Sostituzione batteria Nexus 6P

I did mine today. Besides a couple scuffs that are covered by a bumper it is like new again.

My tips: when removing the back glued on parts start at the ends, not middle and use a lot of heat. Mine came up really easy once it got to temp. The case was harder than if thought. I started near the lower speaker. The obvious looking place to pry up is wrong, the outside case lip is very thin and it's easy to try digging up the screen, not the case. Getting the battery out just required a bit more force than I would have thought. But it's all back together and works like new again.

Thanks! Wasn’t too bad of a process, but I was expecting the worst. Getting the battery out was the hardest part in my opinion because it was hard to get the glue in that area soft enough.

I am happy to report that I was able to do this repair successfully. The hardest parts were removing the glass back (covering the camera) and prying the outside case away from the rest of the phone unit. I definitely purchased the “Technicians Razor Set'“ and am glad I did. I used all the tools listed in the guide (most of which I had earlier from a larger kit). I used the blade that is a rectangle that has a sloping / graded end so that it is real thin at the point of entry and allows you to pry a bit. I tried with the standard “exacto-knife” type end but it didn’t seem to do the trick for me plus I felt it was dangerous to push with force with something that sharp.

Use a heat gun. If you have a hair dryer that gets pretty hot that might work as well. A cheap heat gun makes this SOO much easier. I also happened to have one of those laser surface temperature readers and got the glass up to about 180 Fahrenheit which works well. I got the plastic bottom piece to about 150 to get the glue underneath gooey.

Great guide; detailed and helpful! Just replaced the battery! Great pictures, too, as it really helped me understand the layout of the internals. I bought the battery from ifixit and the essential electronics toolkit that they sell as well. I honestly don’t think I could have done it without that essential electronics toolkit. I certainly don’t have some of those bits and tools on hand.

Good:

I was able to successfully remove the top part (the glass part) without breaking it. I did reuse it again. I noticed the tiny foam circle that surrounds the camera. If you purchase a replacement glass top part like I did (for the possibility of breaking it when removing it), you may find that the foam circle is a little offset. You also may need to remove the existing foam circle if your replacement glass top has one already attached.

Bad:

The battery’s adhesive is very strong. You will have to work hard to pry the battery off, so don’t panic. Keep at it, little by little.

Successfully completed the battery replacement guide. We were able to complete the entire replacement process with the iOpener, but it was slow. We used an infrared thermometer to measure the surface temperature of the iOpener and the phone, to ensure we were reaching an optimal temperature (about 150F for the plastic cover, 180F for the glass cover, and 145F for the battery).

The battery was slow to remove due to adhesive; be patient. We bent the battery slightly in the process. The image in the guide showing the phone with the battery removed (the image in Step 11) shows a black glue strip to the right of the display cable. When we removed the battery, we saw two black glue strips; one on each side of the display cable.

Great guide! I was sure to ruin something at step 6, but everything works perfectly fine. Great guide!

I only have the Pro Tech Toolkit, and only needed a knife. For the iOpener i had a plastic bag in boiling water. It seemed to do the trick for me (filled up a bag with some water an put it in a kettle with more water. When it boiled, wipe off water from the outside of the plastic bag.

Ich habe meinen Akku gestern getauscht, war eigentlich nicht besonders schwierig mit dieser tollen Anleitung.

Wichtig ist den Kleber mit Wärme zu lösen, dann geht’s recht einfach. Habe dafür einen Heißluftfön auf kleiner Stufe genommen.

Beim “heraushebeln” der Platine muß man schauen wo man die Klinge einführt, ich war anfangs einen Millimeter zu weit innen und somit ließ es sich schlecht hebeln weil ich quasi im Platinenteil war.

Beim Zusammenbau habe ich die beiden Abdeckungen oben und unten nur wieder festgedrückt und dann nochmal ein wenig erwärmt, dadurch mußte ich keinen neuen Kleber verwenden.

I managed to damage both the top and bottom back pieces (steps 2 & 4). Fortunately, Amazon sells replacements. Got them on order now. The rest of the repair went fine, though. 6P is reassembled and charging.

