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Remove the battery from your iPhone 5

• Author: Optimus Goldberg 
• Time required: 10 to 15 minutes
• Difficulty: Moderate

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Bring life back to your iPhone 5 with a new battery.

Sections

• Front Panel Assembly 9 steps
• Battery 5 steps

Tools

• Phillips #00 Screwdriver
  
• Plastic Opening Tools
  

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Tools (continued)

• Small suction cup
  
• iPhone 5-Point Pentalobe Screwdriver
  

Relevant Parts

• iPhone 5 Replacement Battery$24.95 

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Step 1 — Front Panel Assembly 

• Before disassembling your iPhone, be sure it is powered off.
• Remove the two 3.6 mm Pentalobe screws next to the Lightning connector.

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Step 2 

• Press a suction cup onto the screen, just above the home button.
• Be sure the cup is completely on the screen to get a tight seal.

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Step 3 

• Make sure the suction cup is firmly attached to the front panel assembly.
• While holding the iPhone down with one hand, pull up on the suction cup to slightly separate the front panel assembly from the rear case.
• Take your time and apply firm, constant force. The display assembly is a much tighter fit than most devices.
• With a plastic opening tool, begin to gently pry the rear case down, away from the display assembly, while you pull up with the suction cup.
• There are several clips attaching the front panel assembly to the rear case, so you may need to use a combination of the suction cup and plastic opening tool to free the front panel assembly.

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Step 4 

• Continue to pry up around the sides of the front panel assembly, detaching the clips along the left and right side.

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Step 5 

• Do not try to completely remove the front panel assembly from the rear case, as there are several ribbon cables still attached at the top of the iPhone.
• Once the clips have been released on the bottom and sides of the front panel assembly, pull the bottom of the assembly away from the rear case.
• Lift the front panel assembly slowly up to about 90 degrees from the rear case.

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Step 6 

• Remove the following screws securing the front panel assembly cable bracket to the logic board:
  • Two 1.2 mm Phillips screws
  • One 1.6 mm Phillips screw

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Step 7 

• Remove the front panel assembly c
  able bracket from the logic board.