black ends of the adhesives. Pull them steadily and very slowly with a maximum angle of about 30° and keep pulling until they slip out from underneath the battery. The strips will lengthen considerably, simply grab them near the battery and continue pulling.