Microsoft Surface 3 Kickstand Replacement

Warm up an iOpener following the instructions found in the iOpener guide.

Place the warm iOpener on top of the edges of the screen. This heat will weaken the strength of the adhesive between the display and body.

Use iFixit opening picks to wedge under the edge of the screen at the speaker port.

Carefully try to work your way around the device using the picks, reapplications of the heated iOpener, and luck.

Flip the display over so that parts underneath it are easily accessible.

Now that you've gotten the casing off of the Surface 3, you can start removing the battery pack.

Slide the iFixit plastic cards under the compartments of the battery pack.

Slide the card around to undo the adhesive under the battery pack

Carefully slide the battery's flat power and data connector from its insert.

You may now switch out the battery pack for a new one.

Remove these four 3/32" Torx #3 screws.

Remove these four 3/16" Torx #5 screws that hold in the hinges to replace the hinges.

These two retaining tabs need to be fed through the slots in the case to release the kickstand.

Use picks to make the tab slide through the slot then simply pull out the kickstand,