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| - | [* black] In with the opening pick! That's right, no heat or suction cups necessary. This is way to good to be true! |
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| - | [* black] ...and it is. We got bogged down in adhesive pretty quickly and had to break out the heat gun. |
| - | [* black] The panels are also a bit booby-trapped: Both batteries were firmly stuck to their respective rear panels, while tethered to the rest of the phone via fragile cables. Carefully carving through graphene cooling sheets and sticky strips of adhesive eventually wins the day. |
| + | [* black] In with the opening pick! That's right, no heat or suction cups necessary just yet. This is way to good to be true! |
| + | [* black] ...and it is. We quickly get bogged down in adhesive and have to break out the heat gun. |
| + | [* black] Further complicating matters, the panels are booby-trapped: Both batteries were firmly stuck to their respective rear panels, and tethered to the rest of the phone via fragile cables. |
| + | [* black] Careful carving through graphene cooling sheets and sticky strips of adhesive eventually wins the day. |
| [* black] We also nearly destroyed a small flex cable that connects the earpiece speaker (via spring contacts) and houses a couple little indicator LEDs. | |
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| + | [* black] Alright, that ended up being much dicier than initial impressions led us to believe. Was this the right way in? Maybe the screens are supposed to come off first... |