I agree with this comment and that the battery cable is a few mm longer than original one; I ended up just bending it at the junction with the battery to give it a little more curvature and then it snapped into the receiving connector just fine. Sounds like this is what you did too.

I agree with this comment and that the battery cable is a few mm longer than original one; I ended up just bending it at the junction with the battery to give it a little more curvature and then it snapped into the receiving connector just fine. Sounds like this is what you did too.

I just completed this repair (took me 45 min to remove battery, including 10 min to let isopropyl (IPA) dry, and 10 minutes to reinstall battery. I chose not to replace the adhesive as plenty of mine was left and was sticky and not folded upon itself).

A couple notes:

* heat is your friend! I had no issues getting off glass/battery by using the iOpener to apply heat as instructed. 2 applications of heat were sufficient for me

* I used 8 total drops of IPA and my screen is completely fine. During the 10 min dry, I had the phone screen-up to prevent IPA from pooling into the display (use gravity to your advantage).

* Step 12 shows removing the lower mainframe; I didn't do this and I easily got out the battery. If you don't have the plastic card tool - use a lens from an old pair of sunglasses. The rigidity of the lens + its curvature makes it the perfect tool to remove the battery.

Thanks for the great guide, and good luck!

Between this step and the next (Step 12, Battery), the lower mainframe is removed in the images but there is no instruction to do so. I was able to remove the battery (1 min of heating with iOpener, plus 8 total drops [2 in each corner] of 90% IPA) without removing this lower mainframe.