Thank you for the excellent guide.

Battery replacement took 3/4 of an hour. Most of this time was waiting patiently for the adhesive to soften on the glass and plastic screw covers. I used my Aoyue 2738 rework station hot air gun at 130 C, this gave me a surface temp of 180 F by my Fluke 52 temp probe. Not having the iFixIt Technician’s razor kit, I resorted to a #11 surgical blade that I normally use for mold making; which worked well enough, apart from my inept handling on the plastic screw cover. BUY the Technicians razor kit.

Also, there is a pry point for the battery directly beneath the buttons that the spudger fits into perfectly I used this to create a gap to allow the hot air to soften the adhesive holding the battery in place. I found that the Jimmy tool worked very well as a lever to hold the battery away from the case; which allowed the hot air to separate the old battery from the adhesive. This obviated inserting any tool deeply enough to damage the cable running beneath the battery.

In a lot of ways I wish I would have read all the instructions and then the comments before even attempting this. Things would have been a lot easier. I only read maybe 1 step ahead while performing this, and the battery itself was a real issue for me. I ended up ripping apart the covering on the old battery, and while I got it out, smelled a bit odd, so I did the rest outside. I also somewhat recommend discharging the battery entirely before doing this. I found the device was easy to turn on during the process, and if the battery had further issues, it’d be less dangerous than being fully charged.

Well, that wasn’t fun.

The hardest parts BY FAR are the camera glass and bottom cover. There was a moment there where I was considering breaking the glass and just buying a new part, but eventually I got it to let go. The problem is that the glass and metal are VERY tight together, so I had to use a little precision razor to scrape away some of the metal in order to fit it in behind the glass to push it out.

The bottom section came out with some patience, but I ended up warping it with the heat gun trying to melt the glue again. That said, this is the first time I’ve used a heat gun, so YMMV.

The battery we got had a cable that wasn’t quite up to spec, so it’s probably slightly crimped. So far it doesn’t seem to be a problem.

The instructions are definitely helpful, though. Good luck!

Done :-).

The instructions were to the point and helped me to replace the battery.

NB: On my device removing the bottom cover and the camera cover was actually quite smooth. With a little help from my hair dryer I could soften the adhesive enough to carefully remote both covers.

NB2: The two hardest parts for me were to pry the alluminum back cover from the display and removing the battery as the adhesive keeping it in place was quite reilient ;-) (I used an old laminated card which worked well for the purpose of seperating the battery from the device). In the process of getting the knife beween the display glass and the cover I slightly damaged the display seal. Nothing big but I could have avoided it I think if I would have known about the seal.

Many thanks for the instructions… I am curious if my Nexus will last another 3 years now.

Done.

I wanted to order the battery via iFixit, but as I am living in France the transport costs were too high. I ordered a simular battery at Amazone France.

The instruction are very clear.

My Nexus 6p battery had died on me some time ago while on a 2yr assignment, and while in Thailand I bought a Hauwei Nova 2i as areplacement, which worked fine for Google Fi for the rest of my assignement in India. However, once I returned Home back to USA the Google FI SIM would not work. I bought a Battery for the old Nexus 6p and replaced it today, no problems. I used a portable oven to heat up the glass and the plastic piece enough to gently pry the Glass and the plastic cover off. The battery came off pretty easily by using a plastic pry bar and pushing a guitar pick under the battery at different points while continuing with even pressure of the pry bar. it does help to heat up the whole phone a little to remove the battery.

I found the hardest part was getting the camera glass off, or at least hot enough to make it come off easier. I did not have a heat gun, and using the iOpener didn’t seem to heat it up enough (worked fine for heating the bottom panel). I tried a hair dryer, but I may have not heated it up long enough. I unfortunately broke my camera glass, but was able to purchase new glass, 2 for 9 dollars (extra one just in case). One other thing I noticed, be sure your using a very thin razor blade. I have a kit that had various thickness of blades, and I wasn’t paying attention to that and caused nicks in the back panel where I was was trying to wedge the glass away from the back panel. Using a thinner blade worked out a lot better. After that, everything was pretty easy, When putting back together, suggest before you replace back panel, make sure everything turns back on as expected, then put it back on. Save you from having to take apart again if a connector wasn’t fully connected.

