Difficulty

Easy

Steps

3

Time Required

                          2 - 10 minutes            

Sections

2

  • Back Cover
  • 2 steps
  • Battery
  • 1 step

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Back Cover               

Unscrew the four Phillips #00 screws along the top of the back cover.

The screws are held in place by locking washers, and will not come out of the back cover.

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Step 2

  • Hold the device in one hand and turn it over.
  • Grab the top edge of the back cover with your opposite hand so that the cover does not fall back into place.
  • Flip the 3DS over again so that the back cover is facing up.
  • Pull the back cover up and away from the rest of the device to remove it.

Hold the device in one hand and turn it over.

Grab the top edge of the back cover with your opposite hand so that the cover does not fall back into place.

Flip the 3DS over again so that the back cover is facing up.

Pull the back cover up and away from the rest of the device to remove it.

Step 3

              Battery               
  • Insert a plastic opening tool into the notch in the lower case above the battery.
  • Pry the battery up with the plastic opening tool.
  • Grab the top edge of the battery and lift it out of the lower case.

Insert a plastic opening tool into the notch in the lower case above the battery.

Pry the battery up with the plastic opening tool.

Grab the top edge of the battery and lift it out of the lower case.

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

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Midori Neko - May 30, 2016

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Where do you buy a new battery from for your nintendo 3ds?

Alberto - Sep 24, 2018

Also Nintendo store sells it

3DRepairMan - May 18, 2018

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Easy as pie. Thanks for writing this guide!

wilfredo_montesm - Apr 22, 2020

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I want to buy a battery to replace the old one, do you have any stablishment in An Salvador where I can buy it?

Nelson Berrios - Mar 19, 2021

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https://store.nintendo.com/battery-pack-… Here it is for the 3ds and 2ds battery pack from Nintendo.