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| - | [* black] Gently pull the battery adhesive tab away from the battery, toward the bottom of the iPhone. |
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| - | [* black] To avoid tearing the adhesive strip, be careful not to pull against the battery or lower components. |
| - | [* black] Continue pulling, allowing the strip to slowly slip out from between the battery and the rear case. When you feel increased resistance from the strip, stop pulling and continue with the next step. |
| + | [* icon_caution] Try to keep the strips flat and unwrinkled during this procedure; wrinkled strips will stick together and break instead of pulling out cleanly. |
| + | [* icon_caution] To avoid tearing the adhesive strip, be careful not to pull against the battery or lower components. |
| + | [* black] Very slowly, pull and stretch one adhesive strip away from the battery, toward the bottom of the iPhone. |
| + | [* black] Pull at as low of an angle as you can without snagging the adhesive strip on any of the components along the lower edge of the phone. |
| + | [* black] Don't press down on the battery as you pull the strip. |
| + | [* icon_note] The strip will stretch to many times its original length. Continue pulling slowly until it releases and slips out from underneath the battery. |
| [* icon_note] If the battery adhesive tabs break during the removal process, use your fingers or blunt tweezers to retrieve the remaining length of adhesive, and continue pulling. | |
| [* icon_caution] If any of the adhesive strips break underneath the battery and cannot be retrieved, try to remove the remaining strips, and then ***[guide|29424|proceed as instructed below|stepid=69623]***. |