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PlayStation Move Battery Replacement

What you need

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    • Using a Phillips #0 screwdriver, remove the four 10mm screws located on the back of the device.

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    • Insert the plastic opening tool at the indent.

    • Gently use a forward and backward motion to safely pop open the cover.

    • Using your hands to further pull it apart.

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    • Once the device is opened, lift the battery out of the black plastic holder.

    • Carefully pull the battery out and ensure that it's wires are still connected to the inside.

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    • Using a Phillips head screwdriver, remove the 9mm screw located to the right of the battery, which is connected to the inner plastic frame.

    • Using the plastic opening tool carefully take out the grey cylindrical piece (vibrator) that is also attached to a wire.

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    • Gently pull out the small grey cylindrical piece (vibrator).

    • Removing this piece makes it easier to access the wire connection of the battery and remove it.

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    Tool used on this step:
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    • Using tweezers, remove the small piece with a cylindrical top that is located to the left of the inner plastic frame.

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    • Using one hand to hold the device, and the other hand to squeeze the inner plastic frame.

    • Remove by squeezing the inner plastic frame, lift and pull it towards you.

    • While removing the frame, be extremely careful because it could damage the frame or the motherboard.

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    • Gently pull on the white piece connecting the battery and the connector.

Conclusion

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

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When putting the plastic battery rig back in on my second time doing this, I bent one of the little plastic pins that fits into a hole in the PCB. Definitely want to be careful with that. To make it a bit easier, I unscrewed the bottom port PCB part of the way so I could take the bottom plastic housing and put the plastic battery rig in straight. It made it a lot easier.

Burke Cates - Reply

No need to take out the motor, just use sharp tweezers and grab the connector (NOT the wires) and with small wiggling pull it out. Worked for mine.

crus - Reply

Worked great! Thanks for this. I did not need to take out the black battery / motor piece. Tweezers worked great to remove and install the battery cable

Harry Skigis - Reply

Any recommended online / physical store to buy new batteries for this because ifixit doesn’t have them?

[deleted] - Reply

Je suis pas capable de coupler les manettes et quand j essaie de l ouvrir la lumière ne reste pas allumée. Sa se peut tu que les batteries sont finis. Je viens de l acheter usager

Rachelle Tremblay - Reply

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