Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold Flip and Base Battery Replacement

Unplug all cables from your phone and completely power it down.

Apply a suction cup to the back cover, as close to the center of the bottom edge as possible.

While securing the phone with one hand, pull up on the suction cup with strong, steady force to create a gap between the back cover and the frame.

Insert an opening pick into the gap.

Remove the suction handle from the back cover.

Slide the opening pick around the bottom left corner and up the left edge of the back cover to separate the adhesive.

Continue sliding the pick around the top left corner and across the top edge of the back cover.

Slide your pick down the right edge and around the bottom right corner to separate the remaining adhesive.

Lift the bottom edge of the back cover and swing it over the top edge of the phone.

Prop up the back cover with your suction handle or a clean, sturdy object—making sure that the cable isn't strained.

Use a Torx Plus 3IP driver to remove the 3.0 mm‑long screw securing the top bracket.

Use tweezers, or your fingers, to pull the top bracket towards the top of the phone to release it from its clip.

Remove the top bracket.

Insert the tip of your spudger under the bottom edge of the back cover cable press connector.

Pry up and disconnect the back cover cable.

Lift the back cover off the frame and remove it.

Use a Torx Plus 3IP driver to remove the two 3.0 mm‑long screws securing the base battery bracket.

Use tweezers, or your fingers, to pull the base battery bracket toward the bottom of the phone to release it from its clip.

Remove the base battery bracket.

Insert the tip of your spudger under the bottom left corner of the base battery press connector, near the gold marker.

Pry up and disconnect the base battery.

Use a spudger to pry up and disconnect the USB-C port board cable press connector.

Use a Torx Plus 3IP driver to remove the two 3.0 mm‑long screws securing the vibrator bracket.

Use tweezers, or your fingers, to lift the vibrator bracket off the frame and remove it.

Slide one arm of a pair of angled tweezers under the metal neck of the black antenna cable's connector head on the USB‑C board.

Lift straight up to disconnect the cable.

Use a Torx Plus 3IP driver to remove the two 2.6 mm‑long screws securing the inner front camera bracket.

Use tweezers, or your fingers, to lift the inner front camera bracket up and toward the left edge of the phone to release its clips.

Remove the inner front camera bracket.

Use a spudger to pry up and disconnect the inner front camera press connector.

Use the point of a spudger to pry up the inner front camera and separate the adhesive securing it to the frame.

Remove the inner front camera.

Slide the flat end of a spudger under the ultra wideband antenna to separate the adhesive foam securing it to the frame.

Use tweezers, or your fingers, to lift the antenna off the frame to separate any remaining adhesive.

Use a Torx Plus 3IP driver to remove the two 3.0 mm‑long screws securing the ultra wideband bracket.

While holding the ultra wideband antenna out of the way, pull the bracket toward the bottom of the phone to release its clips.

Remove the ultra wideband bracket.

Use a Torx Plus 3IP driver to remove the 3.0 mm‑long screw securing the interconnect cable bracket.

Use tweezers, or your fingers, to pull the bracket toward the right edge of the phone to release its clip.

Remove the bottom interconnect cable bracket.

Use a Torx Plus 3IP driver to remove the 3.0 mm‑long screw securing the inner display cable bracket.

Use tweezers, or your fingers, to pull the inner display cable bracket towards the left edge of the phone to release it from its clip.

Remove the inner display cable bracket.

Insert the point of a spudger under the bottom left corner of the inner display press connector, next to the gold marker on the logic board.

Pry up and disconnect the inner display cable.

Repeat the previous step to disconnect the top and bottom interconnect cable press connectors, making sure to only pry next to the gold markers.

Peel the graphite sheet off the bottom speaker to separate the adhesive securing it.

Continue peeling the graphite sheet off the logic board to separate the remaining adhesive.

Use tweezers, or your fingers, to peel off the yellow tape on the side button cable ZIF connector.

Use the point of a spudger, or your fingernail, to lift the locking tab on the side button cable ZIF connector.

Use angled tweezers to pull the side button cable straight out of its slot.

Use the tip of a spudger to pry up the 5G mmWave antenna from the frame and separate it from the thermal pad.

