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Watch out for the screen when opening your pixel. (lemm.ee)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So recently I posted about cracking my back glass and wanting to do the repair myself. So after ordering new glass, and all the adhesives that are required, as well as the iOpener kit, I got set to work.

I heated the screen and was almost done taking it off until I got to the top. I slid the opening pick and saw it go under the screen, like as in I saw it through the glass... I knew instantly that I had made a grave mistake.

Sure enough I booted it back up and the screen was instantly splotched with flashing white until it eventually just straight died. Since I had the rest of the stuff I figured I'd get the shell swapped and put everything mostly back together. I was able to use scrcpy to view whats going on my phone without the screen and I verified everything else works with the diagnostic tool, but now I'm out another $220 to replace the screen.

So lesson learned, be very very careful when getting those opening picks under your screens!

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Imagine if we didn't need a heat gun and spudger and the luck of a thousand leprechauns to be able to repair a screen correctly.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Haha yup, if only. Also the battery was glued to the frame with probably the strongest glue I've ever seen. Even after heating the back case to too hot to touch temps it was still incredibly difficult to remove the battery. I don't think there's a good reason to glue the battery like that where I'm sure some thermal padding would probably suffice to keep it in place, or shit even clips.