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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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