Huawei Mate 10 Battery Replacement

Heat an iOpener and apply it to the bottom edge of the phone for two minutes. Re-heat the iOpener as needed.

While you wait, note the location of the adhesive holding the back cover in place.

Place a suction cup near the bottom edge of the back cover, on the right side (opposite the speaker grille) of the USB-C charging port, above the microphone hole.

Pull on the suction cup with strong, steady force to create a gap.

Insert the point of an opening pick into the gap.

Slide the pick along the bottom edge and around the bottom-left corner, slicing through the adhesive.

If the adhesive feels tacky and difficult to slice, re-apply heat to the edge and try again.

Leave an opening pick in the seam to prevent the edge from re-sealing.

Apply a heated iOpener to the left edge of the phone.

Use an opening pick to slice through the adhesive on the left edge of the phone.

Continue heating and slicing through the remaining edges, leaving opening picks in the seams to prevent the adhesive from re-sealing.

After you cut through the adhesive around the entire perimeter of the back cover, begin to lift it away from the phone.

Use an opening pick to slice any remaining adhesive.

Remove the back cover.

You may pull up chunks of the cover's color coating as you remove the adhesive. To reduce the chances of this occurring, apply heat or high concentration isopropyl alcohol to the adhesive to weaken it.

Apply a heated iOpener directly over the bezels for a minute.

Use an opening pick to slice around the flash diffuser to loosen the adhesive.

Use an opening tool to pry up and remove the camera bezel.

Transfer the parts to your replacement cover.

Remove the eight 3.4 mm long Phillips screws securing the plastic bracket.

Insert the point of a spudger underneath the right edge of the plastic bracket and pry up slightly to loosen the shield.

Grasp the the lower edge of the plastic bracket with your fingers and lift the edge up slightly.

Pull the plastic bracket away from the top edge of the phone.

Slowly peel the black heat dissipation layer away from the phone. It is held in place with small patches of adhesive.

Remove the plastic bracket along with the heat dissipation layer.

Use the point of a spudger to pry up and disconnect the battery connector from its motherboard socket.

Use the point of a spudger to pry up and disconnect the wide interconnect flex cable from its motherboard socket.

Use the point of a spudger to pry up and disconnect the fingerprint extension cable from its motherboard socket.

Use the point of a spudger to pry up and disconnect the button connector from its motherboard socket.

Apply a heated iOpener to the left side of the phone screen for a minute.

While you wait, note where the U-shaped adhesive resides on the phone frame.

Insert an opening pick in the notch on the phone's right edge.

Slowly but firmly push the pick underneath the battery, to loosen it from the frame.

Slowly insert an opening pick in the top edge of the battery, towards the right edge.

Twist slightly to help loosen the battery.

Insert a plastic card under the battery's right edge.

Push the card inwards to loosen the battery from the frame.

If you're having a hard time loosening the battery, you can apply more isopropyl alcohol, or try to soften the adhesive with more heat.

Once the battery is sufficiently loosened from the frame, slowly lift it out.

Remove the battery.

Apply new adhesive to the phone frame.

Gently lay the battery pack in the phone.

Temporarily reconnect the battery to the motherboard to ensure that the battery is properly aligned.

Once the battery is aligned, press it firmly in place with your fingers. Disconnect the battery from the motherboard, and resume re-assembly.