iPhone 6s Battery Replacement

If you can’t identify which screwdriver in the kit to use, you probably shouldn’t be working on your phone. Just sayin’

This is very useful

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Even tape didn’t work on my first shattered screen 6S disassembly. Had to reset to the exacto/thin blade technique.

For me, it seemed like I only had one shot at the suction cup. It stuck on firmly the first time, but I noticed in the instructions that it was placed more on the side. I detached my suction cup and repositioned it and now it doesn’t stay (sucked) on. Hmmm.

My screen was SUPER shattered… the hair dryer did the trick. Patience it definitely the key… I tried putting tape over the glass but the suction cup wouldn’t stick to it at all but it stuck to the broken glass for a few seconds. I taped it up when I was finally able to move onto the next steps to keep the glass from getting everywhere then peeled it off for Step 10.

Hi, it looks like, from reading the comments, that separating the display assembly from the phone is a tricky step.

Would the piece of equipment, in the link below, be any use at this stage? Seems it could be used for all makes and models.

Any info would be appreciated.

https://youtu.be/8it4o9tx8tQ

I have a screen protector on my phone. I was wondering if it was going to be problem for the suction cup.

No, really. Do this on a table and use less strength than you think. If you open the display the whole way at this step you can easily rip the home button connections and one of several display connections at the top. <— too much experience... :(

Wow, that was tough. Patience, patience, patience. Did not use the iOpener, just firm and consistent pulling with the phone on a flat surface. When the suction cup comes off... clean the display surface and go back at it. I did use the pointed end of a spudger inserted into the headphone jack to hold down the bottom case whilst I pulled on the suction cup. Once there was sufficient room (see next step) you can just get the spudger (flat end) to slide in slightly.

On the 6s, which has an annoying black adhesive strip holding the display assembly on, I use the iSclack to loosen a very small area near the home button then insert a thin spudger and gently twist it a bit to release the adhesive. Do this around the bottom and both sides of the phone to release the screen. I usually have to break some of the adhesive strands when the opening is big enough.

My spudgers just too thick for initial insertion. In the end, fingernail on my thumb got me started, and I was able to get plastic picks in there to work it. The microwavable iOpener gel strip really helped.

Thanks plisi, your comments are helpful. I had to apply pressure several different times. Didnt realize until about the seventh time applying pressure that what I was doing was slowly loosening the adhesive. Patience is truly the key with this step. You may not think you're progressing but it's slowly prying away.

What happens if the cup won't even stick to the display because it is cracked and it will not hold air near the bottom of the phone?

hey everyone, i just did my first iphone 6S display...after many 5, 5c, and 5s iphones...just keep trying and carefully insert the spunger where they said...right around the headphone jack. The black adhesive makes it very tough to get it off unless you work at one corner. Be careful...but you can do it! ;-)

Use a razor, and go along the outside of the phone carevilly using the razor as a spudger. it will efficiently cut and weaken the adhesive while spudging the screen away from the frame. only takes 15 mins.... Use a workbench razor, not a flimsy one. If possible, use one where one side of the razor has a gaurd on it for better grip. Take it slow and try not to scratch the frame. Lots of pressure and patience is key!!!

Goodluck!!

-J

The first time you pull it apart there's black glue tape that you'll have to compete with to get it open. Be careful

Use a hairdryer about 2-3 inches from the phone on high heat for about a minute, moving the dryer the entire time. The phone opened for me in less than a minute after trying for several minutes without heating up the phone.

Careful ..delicate work. I also used a hot hair dryer around the perimeter for just a couple minutes to help loosen the adhesive bond. I then used my sadly short finger nail to help loosen the edge. I placed dental floss under the corner & carefully lifted the display very very slowly. This worked within about 3 minutes. As mentioned earlier the adhesive used in the iPhone 6s is very strong but this routine worked like a charm & was quick!

Much easier to do using the Spudger that is provided in the Pro Tool Kit. It has a thinner fin type head. The Spudger provided in this repair kit is definitely too thick and makes it far more difficult.

The spudger is too thick and the glue is too strong. Pulling up broke the glass below the power button. Now I am out $200 for a repair, plus a battery. Bummer. I am VERY good at repairing things. The adhesive on this is very very strong. The pentalobe tip that they send with the kits not milled well and I had to take a file and flatten the tip to get it to work - it is not finished well at all. I used the kit for the iPhone 6 for my Mom and had no problem. I am 51 and have been fixing things since I was very young.

