Super Simple $20 Apple Watch 6 Battery Upgrade You Can Do Yourself!

[@nnighthawk]

That "new" battery looks so crumpled, that I bet it's been pulled from another (used) Apple Watch. Maybe battery health data was reset to 100%, but the cells are - most probably - old.

[@ElGringo503]

I bet you’re wrong. It was a new battery. Why would I go through the trouble of a tedious repair to put a used battery back in.

[@nnighthawk]

​@@ElGringo503 I'm not saying that you personally pulled it, but it's pretty common for pulled parts to be sold online. But I'm not going to start an argument. If you're happy with the battery life, everything's fine. I replaced the battery of my Series 6 last night and it went very smooth after watching your video. Thank you!

[@ElGringo503]

@@nnighthawk It’s working great. I am happy with the results. It brought new life to my watch

[@nnighthawk]

​@@ElGringo503 I used the fading battery as an opportunity to upgrade to a Series 10, but wanted to see if I could also repair the old one. Not sure if I can get myself to sell the Series 6. It's a Nike edition, which they stopped making starting with Series 7... Oh and another thing I wanted to note is, that the "clip" as you say that holds down the battery connector is not actually a clip. It's a bracket, that's held down by a tiny Tri-Wing screw (same size as in iPhones). If you just unscrew that, it's 10 times easier to plug in the battery.

[@ElGringo503]

@@nnighthawk Nice 😊 The battery was literally only 20 bucks on Amazon. It’s been several months and has only dropped a few percent in capacity. The wife and I have dozens of wristbands, upgrading to a newer watch will render the investment in wristbands useless because the newer series are a different size. Want to keep the watch as long as possible. Thanks for the advice on removing battery clip. 👌🏻

[@peterborg83]

did you realise you had power right away as soon as you put it on the charger?

[@ElGringo503]

@@peterborg83 It took a few minutes before the watch powered up.