Huzzah! The rear cover is held in place with various welcoming clips, instead of fierce adhesive.

No tools are required to pop this cover off—just some sturdy fingernails. All seems to be going well, until we notice the rear-facing camera is still lodged in the rear case...

The camera seems to fit a little too snugly in its cubicle in the rear case; it got pulled right out of its ZIF connector on the motherboard.

To make matters worse, the camera connector is on the underside of the motherboard, which means we'll have to remove the board to reconnect the camera.