My iPhone 8 Plus battery is a bit past it. Arguably I could buy a new phone. Though want to get it a new spring of life.
Apple stores closed, and I fancy a project.
Anyone here know anything about the battery DIY kits? Good, reliable and hopefully foolproof ones, with good tools and instructions. links welcome.
iPhone battery replacement DIY kits - UK
There are many to choose from online amazon etc depends on what you need Genuine or compatible. I am no expert I must say but you can find them on Ebay/Ebuyer/Amazon etc.
eg https://www.amazon.co.uk/TQTHL-3300mah- ... NrPXRydWU=
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https://www.ifixit.com/Device/iPhone_8_PlusYmx wrote: Sat Jan 09, 2021 5:38 pm My iPhone 8 Plus battery is a bit past it. Arguably I could buy a new phone. Though want to get it a new spring of life.
Apple stores closed, and I fancy a project.
Anyone here know anything about the battery DIY kits? Good, reliable and hopefully foolproof ones, with good tools and instructions. links welcome.
How much are you saving from getting it done at one of those Indian tech shops all over the place.? I reckon new iPhone battery installed is about £35Blackmac wrote: Sun Jan 10, 2021 11:22 am I bought one off Amazon for my Iphone 7. A bit fidly, but a piece of piss and the cheap battery has proved remarkable reliable. The only tricky thing is unglueing the battery.
Well I did it. But not without much drama.
So here’s my story/experience for any others attempting the same.
I used JBEIY kit. Ordered before above ifixit recommendation.
The battery removal as mentioned in above post was by far the most problematic. All 4 tabs to pull the adhesive just ripped off even when I was careful. Was then left with the prospect of wedging it out, but the battery was very bendy and dangerous to bend/puncture. Explosion, fire. Used a very thin narrow bendy crepe spatula once I’d lifted it careful a bit. Would not recommend my method. But I got away with it.
In hindsight, I read later fishing nylon is perfect for the job, so I’d next time get this ready on standby as a good safe way. Because to be honest I don’t see many being successful in pulling the adhesive tabs.
Opening it up (prior to that) was simpler than expected with little suction cup and the thing which looks like a guitar pluck.
The screws inside were tiny for the cover plate to get to the battery connector. And all different tiny sizes, so was careful with placing those in the same position as I’d removed them to remember where they went, along with the plate.
The battery and other 2 (screen) side ribbon connectors popped off easily. But when I moved on to the next plate I couldn’t remove the screws for the metal plate at the top right of the phone, in order to get the top ribbon connector off, so I had to leave it still connected and couldn’t fully remove the screen off from the base of the phone. So that left me having to remove the battery with the lid still hanging on, which was fine as I left it propped up to the side.
So then removed the battery as described above, and prepared the new battery.
I put the new adhesive on back of it and then planted it down. There was not much mention in instructions about being careful with positioning due to battery connector, but I was. Even then it was a pigs ear to marry the connector up with the board. So tiny and was a 10 min struggle to get it right. And it looked slightly wonky in alignment even when it slotted in due to the brand I used I guess. In hindsight I might have connected it before laying down the battery in the base, but trying to avoid bending the stiff connector stem. There is virtually no margin for error when laying the battery down in place.
I re-attached the 2 other screen connectors and it miraculously powered on. So closed it up, then realised I’d forgotten to put down the plate which sits over the connectors so opened phone up again to screw that back down with the tiniest little bastard screws I’ve ever seen or dealt with.
Closed it up again and charged it. Took ages to charge, but it did and everything still working phew !
So I didn’t have the best experience, but I’m getting at least double battery life now over the aged apple battery.
Do differently
Buy ifixit kit, although this one was fine, and batt is a beast.
Use fishing nylon
Align and clip battery connector before placing battery (if possible)
So here’s my story/experience for any others attempting the same.
I used JBEIY kit. Ordered before above ifixit recommendation.
The battery removal as mentioned in above post was by far the most problematic. All 4 tabs to pull the adhesive just ripped off even when I was careful. Was then left with the prospect of wedging it out, but the battery was very bendy and dangerous to bend/puncture. Explosion, fire. Used a very thin narrow bendy crepe spatula once I’d lifted it careful a bit. Would not recommend my method. But I got away with it.
In hindsight, I read later fishing nylon is perfect for the job, so I’d next time get this ready on standby as a good safe way. Because to be honest I don’t see many being successful in pulling the adhesive tabs.
