Apple Watch Series 7 Battery Replacement

Four rounds with the iOpener I got it open... but then.... a cascade of errors...

At some point while opening I saw a flash of lines across the screen. Significant?

Cleaned adhesive off the case and screen for an hour with Q tips and alcohol... perfect...

The replacement adhesive was not like in the photo, the tab to peel it was on a different corner, not a good start, it was very hard to position maybe easier for a lefty. Since it was so difficult to position, the blue protective cover was gone by the time It was well positioned with a spudger so once it was ready to test, it was sealed and the question will always be, is a cable unseated or was the display damaged opening it as it failed, it's awake, display is dark, it vibrates and makes noises with find my, but...

So I tried to reopen it and check the cables and the glass popped off the OLED, the new adhesive which I worked so hard to ensure integrity for unfortunately gripped way too well. I'll have to destroy it to pull off the display. :(

No dice. Used the iOpener three times, then cut my finger open because there was no good place to hold the watch when the blade slipped. I give up.

I tried it exactly this way of opening the display with the exact same tools as given here. starting with peeling on the short screen side with the fine blade. But then white lines appeared on my screen... Why? because exactly at that spot are the flat cables connecting the screen with the watch. Such a stupid recommendation from iFixit. It seems like they just copied the text over from another repair without validating it. now I broke not one but two watch displays because of that. I am very diappointed. I dont recommend doing this repair by yourself....

I got it to work with a single heating of the iOpener. Heat the iOpener and set it on the watch as described for 90 seconds. Using the edge of the knife (I used an exacto knife), gently press the edge into seam between the glass and case, you'll see it sink in very slightly. Pull the edge out, move it down along the seam a couple millimeters, and then press it into the seam again. Keep working it down along the seem, slowly pressing the edge of the knife in and pulling back. After about a minute of this the edge of the glass started separating from the case, and I was able to negotiate the corner with the knife. I stuck a spudger underneath the raised edge and continued working around the screen edge until it was completely separated.

Same issue as others. Using an exact at the position described cut the data cable to the screen and destroyed my watch. Will be requesting a refund.

Just destroyed my watch. Followed the instructions exactly as described. The place where they tell you to put the knife is where the data cable is, now my watch just shows random lines. The screen was not even lifting off yet, I had just pushed the knife at that spot and pried up.

Same here. I just destroyed my 45mm stainless steel Watch series 7 by following this guide. As soon as i inserted the blade not even a millimeter in the position shown in the pictures (bottom end of the display) is seem to have seperated important display data lines. There is not even a warning for this in the instructions. I could have used the watch perfectly fine for several more months, the battery was just at 75% capacity. Now i have to decide between trying to fix it with an expensive replacement display or buy a new watch! Not happy, will be contacting customer service asap.

Same from me, this instruction destroyed my 45 mm watch as well. The display is broken and the new Akku doesn't work, because the connector is broken.

Se avessi letto prima i commenti precedenti non avrei neanche tentato la sostituzione della batteria, in quanto in questo passaggio quasi sicuramente danneggerete lo schermo come ho fatto io e altri che hanno provato, in pratica anche se il vetro rimane intatto, gli strati che compongono lo schermo si scolleranno tra loro e non funzionerà più, inizialmente vedrete comparire delle righe gialle e questo significa già che lo schermo è già andato. Adesso non mi rimane che buttarlo perché spendere altri 150€ per lo schermo nuovo non ne vale la pena su un dispositivo così vecchio, inoltre ho la batteria e l'adesivo che avevo già acquistato e le politiche di reso ti fanno desistere da rispedirla indietro per una spesa così bassa quale la batteria. Quindi il mio consiglio principale è non tentate neanche di aprirlo e semmai proprio volete provarci, acquistate la batteria dopo aver portato a termine la rimozione della vecchia.

Exactly the same issue as the users above. If you insert a tool at the bottom edge as shown, you are very likely to damage a ribbon cable going to the screen, resulting in the screen malfunctioning (vertical white bands in my case), and your watch will be ruined. I think you're better off starting from the lower half of the left edge (near the speaker, the opposite side from the buttons). I wish I'd read these comments before trying my repair.