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| [* black] How to get inside the Galaxy Alpha (or the Galaxy S5) in two easy steps: | |
| [* black] Step 1: Remove screws from the back of the midframe. | |
| - | [* black] Step 2: Cry about how it did nothing, and go get your iOpener. |
| + | [* black] Step 2: Cry about how it did nothing, and go get your [https://www.ifixit.com/Tools/iOpener/IF145-198-2|iOpener|new_window=true]. |
| [* black] On the Galaxy S5, we saw Samsung move to a midframe sandwich design—two halves of an internal frame surround the logic board. The frame can only be opened after removing the display assembly from. | |
| [* black] This design stuck around, but has been revised to move the screws to the rear frame; in the S5, they were all [guide|27075|beneath the display assembly|stepid=66757]. | |
| [* black] We assumed this new design was necessary to waterproof the S5—so why has it stuck around in the hydrophobic Alpha? |