Bluetooth keyboard battery cover is stuck/fused - how do you open it?

The battery leaked and now I'm unable to open the battery cover. I took it to an Apple store but they are charging me $69.00 to replace it because it's already out of warranty. They tried to open it as well but was unsuccessful. Any suggestions are highly appreciated.

Posted on Apr 21, 2012 9:47 AM

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Posted on May 28, 2013 11:40 AM

I had the same problem - eventually solved with a hacksaw !


Making a small cut in keyboard body beside cover and on same axis as the batteries are inserted - this 'opened' or 'relaxed' the external thread allowing the cap to be unscrewed.


It turned out the battery had leaked and the cap still needed a bit of manipulation before it came free, but now batteries changed and typing on my wireless keyboard again.

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