Removing the display was the hardest part of the whole job. The adhesive is very strong, but just be patient. What I ended up doing was to use the suction cup, the flat end of the spudger, and an iFixit opening tool. I used the suction cup on the screen as directed. Then I placed the flat end of the spudger just a bit into the charging port and held down the phone body by the spudger on my work mat. I pulled up on the suction cup, pushed down on the spudger, and inserted the thin iFixit opening tool in the small seperation. I took my time and worked my way around all of the edges. After that it was really easy. I was able to reuse the adhesive, and my new battery install went just as planned.

Use a hair dryer as per the suggestions and this will definitely make the job easier and reducing the risk of breaking the display . Keep a steady pull of the display, don’t rush and it will start to show the small separation gap. An issue is that it will go back in place if you stop pulling before you can use the spudger tool. The suction tool that came with my repair kit did not have a ring on it as per the guide picture. It has a blue handle that is open on the side. I sat at my kitchen desk and opened a drawer. I hooked the open edge of the suction handle around the drawer side edge which me a third hand. I held the phone with one hand and pulled it away from the desk drawer. Once the separation started I could use my other hand with the flat edge of the spudger to complete the separation. Hope this helps.

Also tried it with the hair dryer - worked like a charm. 5 Minutes and the phone was open. The whole repair procedure took me about 45 minutes, and was ok. Re-assembling the three display-connectors has been a bit tricky, but with careful movements and taking the time it needs it was not a big problem. New display is very good, phone looks like new :-)

I had a badly cracked screen. Packing tape helped the suction cup stick. Heating the phone helped soften the adhesive, and in the end I pried the screen up at the headphone jack with a sharp pointy knife. That helped me get the spudger underneath. Not recommended if the screen is ok, like for a battery replacement, but mine was cracked so I figured I had nothing to lose. Great guide.

No need to turn the spudger full 90°. Just turn it a little.

Do not go into the top left corner too far your screen will crack i learned the hard way

Prop it up on something

an old iPhone box and a rubber band lightly around the display works great to hold it at 90

Smart idea :)

In the second picture I was originally wondering what that diagonal piece of material was. Now that I've done a repair I can say that it's the sticky adhesive around the edge of the phone lifting up with the screen.

In order to put the correct screw back where you took it out mark the head surface and a small dot beside the hole with a pen. Use coloured pens if you want the exact location for each screw/hole. This goes for steps 17, (23) and 29 too.

Please! Please! Please! Invest in a Magnetic Project Mat or its equivalent from fixit. It will assist you with completing your repair.

SERIOUS WARNING!: During *reassembly*, you should NOT reconnect the battery connector until the VERY LAST step (upon reassembly!), as many people, including myself, apparently have smoked (burned, destroyed) the main Logic board. This happens when you reconnect the LCD/digitizer assembly FPC cable. ifixit should modify this instruction to be very explicit about this!

If you remove the grey bar with the word “TAPTIC” next, removal of the battery adhesive is much easier. It can be pulled straighter back with less chance of tearing. Here’s an image with the securing screws identified.

If you securely anchor the screen to a can of soup, it is not necessary complete step 16 Front Panel Assembly. I was able to remove the two bottom (1.2 mm) screws and the 2.8 mm screw, but could not get the upper (1.2 mm) screw. I was able to remove the old battery with the Front Panel Assembly left in place.

Hi what it is called black cover between battery connector and sim card tray? Thanks

Thank you for this great guide!

I was able to skip removing the display assembly and logic board steps and lay the speaker upside down on the bottom edge of the logic board without putting undue pressure on the antenna cable making this a much easier and quicker repair for me. If you choose to leave the display assembly connected, I recommend using a rubber band to hold it to a box of similar size at a 90 degree angle to prevent damage and stress to the attached cables.

So, the steps I skipped were Steps 16 through 34 and Steps 37 through 45.

The 1.2mm screw in the top left corner is refusing to come out, any help?

My kit's screwdriver failed about the time I got to the last few steps in this tutorial. I had a cheap precision set with a #000 bit but that refused to seat in the screws. I went to Home Depot, bought a lifetime guarantee Husky precision set with #0000 through #0 bits and that worked beautifully on every screw.

The screwdriver in my kit doesn't remove the bottom two screws! any reason why?

I actually followed all the guide but isn’t the front panel disassembly skippable? And if so what are the benefits of removing it? Cause i had quite a hard time putting back in the connectors of the 3 flex cables.

I have the 6s from Dubai. the top left screw is different with the rest. I am stuck on this screw. i am clue less why this top left + screw.

Anyone have the same issue?

A precision screwdriver set is a wise investment for doing any of this work. I got a set from iFixit that is very well machined. Don’t expect the cheap drivers with kits to last more than one disassembly-assembly, if that! Also don’t keep mangled bits or drivers…throw them out!!!

what crews  should I use in this step PH000. OR Y000 OR P2 Plz help me

The kit provided with the replacement Battery of iPhone 6s does not include the right bits to remove the three 1,2mm screws! I had to remove it without removing the display.

