How to Disconnect an iPad Battery with a Playing Card

Written By: Robert Boyd
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How to Disconnect an iPad Battery with a Playing Card

Difficulty

Easy

Steps

4

Time Required

5 - 10 minutes

Introduction

Follow this guide to disconnect the battery in an iPad with a playing card.

If you're having trouble fitting a battery blocker underneath the battery connector on an iPad's logic board, you can try using a playing card to disconnect the battery instead. This procedure requires cutting a playing card to size.

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    • Line up the left edge of a playing card with the left edge of the battery connector.

    • Use a pen to mark both sides of the screw hole and the end of the battery connector as shown.

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    • Line up the top edge of the card with the top edge of the screw hole.

    • Use a pen to mark the bottom edge of the battery connector.

    • These markings will aid in cutting a slot in the card to clear the screw hole.

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    • The length of the battery blocker is not important, but we recommend it to be about an inch, or the length from the tip of your thumb to its knuckle.

    • Use a pair of scissors to cut out the playing card battery blocker as shown.

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    • Be extremely slow and careful when you isolate the battery using a battery blocker. The battery contacts are easily bent or broken, resulting in irreversible damage.

    • Insert the battery blocker at a 35 degree angle to disconnect the battery.

    • The playing card ideally should slide under the logic board without encountering any blockages. After insertion, it should rest at a 15 degree angle.

    • Leave the battery blocker in place as you work.

Conclusion

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

Author

Robert Boyd

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3 comments

Thanks Robert. Great easy to create tool and excellent explanation.

Kevin Stark -

Thanks for sharing! That helped a lot!

Trevor V -

Hello Robert,

thank you for this useful tip.

Let me ask you this question:

I need to rectify a bent 9th gen iPad but after dismantling both the digitizer and the screen, I don't want to go further. The bent is located exactly aside the logic board screen connector.

All I want to do is try to fix the bent, therefore I need the iPad be free of movements. Since this article says the card needs to be kept in place, my question is is really mandatory that the card stays at 15 degrees or may I tape the card to the battery to avoid the card being accidentally removed?

I hope you can reply to my question.

Thank you

alessiodigennaro -