Repair Manual

iPhone 12 mini

Battery | Removal

6. Repeat steps 3 and 4 to remove the bottom left adhesive strip from the battery. If you remove the

entire strip, continue to step 7.

If the battery adhesive tab

or strip breaks off and you

can still see it, attempt

to retrieve it with the

tweezers. Wrap the tab or

strip around the tweezers

and repeat steps 3 and 4.

If you can’t see the tab or

strip, continue to step 5.

Important

4. Pull the tweezers outward

at a 45-degree angle

and continue to twist the

adhesive strip until you’ve

removed the entire strip.

Don’t pull the adhesive

strip against parts or

screws.

Caution

5. Use ESD-safe tweezers to grasp the bottom left battery adhesive tab and gently peel it away from

the battery.

Peel the adhesive tab completely away from the battery before continuing to step 6.

If the battery adhesive tab or strip breaks off and you can still see it, attempt to retrieve it with the

tweezers. Wrap the tab or strip around the tweezers and repeat steps 3 and 4. If you can’t see the

tab or strip, continue to step 7.

Important