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Huawei P8 Battery Replacement

Written By: Dominik Schnabelrauch (and 5 other contributors)

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FEATURED GUIDE Difficulty Moderate

Steps 15

Time Required 1 hour

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Introduction
Use this guide to replace the battery in your Huawei P8 smartphone.

Tools  Buy these tools Parts  Buy these parts

 Spudger  Phillips #00 Screwdriver

Huawei P8 Replacement Battery
Buy
 Tweezers  T2 Torx Screwdriver $24.99

 SIM Card Eject Tool

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Step 1 Huawei P8 Battery Replacement

 First switch off your phone.

 Remove the trays for the SD card and the SIM card.

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Step 2

 Remove the two Torx T2 screws located at the

bottom next to the device's Micro USB port.

 If the screen is cracked you might want to use some

tape to protect your eyes from glass shards and get
a better grip to open the phone.

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 Use an iSclack or a suction handle to separate the

display unit from the rear panel.

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Step 4

 Remove the two Phillips #00 screws that secure the

front camera and display/battery connector
brackets

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Step 5

 Use a tweezer to remove the bracket covering the

display and the battery flex connector.

 Unplug the battery flex connector with a Spudger.

 Remove the bracket covering the flex connector of

the front camera.

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Step 6

 Unplug the headphone jack and the front camera

flex connectors.

 Remove the front camera.

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Step 7

 Use a spudger to disconnect the power/volume

cable and fold it out of the way.

 Remove the liquid contact indicator.

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Step 8

 Remove the five Phillips #00 screws that hold down

the motherboard of your Huawei P8.

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Step 9

 Unplug the vibration motor flex connector.

 Disconnect the antenna cable.

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Step 10

 Unplug the display flex connector from the main

board with a Spudger.

 Disconnect and remove the antenna cable with a

tweezer.

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Step 11

 Remove the motherboard from the phone.

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Step 12

 Carefully peel up the flex cable of your loudspeaker.

 If the cable is difficult to peel, heat the

loudspeaker assembly with an iOpener or a heat
gun.

 Lift up the loudspeaker assembly with a spudger

and remove it.

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Step 13

 Free the end of the first adhesive pull tab to get a

good grip on it.

 Pull the adhesive tab in a slow constant movement

to free the battery.

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Step 14

 Free the end of the second adhesive pull tab.

 Pull the adhesive tab in a slow constant movement.

 Should those adhesive tabs snap, you might want to

use an iOpener to heat and soften them a little bit
so you can pry out the battery with a spudger.

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Step 15

TOOL USED ON THIS STEP:

$5.99  Slowly lift the battery out.
Tesa 61395 Tape
 When reassembling your phone replace old
adhesive with double-sided tape or pre-cut
adhesive strips.

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 CONCLUSION

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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Really helpful guide. Only hiccup was that on my handset the screws holding the casing together (Step 2) were Torx 2 rather than pentalobe,
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possibly a regional variation. I opted not to remove the loudspeaker (Step 10) as the ribbon cable was firmly stuck down and I worried it would
break. This meant I could only cleanly remove the adhesive pad in line with the charging port. I was able to prise out the battery using spudger
and screwdriver to scrape the other pad from the phone body. All now reassembled and working properly!
Ben Raphael - 07/22/2017

 Overall a very helpful guide . I also had torx screws in mine . The torx screws are tiny , so make sure you have the right screwdriver before
starting . We didn’t bother removing the loudspeader assembly either (Step 10) . You can just prise up the ribbon cable (carefully) . Add heat if
necessary . Now to the biggest problem . Removing the old battery from the phone . What a nightmare ! It’s really stuck down .We took our
time using a hairdryer (no heat gun) , and a flat head screwdriver , and went from one end to the other prising it off gently . It still took about 20
minutes . Saying that . Don’t rush it , as it’s the final stage . Also . If you do use a flat head screwdriver then don’t twist it , as you might damage
the casing . Just slide it underneath it applying heat . Total time to remove the old battery was 90 minutes , but about 50 of those were spent
just getting the first 2 screws out . 20 minutes to put the new battery in and reassemble . Make sure all flex connectors are properly reseated .
Paul - 01/27/2018

 My P8 battery has completely died on me. I cannot believe that to replace a battery, we have to now go to these lengths to do it. There must be
a mountain of mobile phones, where the only issue with them is a flat battery. Surely, this cannot be allowed to continue. I know why the
manufacturers want to make it hard to simply replace a battery, because it sells more mobile phones. But think of all that wasted technology,
where a phone may have lasted just over a 24 month contract before the battery is done.
joeninetee - 08/21/2018

 Many thanks for this tutorial. Together we shall beat them!

joeninetee - 08/21/2018

 Thank you for a very nice and easy to follow tutorial!

I have now replaced my battery with what should be an original battery for the Huawei Ascend P8, battery nr: HB3447A9EBW. For some
reason the width of the new battery is a few millimeters smaller than the old one, meaning that it does not fill out the space completely. Has
anyone else experienced the same?
After having assembled the phone again I experience some weird issues with the battery level dropping from 50%, 60%, 70% or even 100% in
an instant. I have tried calibrating the battery by, letting it die completely, recharge it to 100% let it drain completely again and recharge. I have
tried different battery calibration apps and a factory reset - nothing helps.
I contacted the company I bought the battery from and got a replacement - still same issue.
Unfortunately i damaged the original battery when taking it out, so i cant use that as a reference.
Any suggestions would be most appreciated!
Kris - 10/03/2018

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