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Prerequisite only guide to remove the battery in an iPhone 15 Pro.
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iPhone 15 Pro Battery Removal
Prerequisite only guide to remove the battery...
Apple iPhone 15 Pro
Moderate
1 - 2 hours
Guide 216511
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Prepare your iPhone for disassembly
Tape over any cracks
Mark your opening picks
Remove the pentalobe screws
Heat the bottom edge
Insert an opening pick
- Apply a suction handle to the bottom edge of the screen.
- Pull up on the handle with a strong, steady force to create a gap between the screen and the frame.
- Insert the tip of an opening pick into the gap.
Screen information
- There are two delicate cables connecting the screen to the phone: one just above the action button, and the other near the middle of the left edge.
- There are multiple spring contacts around the perimeter of the phone. Be extra careful not to insert your pick deeper than suggested in these locations to avoid bending the contacts.
Separate the bottom edge adhesive
- Slide your pick back and forth along the bottom edge to separate the adhesive.
- Leave your pick inserted in the bottom right corner to prevent the adhesive from re-sealing.
Heat the right edge
- Heat the right edge of the screen until it's hot to the touch.
Position the opening pick
- Slide your pick around the bottom right corner of the screen and toward the power button until you feel a hard stop at a clip securing the screen.
- Rotate your pick so the flat edge is under the screen.
Release the right clip
- Twist the pick to increase the gap between the screen and the frame until the right clip releases.
- Insert a second opening pick to the right of the first pick.
Separate the right edge adhesive
- Slide the first pick back to the bottom right corner of the screen.
- Slide the second pick to the top right corner of the screen to separate the adhesive.
- Leave these picks inserted to prevent the adhesive from resealing.
Heat the top edge
- Heat the top edge of the screen until it's hot to the touch.
Separate the top edge adhesive
- Slide your pick around the top right corner and along the top edge to release the two clips and adhesive securing it.
Heat the left edge
- Heat the left edge of the screen until it's hot to the touch.
Separate the left edge adhesive
- Rotate your pick around the top left corner of the screen.
- Slide your pick to the bottom left corner of the screen to separate the adhesive.
Prop up the screen
- Place a small box or stack of books to the left of your phone so you can prop up the screen while disconnecting its cables.
- Swing up the right edge of the screen like the front cover of a book.
- Prop up the screen so you can access its cables without straining them.
Unfasten the logic board cover
- Use a Y000 screwdriver to remove the six screws securing the logic board cover:
- Four 1.6 mm‑long screws
- Two 1.3 mm‑long screws
Remove the logic board cover
- Rotate the bottom of the logic board cover counterclockwise and slide the top left corner out from under the ambient light sensor cable to remove it.
Disconnect the battery
- Use the tip of an opening pick to pry up and disconnect the battery press connector from the bottom right corner of the logic board.
Disconnect the screen
Disconnect the ambient light sensor
- Gently slide the tip of an opening pick under the ambient light sensor cable near the top left corner of the logic board.
- Lift the cable to disconnect it.
Remove the screen
Disconnect the Taptic Engine
Unfasten the Taptic Engine
Remove the Taptic Engine
- Remove the Taptic Engine.
Adhesive information
Separate the pull tabs
- Use the tip of an opening pick to gently unstick an edge of an adhesive pull tab from the edge of the battery.
- Use blunt nose tweezers to grip the edge of the pull tab and pull it completely off the edge of the battery.
- Repeat for the other two pull tabs.
Remove the stretch release adhesive
- Pull one of the pull tabs out from under the battery until you can grip it with your fingers or wrap it around your tool.
- Hold the phone steady using the edges of the frame—don't press down on the battery.
- Pull the strip slowly, evenly, and at a low angle without dragging on other components.
- Continue pulling, re-gripping or wrapping it around your tool as you go, until the strip fully releases from under the battery.
- Repeat this step for the other two strips.
Alternate method to remove the battery
- If the top strip remains, prop up the top edge of the phone.
- If either of the bottom strips remain, prop up the left edge of the phone (the side with the volume buttons).
- Use a pipette or syringe to apply a few drops of highly-concentrated isopropyl alcohol (over 90%) to the elevated edge of the battery.
- Wait one minute for the isopropyl alcohol to flow under the battery and soften the adhesive.
Pry up the battery
- Insert the short edge of a plastic card between the bottom edge of the battery and the frame.
- Gently pry up the battery until the adhesive fully separates.
Remove the battery
- Remove the battery.