Just completed this repair tonight, great guide per usual iFixit standards! Used a hot pad filled with beans in leu of an iOpener, this worked well for removing the bottom plastic, but wasn’t enough heat for the glass. As noted in many other comments, a heat gun is the way to go, though don’t have one, so used a hair dryer instead. The glass needs a lot of heat to lift freely, and much patience. While trying to pry up the glass too soon, I did crack the glass, would recommend starting to pry the glass from the non camera side (right side) first. If you crack the glass there, it won’t interfere with the camera. Was able to reheat all adhesive to put all the pieces back together, even the cracked glass - which is hidden by the case :)

in addition to these steps and tools shown here, which worked great, I also used a video from repair universe which shows step by step and was also helpful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEQbQPAU...

Thanks ifixit!

I bought the 6p battery from Ifixit. After spending a good 30 minutes tearing the phone apart. I discovered their replacement battery is about an 1/8” taller than OEM and WILL NOT FIT in the phone Period. How can sell your customers a battery that won’t fit??????? I wrote them this morning about this issue and still waiting on a reply.

Easy and quick in under 30 minutes. Though, I did get a bad battery. It arrived and when connected was at 4% so I charged. It went to 100% real fast in under 1 hour. I then sat it down untouched and in the morning it was dead. So I plugged it into the charger in the morning, the same thing - it charge real fast. When I went to start the phone it started up, the screen came on then the battery went from 100% to 0% then shut down within seconds.

I as well, did not use adhesive other than what was left over from disassembly. I used a heat gun as suggested and a infrared thermometer to about 200 f to come apart, and back together for softening the old adhesive. All went well and I am now doing the initial charge to calibrate. Thanks to all that contributed, especially the author!

Good instructions. Just remember to push the knife blade in right next to the aluminium case or you will damage the plastic surround. The obvious place to stick the blade in is not the correct spot! Look carefully.

My kit came with a new glass camera cover but I could have reused the old one. The glue would have held.

I used a heat gun to heat things a bit but I am well experienced as to what it too much heat.

My first time doing something like this so thank god for this guide. Despite it being labeled “Difficult” I wouldn’t exactly say its difficult so much as annoying because of all the adhesives and how tight the covers & camera glass is. Honestly if anything I would say buy yourself a replacement at least for the camera glass ahead of time. Its not expensive and its very likely you’re going to break the glass during removal to get at the screws underneath. Otherwise a $20 tool kit from iFixit and $20 in parts off of Amazon saved me from having to buy a new phone because of a bad battery. Worth the investment and the fight for our right to repair.

This turned out to be a lesson in futility. My Nexus 6P was operational before this protracted task and now it is completely dead - either with the new or old battery in place. I managed to get the glass and plastic covers off after finally resorting to my wife’s hair dryer since the iFixit heating device didn’t seem to do much. I had to use a playing card to help finally get them off since the flat picks had got stuck in the box and I originally thought they had left them out. The razor knife seemed to damage the edges of the case when trying to pry off the back. Once I got it off, the battery wasn’t that difficult to get out with a card underneath cutting the glue without heat. All told, about 2 hours of frustration getting to this point. I then placed the new battery in. reconnected the cables, put the back the cover on and… nada. Even the old (was working) battery wouldn’t power it. All cables rechecked 3 times and nothing amiss. Phone will not power at all now.

Great guide, helped my a lot. I used a hair dryer for warming the adhesive. A credit cartd (or an old gift card in my case) is the best tool for removing the battery. I had a new back cover and that was good, because the old parts suffered quite a bit in the process.

Just finished this after I got the new battery. Fingerprint reader wouldn’t work at first so I had to reopen the phone (luckily I hadn’t completely put it together, yet) and find that while connecting the battery I disconnected the FPreader’s cable just enough for it not to work but not to be noticeable from looking at it.

Anyway, phone is all in one piece again - although it took some damage to the case from opening it.

Thanks for the guide. Without it, I wouldn’t have tried changing the battery.