Phone replacement battery program effective immediately for anyone with an iPhone 6 or later who feels like their phone is a little slow or doesn't hold a charge. To get your low-cost battery replacement, available through through December 2018, the best way is to make an appointment at a Genius Bar via Apple's website or its Support app. There, Apple may be able to do a same-day repair or offer you a loaner phone. If you aren't near an Apple Store, go to Apple's website and get a mail-order box for your iPhone. With either option, make sure you back up your phone before handing it over. If you'll be without a device for a few days, you can move your phone's SIM card into another phone from the same wireless carrier. Or buy a low-cost or used flip phone for your carrier from Amazon. If you have an iPad or a Mac, you can still get iMessages and place FaceTime calls using your Apple ID. Note that the replacement plan is only for iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 6s, 6s Plus, SE, 7, or 7 Plus models. That's because Apple's power management feature isn't slowing down older phones. That said, older phones' batteries may still be dying, because they've run out of full recharge cycles. If you're a little handy, you can replace your own battery in older iPhones for less. These include all the tools you need to install your own battery, and iFixit is a known, reliable name that uses high-quality parts. However, if you repair your iPhone yourself, it's Apple's policy to refuse to repair your iPhone in the future if something else breaks. There are also smaller, local battery replacement shops almost everywhere, but we can't vouch for their quality. If they cut corners on the batteries they use, they may put you at risk of your iPhone spontaneously setting itself on fire. To see an example of why you shouldn't buy no-name phone parts, take a look at this teardown of two iPad chargers.
Rotate the display assembly up until it is at an angle of approximately 45 degrees. Continue to hold the display assembly with one hand, and use your other hand and a spudger to disconnect the black ribbon cable labeled "1". Be careful to insert the spudger from the left, as shown in the picture (UNDER THE RIBBON). If you try to pry up the ribbon from the right, you could damage the ribbon connector and need to replace the display! Al l connectors except the ribbon connector mentioned in step 7 release upwards. Rotate the display assembly up until it is roughly vertical. This will allow easier access for disconnecting the remaining cables. Use a spudger to disconnect the black ribbon cable labeled "2". Please note: You may find on some non-American (Chinese, European) versions of the 3G that the flip up plastic tab does not exist. In this case you would slide the ribbon cable towards the screen until it is removed. When you assemble it, you would apply pressure to the ribbon to insert it back into the ribbon "socket." Some iPhones may have the connector colors reversed (black plastic tab, white connector) for connector "3".
Make sure you're flipping up the tab properly, otherwise you may damage the connector. Use a spudger to flip up the white plastic tab holding the ribbon cable "3" in place. The white tab will rotate up 90 degrees, releasing the ribbon cable. Slide the black ribbon cable out of its connector, and remove the display assembly from the iPhone. Insert your SIM eject tool or a paper clip into the hole next to the headphone jack. Press down on the tool until the SIM card tray pops out. Grasp the SIM card tray and slide it out of the iPhone. N ote for re-assembly: The screw that goes next to the camera (bottom right orange highlighted screw) also has a metal strip that holds the camera in place. Use a spudger to gently pry the camera up and out of its housing in the rear case. The camera cannot be removed entirely yet because it's connected to the bottom of the logic board.
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