Like being talked down by an expert air-traffic controller

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The battery had faded, and was requiring charging 2, even 3 times a day!

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The repair was not easy -and it took me a while (plenty of fretting, and worrying whether I'd done it right). But I was relieved when the phone snapped back together again, and powered up beautifully...

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The hardest part of replacing the battery, is getting the old battery out. This is because it is glued in. I used a heat pack (the kind you use for stiff muscles) and heated it up in the microwave. Once it was nice and hot, I placed the iPhone (and the coffee mug that I rubber banded to the touch screen to keep the unit in one piece) on top of the heating pad and waited for about 8 minutes, until the iPhone case felt warm from the heat. Then I pried the battery up from the outer edge and it came out easily.