Oh, come ON!

Honestly, did we need an ifixit tutorial on THIS?!

Next up, how to insert the battery.

My first 7 Plus opening. I pulled up the screen just enough to insert a thin guitar pick at the bottom of the phone to break the adhesive. I didn’t even create a gap as such. I then ran the pick along the sides to continue to detach the adhesive, just like iFixIt show in Step 10 for the top of the phone.

My screen already had a crack at the bottom, near the home button, so I was nervous about pulling too hard on the screen. It had a screen protector fitted so maybe that helped keep it all together.

iFixIt’s use of a spudger at the bottom of the phone looked hazardous to me, especially with my damaged screen.

Here’s a method without all that yanking and pulling. You just need a thin screwdriver to wind the adhesive strip onto.

1. First, expose the adhesive strip tabs as shown in Step 24. Cut where they are joined. You will then deal with each strip separately.

2. Expose the the white sticky stuff of the adhesive strip. Don’t pull on anything in case it breaks. You just want to expose the white stuff.

3. I used a thin “jewellers” screw driver. It’s only 1.5mm wide. Get the white adhesive strip onto the tip. The screwdriver shaft will rest on the metal edge of the phone. Protect the edge with some sticky tape. Might need 2 or 3 layers.

4. Simply rotate the screwdriver as if unscrewing. You will wind the strip onto the screwdriver.

5. Continue winding (unscrewing). Do not attempt to pull at the strips - they’ll break. Keep the tip of the screwdriver as close as you can to the battery. Don’t let the strip snag on anything else.

Here’s a pic to explain what’s going on:

https://ibb.co/QHgWfDR

Here’s a method without all that yanking and pulling. You just need a thin screwdriver to wind the adhesive strip onto.

1. First, expose the adhesive strip tabs as shown in Step 24. Cut where they are joined. You will then deal with each strip separately.

2. Expose the the white sticky stuff of the adhesive strip. Don’t pull on anything in case it breaks. You just want to expose the white stuff.

3. I used a thin “jewellers” screw driver. It’s only 1.5mm wide. Get the white adhesive strip onto the tip. The screwdriver shaft will rest on the metal edge of the phone. Protect the edge with some sticky tape. Might need 2 or 3 layers.

4. Simply rotate the screwdriver as if unscrewing. You will wind the strip onto the screwdriver.

5. Continue winding (unscrewing). Do not attempt to pull at the strips - they’ll break. Keep the tip of the screwdriver as close as you can to the battery. Don’t let the strip snag on anything else.

Here’s a pic to explain what’s going on:

https://ibb.co/QHgWfDR