iPhone 13 Pro Max Battery Replacement

Power off your iPhone before beginning disassembly.

Remove the two 6.8 mm-long pentalobe P2 screws at the bottom edge of the iPhone.

If your iPhone has a cracked screen, keep further breakage contained and prevent bodily harm during your repair by taping over the glass.

Lay overlapping strips of packing tape over the iPhone's display until the whole face is covered.

If the broken glass makes it difficult to get a suction cup to stick in the next few steps, try folding a strong piece of tape (such as duct tape) into a handle and lifting the display with that instead.

Heating the lower edge of the iPhone helps soften the adhesive securing the display, making it easier to open.

Use a hairdryer or heat gun or prepare an iOpener and apply it to the lower edge of the iPhone for about a minute in order to soften up the adhesive underneath.

Pull the blue handle towards the hinge to disengage opening mode.

Position the suction cups near the bottom edge of the iPhone—one on the front, and one on the back.

Push down on the cups to apply suction to the desired area.

Push the blue handle away from the hinge to engage opening mode.

Turn the handle clockwise until you see the cups start to stretch.

Wait one minute to give the adhesive a chance to release and present an opening gap.

Insert an opening pick under the screen when the Anti-Clamp creates a large enough gap.

Skip the next step.

Apply a suction handle to the bottom edge of the phone, while avoiding the very edge of the glass.

Pull up on the suction cup with firm, constant pressure to create a slight gap between the front panel and rear case.

Insert an opening pick into the gap.

Use a hairdryer or heat gun or prepare an iOpener and apply it to the left edge of the iPhone for about a minute in order to soften up the adhesive underneath.

Slide the opening pick around the lower left corner and up the left edge of the iPhone, slicing through the adhesive holding the display in place.

Use a hairdryer or heat gun or prepare an iOpener and apply it to the right edge of the iPhone for about a minute in order to soften up the adhesive underneath.

Re-insert your pick at the bottom edge of the iPhone, and slide it up the right side to continue separating the adhesive.

Use a hairdryer or heat gun or prepare an iOpener and apply it to the top edge of the iPhone for about a minute in order to soften up the adhesive underneath.

Insert your pick into the right edge of the phone. Slide it around the top-right corner and across the top edge.

Insert your pick into the left edge of the phone. Slide it around the top-left corner and across the top edge.

Remove your suction handle from the screen.

Open your iPhone by swinging the display up from the right side, like the front cover of a book.

Lean the display against something to keep it propped up while you're working on the phone.

Use a Y000 screwdriver to remove the three 1.3 mm screws securing the battery connector cover.

Remove the battery connector cover.

Use the pointed end of a spudger or a clean fingernail to pry the battery connector up from its socket on the logic board.

Bend the connector slightly away from the logic board to prevent it from accidentally making contact with the socket and providing power to the phone during your repair.

Use the pointed end a spudger or a clean fingernail to pry the display connector up from its socket on the logic board.

Use a Y000 screwdriver to remove two 1.1 mm screws from the front sensor connector cover.

Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the remaining two screws from the front sensor connector cover:

One 1.5 mm screw

One 1.8 mm screw

Remove the front sensor connector cover.

Use the pointed end of a spudger to disconnect the front sensor assembly cable connector.

Remove the display assembly.

Use a Phillips driver to remove the four 1.5 mm screws securing the loudspeaker:

Two larger-headed screws

Two smaller-headed screws

Slide an opening pick between the top edge of the taptic engine and the adhesive-backed strip.

Remove the loudspeaker.

Pry up with the pointed end of a spudger to disconnect the Taptic Engine cable.

Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove two screws securing the Taptic Engine:

One 1.8 mm screw

One 1.9 mm screw

Use a standoff screwdriver to remove the 2.9 mm standoff screw securing the Taptic Engine.

Remove the Taptic Engine.

Each piece of adhesive has a black pull-tab at the end, which is lightly adhered to the edge of the battery.

Use a pair of blunt-nosed tweezers to peel down the two battery adhesive pull-tabs along the bottom edge of the battery.

Grab the first pull-tab with your fingers or the center of a spudger and slowly pull it away from the battery, toward the bottom of the iPhone.

Pull hard enough to maintain tension on the strip, but don't force it. Give it plenty of time to stretch and un-stick from under the battery.

Don't press down on the battery. Hold the iPhone firmly by its sides.

Keep the strip flat and unwrinkled. Try to pull evenly on the whole strip, rather than pulling mainly in the middle or on one side.

Pull at a low angle so the strip doesn't snag on the edge of the battery.

If the adhesive strip breaks off, try to retrieve it using your fingers or blunt tweezers, and continue pulling—but do not pry under the battery.

Grab the second pull-tab with your fingers or the center of a spudger and pull it away from the battery, toward the bottom of the iPhone.

Follow the same procedure as with the previous strip: don't press down on the battery, keep the strip flat and unwrinkled, and pull at a low angle.

If the adhesive strip breaks off, try to retrieve it using your fingers or blunt tweezers, and continue pulling—but do not pry under the battery.

Use a pair of blunt-nosed tweezers and an opening pick to peel up the two remaining battery adhesive pull-tabs from the top edge of the battery.

Using the same procedure as before, pull the remaining two tabs, one at a time, to stretch and remove the remaining adhesive strips holding the battery in place. Try not to snag the adhesive on anything.

If you removed all the adhesive strips successfully, skip the next step.

Otherwise, continue with the next step below.

If you're still having trouble removing the battery, apply a few drops of high concentration (over 90%) isopropyl alcohol under the edge of the battery in the area of the broken adhesive strip(s).

Wait about one minute for the alcohol solution to weaken the adhesive.

Use an opening pick or the flat end of a spudger to gently lift the battery.

Remove the battery.

If there's any alcohol solution remaining in the phone, carefully wipe it off with a coffee filter or lint-free cloth, or allow it to air dry before installing your new battery.