The ifixit kit supplied screwdriver for the display cable bracket did NOT fit. (disappointing) So, I used scentar’s (comment above) method of a large rubber band wrapped around a book weighted kit box to hold it at 90 degrees. Leaving the screen attached and then removing and replacing the battery.

I had a problem reassembling the iPhone, my touchId wasn’t working any more even if the home button was working correctly. I don’t know why but loosening these 4 screw a bit made it work again. If I tight them again it doesn’t work. Maybe this can help someone.

Note carefully the order that they are removed.  My new display had them in the WRONG order and I spent about 2 minutes trying to figure out what was wrong until I compared the new screen with the old screen and saw that they were in wrong sequence.  Fortunately they were relatively easy to fold out of the way and put them in the right order.  After that they popped right into place.  The new cables don’t have the “fold” yet so display had to be held at 90 degrees until all three were installed and the cover reattached.

I pop up these screen connectors using my fingernail. After doing a lot of repairs, this is the easiest and fastest way to get them loose.

I can't seem to get the digitizer cable to snap back into place. Any suggestions?

Yes--if you, like me, could not get the digitizer connector to seat, you've probably got confused on the reassembly order. I had to remove the EMI shield (seven screws), and reinstall it ON TOP of the big flap tongue that comes with the new digitizer, rearranging the order of the connector tails. Note that one of the connectors is a bit shorter than the other, and one of the receptacles on the iPhone is shorter as well. Make sure you're laying down the tails and connectors in the right order when you reassemble! The display data cable--sideways to the others, toward the outer edge, goes first. Then the longer connector, and finally the shorter one. When they're seated, they're seated, and you'll be sure of it.

I notice there are 3 flex cables, does this disassembly guide apply to the verizon version of iPhone 6s? I don't want to order the wrong digitizer screen for my new and improved iPhone that i somehow managed to crack the screen on.

There are four cables to disconnect here to complete this process, at least on my phone. The replacement screen also had 4, so no problem.

If you're replacing the adhesive, be sure to check the two tabs on the display that receive the pentalobe screws before setting the display on the new adhesive. The tabs on my display were bent inward slightly—just out of reach of the pentalobe screws. I didn't bend these out before setting the display and was forced to re-open the display to adjust them, ruining my carefully placed adhesive.

There is no need to remove camera or the logic board if all you want to do is replace the lightning assembly. Leaving things in place will save you a number of steps. Proceed directly to Step 35 and save yourself all this work.

Also read comments on step 37 as others have also pointed out that there is no need to pull logic board and you can skip those steps mentioned.

Unless you are replacing the speaker you can skip to step 34 as there is no need to remove the logic board.

My replacement display was not functional, but I didn’t test it until after my adhesive was already applied. Might be worth double-checking the replacement screen works before applying the adhesive at all. (though I’m glad I tried it before closing it up!)

When reconnecting to the logic board, reverse the order, so display first, then digitizer and finally camera. The front pannel slides into small edge of the backchannel. So start at the top when you put front and back together.

be sure battery is disconnected before reassembling the display —in case you reconnected it to position battery

Remove the Taptic Engine. It's just 2 screws and this way you have a way better angle to remove the adhesive strips.

Read step 23 before performing 24, to understand how important it is not to tear the white adhesive bits, and how to pull it gently.

I agree with removing the Taptic Engine first, before pulling on the adhesive strips. It really, really helped. As long as your iPhone6s Taptic Engine looks like the one in the picture ( wide, and almost width of the battery. Mine also had black tape over it too, for some reason). This wide Taptic Engine only has the two screws to remove - no power connector cable! ( it uses contact pins on the underside to power the Taptic Engine ).

Removing Taptic Engine is defenitly a recommendation, easy to do, and prevents damage to it during strip removal. Placing the phone 5 minutes in front of blowing laptop heatsink makes it also easier.

By not removing the Taptic Engine, you would be making the next step twice as hard as it needs to be. This should be a mandatory step!

Think of it as pulling off a 3M Command (tm) strip. Slow and steady.

removing the taptic engine makes this step a lot easier, and give you a better angle to pull the tape.

I agree with removing the Taptic Engine first, before pulling on the adhesive strips. It really, really helped. As long as your iPhone6s Taptic Engine looks like the one in the picture ( wide, and almost width of the battery. Mine also had black tape over it too, for some reason). This wide Taptic Engine only has the two screws to remove - no power connector cable! ( it uses contact pins on the underside to power the Taptic Engine ).

