Galaxy Tab S 10.5 Battery Replacement

Written By: Jordan Soto
  • Comments: 28
Galaxy Tab S 10.5 Battery Replacement

Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

7

Time Required

15 - 45 minutes

Introduction

This guide will give step by step instructions on how to remove and replace an existing battery in the Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5.

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    • Place the plastic opening tool into the SD card slot or charge port.

    • Try in an upward motion until you see a separation between the tablet and back cover.

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    • Work around the entire device by sliding the plastic opening tool around the rim.

    • If this is the first time, it will be hard to separate the back cover from the tablet.

    • The clips are approximately 5 cm apart. While working around the device, the clips will make a dislocating sound when disconnected.

    It is not necessary to remove just the white part under penalty of breaking the pins, it is necessary to remove the back with the colored outline of the tablet

    paquito -

    Both plastic tools broke within the first two minutes of use. Had to resort to a narrow conventional flat screwdriver.

    Dennis Durost -

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    • Remove the back cover once all links have been separated.

    • Be careful when touching any of the internal components of the tablet.

    This is the wrong method to open it! You have to open it beetween the front-Display and the golden rim.

    agnuz6569 -

    I’ve taken the back cover off my Samsung tablet, and in the process I have torn one of the little orange plastic connectors that are attached to the back cover. The connector I’ve damaged is the second one in on top left in the picture above. Can you please tell me if I need to replace this before I can get the tablet to work?

    Thanks.

    Tom -

    If you remove just the back cover - which to the uninitiated does look less scary than trying to get between the bezel and the display - you will destroy the tiny plastic rivets that lock the cover onto the bezel. More importantly, you will then find that getting to the parts you need to replace is rendered impossible because they will be hidden under the bezel, which of course will still be in place. So the correct way to take this tablet apart is the more challenging way i.e. separate the front display from the bezel and rear. But with care and the right tools this is still not too difficult. And if you are in any doubt about this, it is worth pointing out that in all of the photos below from Step 4 onwards, the work shown is taking place with the bezel removed. There is nothing written in this guide to indicate that this had to be done.

    PhilipHN -

    Have just gone through this process, successfully having read this and other guides and I totally agree with PhilipHN that the most reliable is the slightly scarier approach of removing the front display from the bezel and rear. It is easier overall, you just have to attack it confidently (but gently!).

    Jeremy Linskell -

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    • Using tweezers, peel back the green tape from the ZIF connectors on the two black ribbon cables.

    • Use a plastic opening tool to lift up the plastic clips on the ZIF connectors.

    The ZIF connector on the angled ribbon literally fell apart when the tape was gently removed. Im wondering if that was my “battery" poem in the first place. Can that ZIF connector be replaced? If so, where do I order it? No problem with the other connector or replacing the battery, but it won't work with this broken connector,

    Gwen Beck -

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    • Remove the six 2mm screws Phillips #000 screws surrounding the battery.

    6 screws or 4? I only see 4 screws on my tablet, the same ones visible in the photo.

    Tom Webb -

    4 screws it is!

    Dennis Durost -

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    • Place the plastic opening tool between the frame and battery.

    • Move the plastic opening tool in a downward motion, away from the battery to bring the battery out of the device.

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    • Hold the battery and disconnect the plug to remove the battery.

Conclusion

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

Author

Jordan Soto

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19 comments

where is a good place to buy a replacement battery?

brianference -

Artículo muy positivo: pasos muy bien detallados. Me ha resultado fácil la el cambio de batería. Gracias por tu colaboración.

Miguel Ángel -

Bought mine off of ebay

Jerry Belschner -

Great guide! Thanks a lot!

Markus -

I bought a battery but am afraid to do the replacement myself. Where can I take the tablet to have it done?

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Barb -

Good guide, my tablet only had 4 screws. Battery connector plug has to be lifted from the board vertically.

As replacement battery had similar manufactures date will have to see if it lasts longer. purchased my replacement from https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00U...

Kelvin Perry -

Update, suggested battery has lasted a week in standby so strongly recommend at £15 paid

Kelvin Perry -

My battery only had 4 screws also. Should show a bit more on disconnecting the final cable, I could see some people yanking too hard.

Gerald Knauss -

Another side note concerning the final battery cable connection, I could see some people yanking too hard by figuring they had to pull it out of it’s socket. Don’t do that. Just lift the cable straight up at a 90 degree angle (gently), and it will disengage from the socket. I thought it was pushed in, wrong, it connects at an angle, then snaps down into place.

Gerald Knauss -

Hi, switched out battery and charging port. Put everything back together. After the new battery charged, everything is working except the ‘back' and ‘multiwindow’ icons on either side of the button that changes s c reen, takes you back to your home page. What do you think happened, what do I need to look for to fix this when I take my Tab S apart?

Thanks

ensherrer -

Battery Giant sells, installs and provides excellent service.

I highly recommend them.

James Annessa -

Hi, my Tab S 10.5 got dicharged, and turned off as it should when any device gets discharged. Next day I recharge my tab, any now the screen is no more responding. The home, Recent App and Back bottons are working, but the touch screen is no more responding, so I can not even slide on the screen to unlock the Tab.

PS: my tab did not even feld down. Have been very carefull from when I got it.

Any idea what it can be?? Can it be related to the MotherBoard or the screen itself?? Its

DrZipZwan -

Excellent and easy to follow. I have an old Galaxy Tab S10 (bought it about four years ago) the device was so drained the battery refused to charge. I saw on a technical site that the problem can be solved by disconnecting the battery, waiting 30 seconds and reassembling. I followed your detailed instructions successfully disassembled and reassembled the device. And it now charges!

Thanks to your Fixit walk-through I was able to easily and quickly repair my Galaxy Tab S10

Mark Lawson -

Très bon tuto facile à suivre. Attention en déconnectant la batterie à bien la soulever pour sortir le connecteur, cela aurait mérité une explication.

Yayo Tenere -

OK

explications et photos parfaiites.changement de batterie réalisée en 20’ et réussie;

Merci

Jean

josy Missud -

Hat prima geklappt, tolle Anleitung. Vielen Dank.

Claudia Schulte -

Dose the battery connection come off battery or off tablet hard board, please help ernie

Ernie Batt -

Mit entsprechendem Werkzeug und manuellem Geschick kein Problem

Wolfgang M -

Great instructions, made it easy for a first timer like myself

kirbs -