Use a Torx Plus 3IP driver to remove the three screws securing the logic board:

One 2.2 mm‑long screw

Two 2.6 mm‑long screws

Insert the flat end of a spudger under the top left corner of the logic board, next to the inner front camera cutout.

Pry up the logic board enough so you can grip the top edge with your fingers.

Lift the top of the logic board out of the frame and remove it.

Lay down the logic board upside down on a clean surface.

Use the flat end of a spudger to scrape away large pieces of old thermal paste from the frame.

Apply a few drops of highly-concentrated isopropyl alcohol (over 90%) to any remaining thermal paste residue.

Wipe away the residue using a coffee filter or lint-free cloth.

Repeat the thermal paste cleaning procedure for the bottom of the logic board.

Use tweezers, or your fingers, to peel the section of conductive fabric connecting the loudspeaker to the frame.

Slide one arm of a pair of angled tweezers under the contact pad connected to the loudspeaker.

Lift the contact pad to separate the adhesive securing it to the frame.

Use a Torx Plus 3IP driver to remove the 2.6 mm‑long screw securing the loudspeaker.

Use the tip of a spudger to pry up the left edge of the loudspeaker to separate the adhesive securing it to the frame.

Use your fingers to lift the top edge of the loudspeaker and pull it out of its recess in the frame.

Remove the loudspeaker.

Slide the tip of an opening pick under the USB-C port board cable to separate the adhesive securing it to the frame.

Use a Torx Plus 3IP driver to remove the three 2.6 mm‑long screws securing the USB-C port board.

Use a spudger to pry up the top right corner of the USB-C port board to unclip it from the frame.

Pull the USB-C port board out of its recess in the frame and remove it.

Use your fingers to peel up the two edges of the pull tab on the base battery.

Unfold your phone and flip it so the inner screen is facing upward.

Use a hair dryer, or a heat gun, to heat the section of inner screen behind the base battery until the its barely too hot to touch.

Fold your phone and turn it so the base battery is facing up.

While holding the right pull tab, slide the left pull tab toward the top edge of the battery to separate the top section of adhesive.

Grip the ends of the plastic pull tabs with your fingers.

Pull straight up with constant, steady force to separate the adhesive under the battery. Work slowly and let time do the work for you until the adhesive separates.

Remove the base battery.

Apply a few drops of high concentration (>90%) isopropyl alcohol under the bottom edge of the base battery.

Lift the bottom edge of the phone to let the isopropyl alcohol flow under the battery.

Wait one minute for the alcohol to soften the adhesive.

Apply a suction cup to the center of the base battery.

While securing the phone with one hand, pull up on the suction cup with strong, steady force to separate the base battery from the frame.

Remove the base battery.

Place the back glass on the frame to protect the internals while working on the flipside of the phone.

Apply a suction cup to the screen, as close to the center of the bottom edge as possible.

Pull up on the suction cup with strong, steady force to create a gap between the screen and the frame.

Insert an opening pick into the gap.

Slide the opening pick around the bottom right corner and up the right edge of the screen to separate the adhesive.

Slide the pick around the top right corner and stop before the front camera.

Pull the opening pick out so only the tip is under the screen.

Slide the opening pick across the top edge of the screen until you're past the front camera.

Push your pick to its original depth before continuing.

Slide the opening pick around the top left corner and stop about two‑thirds down the left edge of the screen.

Pull the opening pick out to a 2 mm depth and rotate the pick around the bottom left corner to separate the remaining adhesive.

Lift the right edge of the screen and swing it over the left edge of the phone, like opening a book.

Prop up the screen with your suction handle or a clean, sturdy object.

Use a Torx Plus 3IP driver to remove the 2.2 mm‑long screw securing the display cable bracket.

Use a spudger, or your fingers, to lift the display cable bracket enough to access the press connector underneath.

Use the point of a spudger to pry up and disconnect the display cable press connector.

Lift the screen off the frame and remove it.

Use a Torx Plus 3IP driver to remove the 2.0 mm‑long screw securing the battery bracket.

Use tweezers, or your fingers, to move the battery bracket out of the way of the battery press connector.

Use the point of a spudger to pry up and disconnect the battery press connector.

