My old phone’s screen started to separate. I thought, “Oh, no!! It is going to be expensive to fix.” I looked on the Internet and saw the problem was a swollen Li-Ion battery. I had three options.
- Go to the Apple Store
- Go to a no-name Store
- Change the battery myself
I talked to CT who is super smart, and he reminded that BDB had the same problem and was able to change the battery by himself. So I thought if BDB could do it so I can I. I was able to buy a battery with a tools to open the phone.
I did it. I almost messed up. The reason because I didn’t go through the YouTube video at least once to see the things to be careful about. It was a lot harder to pry the battery out because it was so swollen.
Thanks to CT and BDB for showing the way.
Excellent! Glad to hear it. What phone do you have?
iPhone 5
I like to hear stories of Man vs. Technology and Man wins. Why does a battery swell? Is it just defective or did it eat too much data?
I figured it just had the hots for me and overheated. It is such a burden being incredibly hand-some.
Congratulations, but you realize this violates the Apple mission statement — “Don’t try this at home but rather leave it to the professionals at the Apple Genius Bar located conveniently near you. Be sure and make an appointment, because if you just walk in off the street we’ll have even greater contempt for you than we already do. Remember, if you were meant to do this yourself, you would have been born smarter, and even if you manage to pull it off, you’ll just give yourself delusions of competence. Also: you realize this voids your warranty.”
Vald, I probably would have died waiting in the line to replace my battery. It only took about 10 minutes for me when I didn’t know what I was doing. For a “genius” it would take 1-2 minutes.
I see it costs $79 to replace the battery. It cost me $20 with the tools. (The battery itself was $15.) Hopefully I can use the same tools on my newer phone when I need to replace that battery.
I’ve replaced the battery on an Ipod nano 2nd gen and the power button on a nano 6th gen (the tiny one with a touch screen so small it’s damn near useless). I got the tools and replacement battery on Ebay for cheap and, as you say, it’s quite doable. With the 6th gen you have to use a heat gun (or hair dryer) to loosen the glue that holds the screen on to open it up. Again, not hard to do, just follow the instructions in the YouTube videos. On the other hand, it’s clear that the geniuses at Apple don’t design these for easy maintenance.
I still remember my first foray into a computer. I put in a video card. Opened the case. Put in the video card. Closed the case. Turned on the computer and got nothing. Then I looked like “my puppy” died. I didn’t know you have to push down evenly and with more force than I did to get the card in the slot. This actually helped me when I bought a new computer and turned it on and nothing happened. Opened the case and pushed down an the video card and it was good as new.
I did have a scare because I thought I lost the micro screws. I could not find them for the life of me. It turned out they were stuck to the side of the driver that came in the kit since it was magnetic.
In similar news, today I bought a new smoke alarm, put in the battery, and it’s not working. No lights flashing, which it’s supposed to do. Held a candle under it a few minutes, nothing. It came with the battery, which proudly bears the company name.
Also, just bought a new computer, Windows 10, and it can’t search as good as my old one with XP, which was 12 years old. Yes, 12. What good is ‘memory’ if it can’t find docs I need?
If nothing is happening it sounds like a bad battery or the battery was put in wrong. What type of battery does it have?
XP was the bomb operating system. I am running Windows 7 Pro x64 now and they will eradicate that from my SSD when my cold dead hands fall silent on the keyboard.
9 volt – I bought some new ones & it’s working now. Spent a while on the phone with a very nice Microsoft customer service guy but it was obvious they have absolutely no answer for the irritating glitch they have created in Win10.
Pencil, explain the Window 10 glitch and you might get some help here.
Have you tried putting a chicken in a bag and running outside with it? If you don’t have a chicken, a game hen will work in a pinch.
“glitch” is singular. Win10 has many glitches.
I write in awe of those who dare take apart, repair, and reassemble such precision machinery.
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augh, there will be no talking to him now. Disclaimer aside, you will still be blamed for his regrettably inflated cotton/polyester blend ego, Brent.
Hide the drier sheets and we’ll just have static.
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Brent, make sure you wear eclipse glasses when you read my posts in the future. You don’t want to go blind.
Mom told me if I kept rubbing it I would go blind. I told her “Ok, I will just do it until I need glasses”.
What does that have to do with an eclipse?