Google Pixel 10 Pro Battery Removal

ID: 199551

Description:

Steps:

1. Let your Pixel's battery drain below 25% before starting this repair. A charged lithium‑ion battery may catch fire if damaged.
2. Unplug all cables and completely power down your phone.

3. Glass shards can complicate disassembly—or worse, cause injury. If your phone's back glass is cracked, follow this step.
4. Apply strips of packing tape to the cracked glass until it's completely covered—this will help keep the glass contained and allow the suction cup to stick.
5. Make sure there's a single strip (not overlapping) of tape across the bottom edge, big enough for a suction cup to fit on.
6. Only cover the glass itself—don't stick any tape to the frame.
7. Consider wearing safety glasses to protect your eyes from any glass shaken free during the repair.

8. Adhesive secures the back glass to the frame. Heating the glass softens the adhesive, making it easier to separate.
9. Heat an iOpener and lay it on the bottom edge of the back glass for two minutes.
10. Alternatively, you can use a hair dryer or heat gun to heat the back glass.
11. Improper use of a heat gun can destroy the display and/or battery—follow the linked instructions carefully.

12. Apply a suction handle to the center of the back glass's bottom edge, as close to the edge as possible.

13. Pull up on the suction handle with strong, steady force until a gap forms between the back glass and frame.
14. Insert the tip of an opening pick into the gap.

15. The back glass is secured with adhesive around the perimeter of the frame. Use this picture as a reference while you separate the adhesive.
16. A cable connects the back glass near the power button. Don't insert your pick here to avoid damaging the cable.

17. If the back glass feels stuck at any point during the next few steps, apply heat to the area and try again.
18. Slide the opening pick along the bottom edge to separate the adhesive.
19. Leave the pick inserted under the bottom left corner to prevent the adhesive from re‑sealing.

20. Insert a second pick under the bottom left corner and slide it up the left edge, stopping at the power button.
21. Leave the pick inserted to prevent the adhesive from re‑sealing.

22. Insert a third pick under the bottom right corner of the back glass and slide it up the right edge.
23. Leave the pick inserted under the top right corner.

24. Insert a fourth pick under the top right corner.
25. Slide the pick along the top edge and slightly around the top left corner, stopping at the bottom of the camera bump.
26. Don't try to fully remove the back glass yet, as it's still connected by a ribbon cable.

27. Flip the back glass over the left side of the phone and use the suction handle (or a sturdy object) to prop it up.
28. If the back glass still feels stuck, go back around the perimeter with an opening pick and separate any remaining adhesive.

29. Use a Torx Plus 3IP screwdriver to remove the two 5.8 mm‑long screws securing the back glass connector bracket.

30. Use tweezers to slide the cover towards the center of the phone to unhook the tabs and remove it.
31. Be careful not to damage the battery or rear cameras.

32. Use the point of a spudger to pry up and disconnect the battery and back glass press connectors.

33. Remove the back glass.

34. Use a Torx Plus 3IP screwdriver to remove the 5.8 mm‑long screw securing the upper interconnect cable cover.

35. Remove the upper interconnect cable cover.

36. Use a Torx Plus 3IP screwdriver to remove the two 5.0 mm‑long screws securing the lower interconnect cover.

37. Remove the lower interconnect cable cover.

38. Use the point of a spudger to pry up and disconnect the interconnect cable press connector from the motherboard.

39. Use a spudger to pry up and disconnect the interconnect cable press connector from the daughterboard.

40. Use your fingers to remove the interconnect cable.

41. Use your fingers to peel up the entire battery tab on the left side of the battery, including the skinny strip running along the side.

42. Wear finger stalls to help get a solid grip on the battery pull tabs and frame in the next step.
43. If you don't have finger stalls, use latex/nitrile or rubber gloves instead.

44. Secure the right side of your phone with one hand, and use your free hand to grip the battery pull tab.
45. Make sure your hand securing the phone is mainly pressing on the frame—it shouldn't be covering the battery or pressing down on delicate components.
46. Pull straight up on the tab and apply constant, steady force until the adhesive separates.

47. Grip the battery and slowly pull it away from your phone to peel the plastic sleeve out of the recess.
48. Remove the battery.