Use tweezers, or your fingers, to remove the rubber block covering a screw on the top board.

Use a Torx Plus 3IP driver to remove the two 2.2 mm‑long screws securing the top interconnect cable bracket.

Use tweezers, or your fingers, to remove the top interconnect cable bracket.

Insert the point of a spudger under the top right corner of the top interconnect cable press connector, near the golden marker.

Pry up and disconnect the top interconnect cable press connector.

Use the tip of a spudger to lift up the top right corner of the lower board and unclip it from the frame.

Remove the lower board.

Slide the flat end of a spudger under the flip battery cable to separate the adhesive.

Use tweezers, or your fingers, to lift the flip battery cable connector and fully separate it from the frame.

Use your fingers to peel both edges of the flip battery pull tabs off the battery.

Unfold your phone and flip it so the inner screen is facing upward.

Use a hair dryer, or a heat gun, to heat the section of inner screen behind the flip battery (the side with the SIM card cutout) until it's barely too hot to touch.

Fold your phone and turn it so the flip battery is facing up.

Pull up on alternating sides of the pull tab to slice through the adhesive on the upper half of the flip battery, stopping once you get to the top edge.

Apply a few drops of isopropyl alcohol (>90%) under the bottom edge of the flip battery.

Lift the bottom edge of the phone to let the isopropyl alcohol flow under the battery.

Wait one minute for the alcohol to soften the adhesive.

Apply a suction handle to the center of the flip battery.

While securing the phone with one hand, pull up on the suction cup with strong, steady force to separate the flip battery from the frame.

Remove the flip battery.

Congratulations on completing disassembly! The remaining steps will show you how to reassemble your device.

Use tweezers, or your fingers, to remove the old flip battery adhesive from the frame.

Apply isopropyl alcohol (>90%) and use a coffee filter or microfiber cloth to clean any adhesive residue.

Place the flip battery cable and connector adhesives over the frame, using the white outlines to confirm their orientation.

Peel the adhesive strips off their liners and place them over their respective spots on the frame.

Use the flat end of a spudger, or your fingers, to press down on the adhesive strips to adhere them to the frame.

Peel the main flip battery adhesive strip from its clear liner.

Align the top edge of the adhesive strip with the top edge of the battery recess.

Lay the adhesive strip on the frame.

Use the flat end of a spudger, or your fingers, to press down the individual adhesive strips to adhere them to the frame.

Use the pull tab to peel the colored liner off to expose the adhesive.

Peel off the colored liners on the flip battery cable and connector adhesive.

Align the top edge of the flip battery with the top edge of the battery well.

Lay the battery over the frame.

Press down along the perimeter of the flip battery to adhere it to the frame.

Press down the flip battery cable and its connector to adhere it.

Let the phone sit for an hour for the adhesive to cure.

Press the bottom edge of the lower board against the frame at a downward angle to engage its metal spring.

Press the board flat to the frame, making sure the screw holes are aligned.

While holding the lower board in place, reinsert the SIM card tray.

Reconnect the bottom interconnect cable press connector.

Place the bottom interconnect cable bracket on the lower board and align its screw holes.

Use a Torx Plus 3IP driver to install the two 2.2 mm‑long screws securing the bottom interconnect cable bracket.

Reconnect the top interconnect cable press connector.

Place the top interconnect cable bracket on the top board and align its screw holes.

Use a Torx Plus 3IP driver to install the two 2.2 mm‑long screws securing the top interconnect cable bracket.

Place the rubber block over its spot on the top board and press it down.

Reconnect the flip battery press connector.

Lay the flip battery bracket over the press connector and align the screw holes.

Use a Torx Plus 3IP driver to install the 2.0 mm‑long screw securing the battery bracket.

Use a spudger, or your fingers, to remove the old bottom left outer screen adhesive.

Use isopropyl alcohol (>90%) and a coffee filter or a microfiber cloth to remove any adhesive residue.

Before removing any liners, check if the bottom left outer screen adhesive matches the frame.

Peel the bottom left outer screen adhesive off its clear liner to expose the adhesive.

Put the adhesive into place on the frame.

Use the flat end of a spudger to press along the adhesive strip to adhere it to the frame.