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Google Pixel 3 XL Teardown

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  • Above the crater where the battery once lay, we extract an antenna shielding the motherboard.

  • On the south end of the phone, we battle some more adhesive to release what seems like just another shield.

  • Another trap! This shield is actually the speaker housing, which we just split in half trying to access the components underneath.

  • The speaker chamber is sealed with waterproofing adhesive, and that seal has to be broken to access any of the commonly-serviced ports on the daughterboard.

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