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-[* black] Between us and the battery is a moat of white, rubbery adhesive. It doesn't seem to be fazed by IPA, and we're reluctant to blast it with heat, so we carefully begin manual excavation.
-[* black] [guide|121471|Once again|stepid=233898], our badges say ''Teardown Engineer'', but these AirPods teardowns are really more like like digging dinosaur bones out of a tar pit. Except the dinosaur is a lithium-ion bomb.
- [* black] EOP? (Explosive Ordinance Paleontologist)
-[* black] In the end, a little help from our squeezy vice friend deforms the case enough to separate the adhesive holding the battery in place, and out it comes.
-[* black] Unfortunately the battery is soldered to a cable connecting it to the speaker driver here—so even if there were an easier way to get to this point, we're not looking at an easily-replaceable battery.
+[* black] Between us and the battery is a moat of white, rubbery adhesive. It doesn't seem to be fazed by alcohol, and we're reluctant to blast it with heat. Left with no other options, we carefully begin manual excavation.
+ [* black] This AirPods teardown feels more like digging dinosaur bones out of a tar pit. Except the dinosaur is a lithium-ion bomb.
+ [* icon_note] Should we call ourselves EOP's (Explosive Ordinance Paleontologist) [guide|121471|this time|stepid=233898|new_window=true]?
+[* black] In the end, a little more help from our squeezy vice friend deforms the case enough the adhesive releases its grip on the battery.
+[* black] The battery is free of its adhesive cage, but it's still tethered to the driver by a soldered cable—so even though we can get to the battery, it's not easily replaceable.
[* black] We opt to leave it dangling for now, and investigate the rest of the goodies in this half of the Pod.