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Samsung Gear Live Teardown

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  • Unbeknownst to unsuspecting fixers—but knownst to us—these otherwise amiable T5 Torx screws are non-magnetic. Curses!

  • We've often seen a single non-magnetized screw in iPhones, near the digital compass—this may be a clever trick to avoid interference with the sensor.

  • Our best guess though, is that it was done to prevent Magneto or a metal bender from taking complete control of a Gear Live smartwatch.

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