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-[* black] How to get inside the Galaxy Alpha (or the Galaxy S5) in two easy steps:
+[* black] How to get inside the Galaxy Alpha (or the [guide|24016|Galaxy S5|stepid=61516]) 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 [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?
+ [* black] Step 2: Cry about how that did absolutely nothing, and go grab 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 motherboard under a display panel lid.
+[* black] This sandwich and display-first-entry design stuck around. Even though the midframe screws are no longer hidden under the display, as [guide|27075|in the S5|stepid=66757], the procedure remains the same: difficult.
+ [* icon_note] We assumed this strange layered design was necessary to waterproof the S5—so why has it carried over to the hydrophobic Alpha?