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Thank you for the video! From start to finish, this is definitely not an easy DIY. It will probably take at 2 hours to attempt this. This video is a great tutorial to see what's ahead. If you get impatient or frustrated, walk away and try again later. There's so many risks for bringing your phone at each step. Make sure to have a super thin metal putty knife to lift the top and bottom glass pieces
I just now finished this battery replacement. Took 2 full hours. But I had one major problem: one of the 6 screws was so tight that the head stripped out before it came loose. I had to DRILL it out. Now that was fun, running a drill bit into the side of my cell phone. I closed up any openings into the phone while doing this with tape to keep bit shavings from getting inside. So far all good. The new battery is charging now. Did not have the side button problem mentioned above. Used double sided carpet tape to hold the battery and flex cables in place. Nothing for the display edge, just original adhesive and some heat to re-seat it, hope it stays.
@@rubyrivasse9874 I was but ended up replacing that phone with a Samsung note 20 ultra after this phone failed to charge while I was in a trip. Argh. I loved my Motorola
Thanks for the video! It worked for me. A couple of additional observations: 1. I was able to do it without a heat gun. I turned off the phone and removed the SIM/Memory card holder and placed the phone in my oven at 300 degrees F (just below 150 degrees C) for 4 minutes. That was enough to remove the two glass back plates. I put it in the oven again to begin removing/pushing out the screen. I handled the hot phone with a rag so the heat wouldn't bother my hands. 2. You don't actually need to disconnect the screen from the rest of the phone. You can leave the connector on and open the phone like a book to pry out the battery. Prying out the battery was pretty difficult, because of the adhesive behind it, and this is where having a heat gun would make it easier. 3. The plastic pieces removed on the video at around 3:30 didn't seem necessary to reinstall and didn't seem to want to go back into place anyway. So I tossed it (in my case it was one piece, not two), and everything works fine as long as you add adhesive to the back of the new battery.
@@themusicmaker8455 true, Apple has been doing it for a long time now, and their batteries absolutely suck. that would be my only criticism about this phone, they should have stuck with a removable battery. I am at least happy that they brought back the removable memory capability a while back. I got my Droid Force when they first came out and the battery just went bad on me so I think that's pretty good. I actually didn't mess up my phone either. I was nervous about it to be sure but I discovered a few things at some of the videos and other instructions did not show. The main thing is you have to take your time. I got the battery and replacement kit from iFixit and they also offer instructions on there. Their instructions are not really as good as the videos, but I'm checked as many sources as I could find before I decided to start. Anyway here is a very important tip - just take your time and heat up those and plates on the back, you can use the pad from iFixit, a hair dryer or even a mini butane torch like me. If you do use the torch just be very careful because you might start to melt things. anyway you all you need to do is get one little section started and then you can slowly work your way around. I use a razor actually. anyway the important part that I want to talk about is once you get those off and get the screws off, you will see that there are a couple of holes in the corners on the top side of the phone. I used a little precision screwdriver or you can use the pic they give you in the kit to push through the whole up against the front of the phone. It will push the screen out and you can start the pry underneath there without damaging your phone at all. if any of you are going to attempt this I would recommend doing it that way and you shouldn't damage anything if you take your time. If you all have any questions let me know
This isn't exactly like my Z2, but it was closer than most of the videos. It was helpful, but there are two things missing. First it needs a new adhesive for the case to go back together properly. I'm still looking for that. Second, and perhaps most importantly, TURN DAMM PHONE OFF. Treat it as live electronics until you get the battery unplugged. You can't get shocked, but any live electronics can be damaged by a misplaced metal scewdriver.
BIG FYI!!!!!!!!!!!!! Once you remove the old battery and install the new, make sure that the side button connector stays in place. Mine came off and it took me almost an hour to realize why my battery would charge but I could not turn my phone on. Good luck!
This is a very helpful video, but where will I get all the supplies? Like the adhesive remover stuff, and will doing this break my LCD? therefore making me have to get a new one? Like, what all things will I need (adhesive remove, etc)
iFixit.com - you can buy just a battery for $32 or a kit that includes a battery. The kit has the tools that you will need including a heating pad. they also have instructions on the same website
Hi, I really liked your video. my moto z is having problems. his battery is discharging very fast and sometimes it turns off even the device is at 30%. I wanted to know what causes this problem and if the simple battery replacement resolves or if after some one has the problem it will return. Can someone help me?
I know this was a few months ago but yes it is the battery and that is the only way to fix it. At first I thought it was some kind of software glitch since the battery was showing a charge and then it would die. I did factory reset I recondition a battery and I did everything that Motorola said to do and nothing worked. Battery replacement is the only way to fix it and you will have plenty of life after that. I've always taken good care of my phone so it's like new again.
It should be noted that when you take the top screen off you need to make sure you have the metal plate with it. He makes it look like it's all one piece and it's not I broke my lcd display because I was trying to figure out how he got the screen opened to the battery if he would have explained it better i would have avoided that problem and saved me some money..now I have to buy a new touch screen.
I did the same thing. 😬 Going to read more than the few top comments next time I do anything like this. Maybe somebody will see this; Turn on USB debugging before your attempt. If you break your screen, USB debugging being enabled should at least let you control the phone while it's tethered to a PC, just so you can be sure it still works.
I could only get 1 of the 6 screws loose (yes, I had the right type/size screwdriver). They're held in with thread lock and the heads strip out fairly easily. My suggestion is to go through the screw removal step in this video before you buy a battery. If you get the screws out, then it's easy to reassemble from there and go get a battery. If you can't, then you haven't wasted your money on a battery and maybe a few other things.
Battery replaced, but having issues HELP! Charges fine but about 52% phone powers off after couple minutes charge says 52% charged and awhile goes to full, but everytime goes to about 52% powers off tried other new battery same issue, what to do has anyone else have this issue and how to fix please!!
I used my moto turbo mod to keep my moto Z limped along, got a Z4 but then broke the screen. Back to using the moto Z Force...seems like buying another turbo power pack would be easier than replacing the battery :D
I tried. My moto z 2 force draws too much on the damaged battery under heavy pcu and gpu loads. Sucks. Im in the same boat. Got the turbo pack and the projector. Hate to turn it into a weak home projector for 1000$im thinkin buy the kit and battery and hope att puts the z4 on the shelf
Alright....in a different life I use to work for Motorola mobility....when this all this go to shit? This is the worst freaking assembly I have ever seen. There is no reason to make it this complicated they could had easily had a removable battery instead of going thru all this bs to replace it....this is just insane....
sir, the back cover is broken in the drop test. The plastic pieces in the mobile phone are very fragile, so it is easy to damage. Will you pay attention to this place after reading?
My back top glass cover looked a hell of a lot worse than his after trying this. Looks like about 20 pieces in a pile. Got the first corner of my screen off, but didn't like how it was bending so I stopped put some electrical tape in place of the shattered piece. Off to buy a new phone tomorrow. Just wish the battery had lasted as long as the payments. :(. I don't recommend this approach to anyone.
My Moto Z Force keeps shutting off on it's own at around 30% power.. And after charge, it quickly drains. I will never buy a phone like this again. Batteries should be easily replaceable considering how often they go bad.
Not going to like, this was a VERY unprofessional video. First error I saw was the tools and parts needed list. You said we needed a new screen, but nothing of the battery. Second error I saw was not turning the phone off first, which anyone with some common sense with technology should know when taking anything apart. Want to fry your board from shorting or grounding something that shouldn't be? That's a pretty good chance of happening right there. Third was breaking the part, and not mentioning that you shouldn't break it.
