With the display thusly removed, we just have to convince it to part with its home button. We let our plastic opening tool do the talking.

Say goodbye to the sticky adhesive tape holding the screen down. Reinstalling your display will most likely require a fresh set of adhesive.

This little display assembly cable has a lot of bits to ferry. It's helped out by a Synaptics S5100A touchscreen controller.

This is a fairly radical change in design for the S-series. We're used to seeing internal components riding on the back of a large display assembly. The S5 turns this on its head and sandwiches the components between the display and the battery, in their own difficult-to-access compartment.