Replacing the Battery Was No Party!

Must warn readers that I am a 60+ year old woman who doesn't know anything about the guts of an iPhone. For example I have no idea what a motherboard is. I am good at reading instructions and have a lot of patience. For example, I have put together a houseful of IKEA furniture without any problems. Yesterday I replaced my battery and it was challenging to say the least. I wasn't impressed with tools they provided other than the screw drivers and suction cup (more on that later). The instruction pamphlet is not sufficient at all so I don't know why they even bother to include it. It gives you a false sense that you can replace the battery using these instructions. After you go through some of the steps you then realize that there is no way you can replace the battery without going on the website and reading through the much more detailed instructions. Getting the battery out of the phone was dreadful. I started this process before I watched the video. Perhaps if I would have been more careful with removing the glue strips under the battery, my experience would have been easier. Having said this, even the website instructions warn you that most people don't have success with removing the strips easily and end up prying the old battery out. I was so paranoid about bending or puncturing the battery and having it catching on fire (instruction warning) that it took me over 2 hours to pry it out. I finally had to use my own tools (a paint can lid opener and large screw driver) because I just couldn't get the leverage with their tools that they provided. I decided that the suggestion in the instructions to use dental floss was to just add more torture. I tried and of course it just ripped in half. I did end up puncturing a small hole in the old battery but I survived - no fire, nuclear explosion, etc.. I didn't disconnect the wires at the top of the phone (which would allow you to completely remove the top lid of the phone from the bottom lid) because they warn you that you can do just as much damage (if you are not super careful) doing this as leaving them intact. This requires you to keep the top part of the top lid on the phone somewhat engaged with the bottom part. It can't be opened from the bottom part of the phone by more than 90 degrees. Per the instructions if you don't disconnect the wires at the top, the phone lid can not be entirely removed and must be held open with one hand the whole time you are working on replacing the battery. Nonsense! That would have been impossible - you need both hands for this process! I attached the suction cup to the top lid and rigged it up to another solid object on my counter top so it stayed open at 90 degrees while I worked on the phone. I gave this product three stars entirely because of the instructions/tools. After I finally got the new battery in the phone, it worked and it is certainly holding a charge much better than my 2 hour max charge with my old one.

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