LeapPad Ultra Battery Replacement

Written By: Ryan Arredondo
  • Comments: 7
LeapPad Ultra Battery Replacement

Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

6

Time Required

15 minutes

Introduction

The purpose of this guide is to replace the LeapPad's battery. The battery is essential to receiving any form of functionality from the device. Without a working battery the device is powerless. Once the replacement is finished, be sure to properly dispose of the old battery at appropriate locations such as a batter recycling center.

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    • Remove the barcode covering the two screws on the lower back of the Leap Pad.

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    • Remove the two 5 mm screws that were covered by the sticker.

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    • Using a plastic opening tool, pry off the outer protective child proof casing, starting from the bottom.

    A long flat-tip screwdriver can be used to push the tab out from the other side as they hook inwards towards the center. You can see the locations in the step 4 photo near the edges.

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    • Remove the 7 mm screw to the right of the cartridge dock, two 8 mm screws in the top left, and the nine 8 mm screws holding the the green shell.

    My device had the 7mm screw to the right of the cartridge slot and the 2 to the left of the cartridge slot were also 7mm.

    the other 9 were indeed 8mm,

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    • Remove the hard plastic casing, exposing the motherboard and battery.

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    • Disconnect the battery using tweezers or your fingernails.

    • The battery is glued down, if available put some isopropyl alcohol around the edges of the battery to soften the glue.

    • Gently pry of the battery lose using a spudger or another thin prying tool.

    • Be careful, damaging/puncturing the battery may cause an explosion.

    This was extremely helpful, and easy to do!! Thank you so much! You saved the day!

    Bailey Condon-Salmon -

Conclusion

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

Author

Ryan Arredondo

Member since: 31/08/15

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4 comments

Hi Ryan, will removing the battery delete any of the downloaded apps and saved files?

Michael -

I’m not Ryan, but I just did this process and the apps and files are all still there.

Kivi Shapiro -

What is a spudger and where do I get a battery

P Mac -

Hello, if anyone still has this leappad Ultra and wanted to purchase a new battery. I have found a retail store https://batteryclerk.com/ The price is reasonable, and I'm just waiting for the batteries to arrive.

Mike Silva -