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Samsung Galaxy S7 Teardown

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Just like its predecessor, the cables for the S7's soft buttons are wrapped around the display-backing frame.

These sandwiched cables make a daughterboard replacement (including the charging port) next to impossible, since freeing these cables means removing the OLED screen.

Undaunted, we bring back our iOpener to ease the tension adhesive.

While we're at it, we grab a trusty opening pick and set to work on the terrible task of prying open the OLED.

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