You may find removing the taptic engine helpful if one adhesive strips breaks as well, you can sometimes get hold of the remaining adhesive to start pulling again with tweezers.

Jeez luckily i stumbled upon you guys saying about removing the taptic engine, was sweating for a minute. after removing the taptic engine i use tweezers to pull a bit out and use my fingers to pull it out. the rest is history :) thanks guys

Both of my strips broke, I can’t get the battery out.

Both of mine broke as well. Make sure that TAPIT thing is out, then use the blue pry bar to pry the old battery up. Pretty soon you’ll be able to reach the tweezers under there and grab a strip. It’s pretty amazing. Once the strip starts pulling away, the whole thing zzzzips out in one piece

The absolute most difficult part. The two bands broke so I had to use the spudger and some isopropyl alcohol to pry the old battery up. It was very contorted and possibly leaking when i set it aside. Be very patient on this step!!

It should be mentioned that these strips run the length of the battery, and that by pulling them, you will be allowing the battery to be removed. Also, don’t bend or break the battery since that may cause it to catch on fire or leak dangerous chemicals.

If you successfully remove all of the inside adhesive strip and snapped the outside adhesive then an alternative to step 25 is to start the removal from the inside edge of the battery.

Using the pointy end of the spludger, gently place it between the battery and main board and pry it up along the edge, it will lift easily as there no adhesive on this side.

As you lift it up you will then see the adhesive and you use the flat edge of sludger to break the adhesive off the phone.

Work slowly along the entire length of adhesive, back and forth until it comes away easily.

The battery will bend in the middle along the 2 cells so don't force it without breaking the adhesive as indicated in previous step.

You can also just use small screwdrivers to touch the adhesive after it breaks and then start rotating it around to get it to come out

BE SUPER CAREFUL. I just broke the volume up/down buttons and mute switch. Look at the photo on Step 26. Underneath the battery there is a tiny black ribbon cable. Doing step 25 wrong will rip that ribbon cable apart. Make sure you insert the card BELOW the volume up/down buttons!!!

Definitely agree with you, that photo is showing the wrong place to insert the card, right over the volume switch and ribbon cable. The card should be inserted as close the bottom of the battery as possible.

Zahnseide ist eine sehr sehr gute Idee, hat einwandfrei funktioniert.

Dental floss is a very very nice way to remove the battery :)

I recommend removing the Taptic Engine as described in step 23 comments. It was enough to allow me access to the second strip after it ripped.

I used a newer model heating pad instead of buying an iOpener - mainly because I had it laying around. I’ve used it successfully on two iphone battery swaps. Newer heating pads are well temperature controlled, and even the hottest setting isn’t that hot.

For french user : the best option to remove the adhesive if you broke up, is to use an ID card.

Pour les français : la meilleur option pour décoller l’adhésif si vous l’avez casser a l’étape précédente est d’utiliser une carte d’identité, car assez fine et souple pour ne pas abimer le le téléphone ou la batterie.

Dental floss worked like a charm.

When installing the new battery, before attaching the adhesive, first do a test fit. Note the best position so that the battery connector lands squarely on the phone socket. If you install the battery too high, you may have excess connector cable that you’ll have to creatively fold up and jam beside the battery.

ABSOLUTELY TEST FIT!!!!!!….I found that compared to the OEM battery, the the replacement battery connector is a bit longer and doesn’t seat easily in the socket without shifting the replacement battery as far LEFT as possible. I had to remove the replacement battery. It was extremely difficult and the replacement battery was flexed and started bulging so I disposed of it. I put the old one back successfully so waiting for another battery to arrive.

I can’t seem to get the connector on the new battery to click into place. I had to work a bit to align, as mentioned here, but it seems to be in the right place now. Just won’t ‘click’ and when I tried to use the cover to hold it, the connection is not stable. Any similar issues?

The earlier 6s MUST HAVE the 616-00033. I have had this happen too often. People bring in their 00036 and they do not fit.

Seriously these adhesive strips should have come with the battery!!! I have the dam phone apart on my desk and now have to wait for the adhesive!!

I bought a display assembly kit and a battery. I didn’t realize the adhsive slips are needed but not included with stand alone battery.

RATS.

Now I’m phone less till the strips arrive.

Options for batteries should be

1) full kit, battery, tools and adhesive strips

2) battery and adhesive strips or

3) just battery.

Or or at least ask, “hey, you want strips with that battery?”

I messed up on the adhesive strips and I have to wait for the new ones to come. I assembled it without adhesive and the battery doesn’t seem to move in the housing at all after everything is installed. I’m almost thinking that the adhesive was an over kill?