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Use this guide to replace a worn-out or dead battery in your Fitbit Ionic.
If your battery is swollen, take appropriate precautions. For your safety, discharge your battery below 25% before disassembling your Fitbit Ionic. This reduces the risk of a dangerous thermal event if the battery is accidentally damaged during the repair.
You’ll need replacement adhesive to reattach components when reassembling the device.
O que você precisa
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Before starting, take your Fitbit Ionic off the charger and power it down.
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Heat an iOpener and apply it on the display for at least two minutes to soften the adhesive underneath.
Hair dryer on low took about 25 minutes directly blasting on the device, then used the ifixit metal spudger blade with rubber handle in the velcro kit pack
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Use the flat end of a spudger to loosen and pry up the mildly glued NFC antenna.
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Carefully fold the NFC antenna in the direction of the upper edge of the watch.
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Carefully fold the display assembly onto the upper side of the watch.
Plutôt que “replier" il vaudrait mieux dire “basculer vers le haut" puis ajouter <en soulevant délicatement la nappe de connection de l'écran qui reste connectée (qui est maintenant libérée) >
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Use a pair of tweezers to remove the metal shield covering the battery flex cable.
The pointy tweezers in the ifixit kit are easier to work with the shield than the ones pictured here.
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Fold the display assembly back to its original position.
Plutôt “basculer” l'ensemble écran dans la position précédente, en bas.
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Use a pair of tweezers to remove the metal cover.
Theres a lip on the right side that goes under the frame, and another lip that goes under the nfc antenna where you need to slightly turn the nfc antenna a bit to get the left side of the shield away.
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Remove the display assembly.
The comment “turn on your Fitbit…” is out of sequence at best - battery is out, etc. However the “Remove the display assembly” is correct.
When reassembling and prior to gluing the screen, turn the device on with all components attached. Verify screen function, button function, nfc function, and HR monitor function.
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Remove the Torx T2 screw (3.65 mm length).
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To reassemble your Fitbit ionic follow these instructions in reverse.
If possible, turn on your device and test your repair before installing new adhesive and resealing.
For optimal performance, calibrate your newly installed battery: Charge it to 100% and keep charging it for at least 2 more hours. Then use your device until it shuts off due to low battery. Finally, charge it uninterrupted to 100%.
Take your e-waste to an R2 or e-Stewards certified recycler.
Repair didn’t go as planned? Try some basic troubleshooting, or ask our Answers community for help.
To reassemble your Fitbit ionic follow these instructions in reverse.
If possible, turn on your device and test your repair before installing new adhesive and resealing.
For optimal performance, calibrate your newly installed battery: Charge it to 100% and keep charging it for at least 2 more hours. Then use your device until it shuts off due to low battery. Finally, charge it uninterrupted to 100%.
Take your e-waste to an R2 or e-Stewards certified recycler.
Repair didn’t go as planned? Try some basic troubleshooting, or ask our Answers community for help.
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This guide is very detailed and pretty accurate. Thank you for posting it!
Does anyone know how crucial the ‘Calibration’ procedure noted at the end article is?
I replaced my battery and it drains so quickly - during the course of a few hours.
But I didn’t try leaving it on the charger for 2 hours after 100% is reached. Trying that now.
The battery drains so quickly - just like the old battery that I am replacing.
It charges up to 100% but then loses about 1% every 5 minutes. Could there be a short circuit somewhere?
This was all sealed up by factory until I needed a new battery.
Hi @monte87 unfortunately I’m overwhelmed with this problem. Maybe you can contact the troubleshooting website of Fitbit directly. I hope someone there can tell you more about your problem.
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I examined my Ionic case under high magnification and discovered that the bottom has a clear plastic lens covering the sensors. Over time, this lens layer has worn thin and actually cracked enough to allow water or sweat to infiltrate the bottom of the pebble.
This must have caused a short or damaged the sensors because every new battery I tried drained quickly.
I have put all of my parts (Screen, battery, Main board, shield, etc.) into a new case complete with sensor array and now I am seeing excellent battery life!
Thanks for helping resurrect my Ionic!
Amazing guide! I was able to replace my ionic’s battery and it’s working again, thanks!
The symptoms my ionic had: the watch worked only when it was plugged into the charging cable. As soon as I remove the charging cable it shut down. Ionic did show that it’s charging when it was connected to the charger but it failed to charge even after I left it charging for more then a day. I tried soft/hard factory resets, replacing charger, replacing battery and nothing helped. So I decide to buy a battery and replace it myself and it finally resurrected my watch :)
Because fitibit didn’t have the battery available, I ordered HSABAT IONIC 500mah from ali. I’ll try to leave a comment after I use it for some time. At least my ionic is holding a charge right now :)
A couple of tips:
- You DO need a technician's razor with a flat! I’ve tried multiple plastic tools and even a knife - I couldn’t detach the screen. Partially, because the gap is so narrow. It’s very easy with a flat blade!
- (DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK) I didn’t have an iOpener so I put my watch in a ziplock, put it in a cup, poured hot water (~100C) and left it for ~3 minutes. It was very easy to detach the screen with the technician's razor with a flat, and it simply popped out! my screen is still working and there no cracks :)
Andrii -
Thank you for your feedback and sharing your experience! I'm glad your repair went well.
Is there anybody who would provide the service to post out to them fix and resend back , I have a spare watch in excellent condition with a good screen and good battery I would like to swap them over to my original Fitbit Ionic looking for somebody who could do this for me ,07703190950. ozzy64@btopenworld.com
