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I recently replaced the battery on an old iPhone 4s to pass on to a grandparent who just needs a phone. I purchased the kit from iFixit and it all worked great - so well in fact that I decided to do it on ANOTHER old 4s I had laying around. In this second phone, there was NO battery ground clip as there was in the first re-install. Obviously someone else has been inside this phone before. My questions are:

  1. I am sure this ground clip is important, but how so?
  2. I would be happy to open the phone back up and install one….but where do I get one?

Hi @robertrvt , Is this what you are referring to? Here is another supplier if the 1st one is not suitable. It is not a recommendation to use either supplier. They are shown to give the purpose of the clip (1st link) and the cost of the part (2nd link). Just search online for iPhone 4S battery grounding clip to find suppliers that suit you best Hopefully this is of some help.

That black and gold clip that goes on the battery connector screw isn’t really important in my opinion, I can’t tell the difference with it on or not.