In case you doubt the veracity of your iPhone's battery health percentage, there are two processes to be able to make sure that the data displayed by the iPhone is correct. First of all, what you have to do is perform a battery calibration. If even so, the percentage of battery health remains the same, what we recommend is to carry out an iPhone restoration.

Changing the battery on your own

Before fully entering the entire process that you have to follow to be able to change the battery of your iPhone X, you have to know that our recommendation is that the change of battery always do it in an Apple Store or in a center authorized by Apple itself to carry out this type of repair or replacement. It is a process that requires specific material and specific knowledge, which if you do not have it, you can put the integrity of the device at risk. Below we will tell you about the risks of being the one in charge of changing the iPhone battery yourself.

What risks does this process have?

As we said, changing the battery of both the iPhone X and any iPhone is a process that requires first, a series of knowledge, and second, counting with a specific material that facilitates certain steps of the procedure. Therefore, before you get down to work, we invite you to reflect on whether it is really worth taking the risk of carrying out this battery replacement on your own.

In addition, the moment someone who does not work at Apple or who is not authorized by the Cupertino company itself opens the device, you will lose all the guarantee that Apple can offer you for your device. In other words, if something happens to the iPhone, you will not be able to go to Apple to repair it based on its warranty. Another point for which it is worth assessing if it is really worth changing the battery of your iPhone X yourself.

Where to buy the battery

In case you are totally convinced that you can change the battery of your iPhone X, the first thing you have to do is buy the battery you are going to replace the one your device currently has. In this case, you also have to take into account that in no case can you buy the same battery that Apple uses for its devices.

Therefore, taking into account that you will not be able to have an original battery, you can go to stores like Amazon where they offer different packages in which you will also have some basic tools that you will need to be able to replace the battery correctly .

Steps to change the battery of the iPhone X manually

Once you have everything you need to be able to carry out the replacement of the battery, you just have to get down to work, although we return to insist that it is best to go to an Apple Store or an authorized Apple center to carry out this process. However, once you have verified that you have everything you need to get down to work, we remind you that to replace the battery of your iPhone X it is necessary to pay full attention to the process and be very meticulous in each of the steps that we present below.

1. Make sure your iPhone battery is below 25% charge.
2. Turn off the device.
3. Remove the two 6.9mm pentalobe screws long from the bottom of the iPhone's frame.
4. Heat the bottom edge of the iPhone to soften the adhesive that holds the screen, making it easier to open later.
5. Use two suction cups to adhere to both the front and back of the iPhone and press firmly.
6. Using the iSclack slightly separate the screen from the back case of the phone and insert an opening pick into the free space. This process can also be done with a single suction cup.
7. Slide the opening pick along the bottom left corner and toward the left edge of the iPhone, cutting through the adhesive holding the screen in place .
8. Insert the pick back into the left edge of the iPhone, in this case slide it to the right edge to continue separating the adhesive.
9. Slide the opening pick around the the top corner of the screen and move the screen down in the direction of the Lightning port.
10. Pull the small nub on the suction cup to remove the front panel.
11. Open the iPhone moving the screen up from the left side, also, prop the iPhone against something to keep the front of the iPhone up while you work on the device.
12. Remove the five Y000 screws that hold the connector bracket logic board.
13. Remove the bracket.
14. Lift the battery connector from the logic board.
15. Disconnect the sensor assembly connector from the panel front.
16. Disconnect the OLED panel cable connector.
17. Lift the digitizing cable connector from its socket.
18. Carefully lift the digitizing cable front panel sensor assembly until the adhesive separates.
19. Remove the display assembly.
20. Remove the seven screws that attach the bracket under the Touch Engine and speaker.
21. Lift up the bracket from the edge closest to the battery. Do not attempt to remove it completely as it will still be attached via the small flex cable.
22. While holding the bracket out of the way, use the point of a spudger to pry off the flex cable underneath.
23. Remove the bracket.
24. Remove the 2.1mm YOOO screw holding the speaker connector cover.
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26. Use the point of a spudger to pry off the speaker connector.
27. Insert a spudger under the top edge of the speaker near the edge of the iPhone case. Gently pry and lift the top edge of the speaker.
28. Hold the speaker by its sides and rock it from side to side, separating the adhesive holding it from the bottom edge of the iPhone.
29. Pull from the bottom edge of the iPhone until the adhesive joint separates.
30. Remove the speaker.
31. Remove the 2.3mm Phillips screw holding the Taptic Engine.
32. Use a spudger to disconnect the Taptic Engine flex cable by lifting it straight up from its socket.
33. Remove the Taptic Engine.
34. Separate the adhesive tab from the first battery from the bottom edge of the battery.
35. Repeat the previous step to separate the remaining two tabs of adhesive from the bottom edge of the battery.
36. Pull on each tab to slowly stretch out the adhesive from the bottom edge of the battery. is under the battery. This special adhesive that stretches and releases, losing its stickiness and allowing the battery to be lifted off easily.
37. Grab one of the outer adhesive tabs on the battery and slowly pull away from the battery toward the bottom of the iPhone .
38. Repeat the previous step to remove the strip on the opposite side, leaving the center strip for last.
39. Remove the center strip, being careful not to snag it on the speaker flex cable.
40. Peel and separate the tab from the final adhesive strip, on the top edge of the top battery cell.
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42. Grab the battery from the bottom edge and remove it from the iPhone.
43. Reverse all these steps with the new battery to finish the battery replacement process.