In this guide, we will show you how to remove and replace the battery on a Huawei P10 smartphone.
In order to remove the battery, you need to remove the back cover and disconnect the battery connector, main FPC, and display cable from the motherboard.
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The full teardown of the Huawei P10 can be found here.
Repair Tools Needed:
0.8 pentalobe screwdriver
Phillips #000 Screwdriver
Suction cup
Pick
Spudger
Tweezers
SIM Card Eject Tool
1. Removing the SIM card tray and two Pentalobe screws
First of all, switch off your phone and remove the SIM card tray.
Remove the two Pentalobe screws located at the bottom next to the device’s USB Type-C port.
2. Removing the back cover
Use a suction cup to separate the display unit from the back cover.
Lift up the display a little bit with a suction cup and insert a pick.
Slide the pick along the display edge on both sides.
Don’t remove the back cover completely yet. The power button and volume button cable are still connected to the motherboard.
3. Disconnect the power button and volume button cable
Disconnect the power button and volume button cable using a spudger.
Once the cable is disconnected, you can remove the back cover completely.
4. Disconnect the battery connector
Remove one screw securing the metal sheet.
Remove the metal sheet with tweezers.
Disconnect the main FPC from the motherboard with a spudger.
Disconnect the battery connector from the motherboard with a spudger.
5. Disconnect the display cable
Remove the Phillips #000 screw securing the metal sheet to the middle frame.
Remove the metal sheet with tweezers.
Disconnect the display cable from the motherboard.
6. Removing the battery
Uncover the ends of the adhesive pull tabs to get a good grip on them.
Pull the film slowly and continuously to release the battery.
There is only one cable running directly underneath the battery.
Insert a card under the battery to separate the battery.
On the other side of the battery, there is a double-sided adhesive fixed battery.
Lift up the battery and remove it.
You can find the full Huawei P10 Teardown here. For other parts replacement tutorials, please visit the P10 repair guide category.
Very good guide. I managed to replace my Huawei P10 battery in about 30 minutes. Removing the old battery is the most difficult part by far. You need to be firm yet gentle. Note that you didn’t actually mention disconnecting the battery cable from the device, so I kept thinking I’d missed a step!
Thank you for this guide, A++
Where did you purchase the P10 battery? I need to replace my battery as it is getting puffy and the phone is opening from the right side.
Thanks for this guide. This guide gave me the confidence to replace my phone battery, so I ordered a P10 battery. After receiving the battery, I replaced it successfully. I have seen other guides, but this one just removed the old battery and replaced it without removing any other boards. Only getting the battery out from the sticky tape was a problem.
My battery was filled with air inside the pocket. Can it be used for other electronics applications (Arduino, etc.)?
As far as I know, once a Li-Ion battery starts to inflate like that, it degrades internally and is hazardous to use (risk of fire, etc.).