Does your iPhone 5 lose its charge too quickly? Are you constantly carrying
around your charger because your phone dies so often? If your answer is yes, read
on to learn how to replace your iPhone 5 battery by yourself. After reading this
article feel free to watch the accompanying video on YouTube and subscribe to JerryRigEverything!
Today’s tutorial will teach you how to replace your iPhone 5 battery yourself, in
minutes. Replacement batteries can be found by clicking this link:
The tools used for this repair can be found on Amazon by following this link:
Bonafide Hardware Smartphone tool kit
Gather these tools for the job: a pentalobe screwdriver, a suction cup that will fit
on the phone screen, a plastic nonmarring tool (or a razor blade if you don’t mind
scratching the phone a bit), and a small phillips screwdriver. Before you begin, as
with most other repairs, make sure you have turned your phone off completely.
There are only 4 screws you’ll be removing for this job.
The first step is to get the first two screws out; they sit at the bottom of the phone,
one on each side of the charging port. Use the pentalobe screwdriver for these guys
because these are pentalobe screws. Next, suction the suction cup firmly onto the
screen. Then, take your nonmarring tool, or razor blade, and carefully pry the
screen up and away from the base, but be careful not to lift the screen off too much
because it could damage your phone. Position the screen to be perpendicular to the
base, not parallel. What I mean is that you should not flip up the screen and then
lay it down like you might do with a spiral notebook cover. If you’re confused by
this the video will clear it up.
Once it’s opened you’ll see the battery, it’s the largest thing in there with all the
caution and recycle symbols all over it. Near the bottom of the phone, next to the
battery you will see the last two screws connected to a metal bit and under that is
the battery cable that connects the battery to the motherboard. Remove those two
screws with a phillips head screwdriver and then also remove the metal bracket
that the screws were holding down. You will have just revealed the cable which
says “certified personnel only” and that is what you will snap up lightly, to lift the
battery out. In the video, the battery comes out fairly easily, but this is because it
was loosened ahead of time. Your battery will be stuck on a bit tighter, so
carefully, and patiently, tug harder. Once the old battery is out, place the new one
in the old ones spot and snap the cable tab back in. Now, you can replace the metal
bracket using the last two screws to secure it, put your screen back on and click it
into place, replace your pentalobe screws, and you’re done.
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