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| - | [* black] With a new and improved phone comes a new and improved opening procedure ... please? No? Well, we can always hope. |
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| - | [* black] [guide|104322|Once|stepid=196236|new_window=true] [guide|104308|again|stepid=195665|new_window=true] we heat things up and put our trusty iSclack to work opening these stubborn phones. |
| + | [* black] With a new and improved phone comes a new and improved opening procedure ... or not! [guide|104322|Once|stepid=196236|new_window=true] [guide|104308|again|stepid=195665|new_window=true] we must heat things up and put our trusty iSclack to work. |
| [* black] We pull the backs off our phones, waiting for some kind of trap. Not this time, Admiral Ackbar! The panels come right off. | |
| [* icon_note] Samsung may have accidentally made a repairability improvement here—by moving the fingerprint sensors off the back cover, they've eliminated the flex cable booby trap that has plagued Galaxy hardware repairs in recent years. | |
| [* black] Also, did we imagine it, or is the adhesive a little less stubborn this time? | |
| + | [* black] Just as things are cooling down, we notice heat-dissipating graphite pads strategically placed on these back covers. Something in here is designed to get hot without burning your fingers. |