<story><title>Apple Shares Full iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro Repair Manuals</title><url>https://www.macrumors.com/2024/09/20/iphone-16-repair-manual/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>miles</author><text>&amp;gt; Compared to prior iPhone models, the  iPhone 16  and  iPhone 16  Plus are easier to repair. Apple is using an electric battery removal process, and the steps for accessing a battery to replace it are outlined in a separate support document &amp;lt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;support.apple.com&amp;#x2F;en-us&amp;#x2F;120642&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;support.apple.com&amp;#x2F;en-us&amp;#x2F;120642&lt;/a&gt;&amp;gt;. Per Apple&amp;#x27;s instructions, a 9-volt battery and 9-volt battery clips can be applied to the  iPhone 16  battery to remove the adhesive that holds it in place.&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Easier&amp;quot; is relative I guess:&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Here’s every tool you’ll need to replace the iPhone 16’s battery&lt;/i&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;9to5mac.com&amp;#x2F;2024&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;20&amp;#x2F;heres-every-tool-youll-need-to-replace-the-iphone-16s-battery&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;9to5mac.com&amp;#x2F;2024&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;20&amp;#x2F;heres-every-tool-youll-need-t...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;* 9-volt battery&lt;p&gt;* 9-volt battery clips (923-10726)&lt;p&gt;* Battery press (923-02657)&lt;p&gt;* Ethanol wipes or isopropyl alcohol (IPA) wipes&lt;p&gt;* Nylon probe (black stick) (922-5065) or suction cup&lt;p&gt;* Safety glasses with side shields&lt;p&gt;* Sand&lt;p&gt;* Sand container&lt;p&gt;By contrast, the Treo 650 battery replacement took a few seconds and zero tools.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>yalok</author><text>Removing a battery attached with previous type of adhesive is torture - the elastic tab frequently tears off, and I ended up a few times having to bend the old battery a lot, to get it out (very unsafe, it starts heating).&lt;p&gt;So, to me, this is a huge progress. Plus, don’t you normally have 9v battery and some connectors for it already?</text></comment>
<story><title>Apple Shares Full iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Pro Repair Manuals</title><url>https://www.macrumors.com/2024/09/20/iphone-16-repair-manual/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>miles</author><text>&amp;gt; Compared to prior iPhone models, the  iPhone 16  and  iPhone 16  Plus are easier to repair. Apple is using an electric battery removal process, and the steps for accessing a battery to replace it are outlined in a separate support document &amp;lt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;support.apple.com&amp;#x2F;en-us&amp;#x2F;120642&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;support.apple.com&amp;#x2F;en-us&amp;#x2F;120642&lt;/a&gt;&amp;gt;. Per Apple&amp;#x27;s instructions, a 9-volt battery and 9-volt battery clips can be applied to the  iPhone 16  battery to remove the adhesive that holds it in place.&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Easier&amp;quot; is relative I guess:&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Here’s every tool you’ll need to replace the iPhone 16’s battery&lt;/i&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;9to5mac.com&amp;#x2F;2024&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;20&amp;#x2F;heres-every-tool-youll-need-to-replace-the-iphone-16s-battery&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;9to5mac.com&amp;#x2F;2024&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;20&amp;#x2F;heres-every-tool-youll-need-t...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;* 9-volt battery&lt;p&gt;* 9-volt battery clips (923-10726)&lt;p&gt;* Battery press (923-02657)&lt;p&gt;* Ethanol wipes or isopropyl alcohol (IPA) wipes&lt;p&gt;* Nylon probe (black stick) (922-5065) or suction cup&lt;p&gt;* Safety glasses with side shields&lt;p&gt;* Sand&lt;p&gt;* Sand container&lt;p&gt;By contrast, the Treo 650 battery replacement took a few seconds and zero tools.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>cbsks</author><text>Don’t forget that first you need to remove the back glass, which requires:&lt;p&gt;Torque driver (blue, 0.65 kgf cm) (923-0448)&lt;p&gt;Torque driver (green, 0.45 kgf cm) (923-00105)&lt;p&gt;Security bit (923-0247)&lt;p&gt;Micro stix bit (923-01290)&lt;p&gt;Nylon probe (black stick) (922-5065)&lt;p&gt;ESD-safe tweezers&lt;p&gt;Adhesive removal tool (923-09176)&lt;p&gt;Adhesive cutter (923-01092)&lt;p&gt;Ethanol wipes or isopropyl alcohol (IPA) wipes&lt;p&gt;6.1-inch repair tray (923-10712)&lt;p&gt;Camera cap (923-10716)&lt;p&gt;Display press (661-08916)&lt;p&gt;Cut-resistant gloves. Gloves may vary by region.&lt;p&gt;Heat-resistant gloves. Gloves may vary by region.&lt;p&gt;Safety glasses with side shields&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;support.apple.com&amp;#x2F;en-us&amp;#x2F;120638&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;support.apple.com&amp;#x2F;en-us&amp;#x2F;120638&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>