Opening it up (prior to that) was simpler than expected with little suction cup and the thing which looks like a guitar pluck.
The screws inside were tiny for the cover plate to get to the battery connector. And all different tiny sizes, so was careful with placing those in the same position as I’d removed them to remember where they went, along with the plate.
The battery and other 2 (screen) side ribbon connectors popped off easily. But when I moved on to the next plate I couldn’t remove the screws for the metal plate at the top right of the phone, in order to get the top ribbon connector off, so I had to leave it still connected and couldn’t fully remove the screen off from the base of the phone. So that left me having to remove the battery with the lid still hanging on, which was fine as I left it propped up to the side.
So then removed the battery as described above, and prepared the new battery.
I put the new adhesive on back of it and then planted it down. There was not much mention in instructions about being careful with positioning due to battery connector, but I was. Even then it was a pigs ear to marry the connector up with the board. So tiny and was a 10 min struggle to get it right. And it looked slightly wonky in alignment even when it slotted in due to the brand I used I guess. In hindsight I might have connected it before laying down the battery in the base, but trying to avoid bending the stiff connector stem. There is virtually no margin for error when laying the battery down in place.
I re-attached the 2 other screen connectors and it miraculously powered on. So closed it up, then realised I’d forgotten to put down the plate which sits over the connectors so opened phone up again to screw that back down with the tiniest little bastard screws I’ve ever seen or dealt with.
Closed it up again and charged it. Took ages to charge, but it did and everything still working phew !
So I didn’t have the best experience, but I’m getting at least double battery life now over the aged apple battery.
Do differently
Buy ifixit kit, although this one was fine, and batt is a beast.
Use fishing nylon
Align and clip battery connector before placing battery (if possible)
How much was the kit??Ymx wrote: Sun Jan 17, 2021 11:58 am Well I did it. But not without much drama.
So here’s my story/experience for any others attempting the same.
I used JBEIY kit. Ordered before above ifixit recommendation.
The battery removal as mentioned in above post was by far the most problematic. All 4 tabs to pull the adhesive just ripped off even when I was careful. Was then left with the prospect of wedging it out, but the battery was very bendy and dangerous to bend/puncture. Explosion, fire. Used a very thin narrow bendy crepe spatula once I’d lifted it careful a bit. Would not recommend my method. But I got away with it.
In hindsight, I read later fishing nylon is perfect for the job, so I’d next time get this ready on standby as a good safe way. Because to be honest I don’t see many being successful in pulling the adhesive tabs.
Opening it up (prior to that) was simpler than expected with little suction cup and the thing which looks like a guitar pluck.
The screws inside were tiny for the cover plate to get to the battery connector. And all different tiny sizes, so was careful with placing those in the same position as I’d removed them to remember where they went, along with the plate.
The battery and other 2 (screen) side ribbon connectors popped off easily. But when I moved on to the next plate I couldn’t remove the screws for the metal plate at the top right of the phone, in order to get the top ribbon connector off, so I had to leave it still connected and couldn’t fully remove the screen off from the base of the phone. So that left me having to remove the battery with the lid still hanging on, which was fine as I left it propped up to the side.
So then removed the battery as described above, and prepared the new battery.
I put the new adhesive on back of it and then planted it down. There was not much mention in instructions about being careful with positioning due to battery connector, but I was. Even then it was a pigs ear to marry the connector up with the board. So tiny and was a 10 min struggle to get it right. And it looked slightly wonky in alignment even when it slotted in due to the brand I used I guess. In hindsight I might have connected it before laying down the battery in the base, but trying to avoid bending the stiff connector stem. There is virtually no margin for error when laying the battery down in place.
I re-attached the 2 other screen connectors and it miraculously powered on. So closed it up, then realised I’d forgotten to put down the plate which sits over the connectors so opened phone up again to screw that back down with the tiniest little bastard screws I’ve ever seen or dealt with.
Closed it up again and charged it. Took ages to charge, but it did and everything still working phew !
So I didn’t have the best experience, but I’m getting at least double battery life now over the aged apple battery.
Do differently
Buy ifixit kit, although this one was fine, and batt is a beast.
Use fishing nylon
Align and clip battery connector before placing battery (if possible)
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I'd stay away from cheapo adhesives. Stick to (see what I did there?) B7000. DO NOT use a superglue type.
