Cellphone Battery Replacement

[Gregory Matthews]

If you have a Smart phone, it probably has a Li ion battery, which  may be subject to explosive heating and starting a fire.  Monday, I noted that my phone, which had been off the charger, was very hot.  So, I suspected the Li ion battery was defective and I turned it off and quite using it.  I have a Nexus 5X, which has a battery that can not easily be replaced.

I telephoned Batteries + for information.  They replace the batteries in some smart phones, but, not mine.

I found on the internet complete instructions to include videos, of how to replace the battery in my phone and many other models.

I ordered from Amazon a replacement package (battery and special  tools which will be delivered today.  I decided that I probably had the needed tools so, I have disassembled my phone in preparation for placing he new battery in the phone when it is delivered later today.

Fortunately, my phone did not have a case that was glued together, as are some phones.  One can replace the battery in those phones, but with a bit more work.  In my phone, only the battery itself was glued in.

By working very slowly, following the instructions to the letter, I have been able to open the case and to remove the battery without breaking anything.

If you are handy with tools, you may want to consider doing the replacement yourself.  If not, you may want to see if Batteries + will do it for you.

In any case, my point is that the battery in your smart phone can probably be replaced  if you want it done.  You probably do not have to purchase a new phone.

My phone was 4 months out of warranty and I was not about to purchase a new one.

The total cost of my package was less than $22.  I could have purchased a battery alone for about half of that.

 

 

 

[Gregory Matthews]

Here is my phone opened up with the battery removed.

[phkrause]

My cellphone, Samsung Galaxy S8, only heats up if I'm charging it in my car and the sun is shinning on it! It will stop charging automaticly when this happens. Other than that, it never gets hot.

[B/W Photodude]

I have changed batteries in different versions of iPhones. Beware of changing the battery in the 5s as I have heard you can damage the fingerprint sensor. I am trying to decide if I want to have a go at changing my iPad battery!

Looks like fun:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHjXMlymX88

 

[Gregory Matthews]

The problem was that the phone had been off of the charger for about 4 hours and it was quite hot.  That reminded me of the problems that Li ion batteries are having.  So, I turned it off, quit using it and replaced the battery.  Now it is working fine and it is not warm although it just came off of the charger.

 

[Gregory Matthews]

My cell phone was purchased from Google as I have a Google Fi account.  I spent  1 1/2 hours in chatting with them this morning.  They wanted loads of information, which I had, to include the photo that  I took and posted above.  I also have the defective battery which was removed from my phone.

I am not certain as to what they are going to do with all of this.  I told them that they have a problem and they may need to notify their customers that there is potential danger of the batteries catching fire.

Reading between the lines, I believe that they have had other  examples of defective batteries.  I have picked up some internet chat on this.