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| [* 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. |
| - | [* 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... |
| + | [* black] Careful carving through graphene cooling sheets and sticky strips of adhesive eventually wins the day, but there is almost a casualty. We nearly destroyed a small flex cable that connects the earpiece speaker (via spring contacts) and houses a couple little indicator LEDs. |
| + | [* black] Alright, that ended up being much dicier than initial impressions led us to expect. Was this the right way in? Maybe the screens are supposed to come off first... |