It is apparently disturbingly easy on iphone 12s to unintentionally separate the display glass from the display metal bracket that clips into the phone frame when you're peeling the glass up and over. I just shredded a face ID sensor cluster as a result of this () because the flood illuminator is adhered to the glass independently from the metal bracket. I'm not 100% sure whether this was a fluke and the glass<>bracket adhesive was exceptionally weak and/or the bracket<>frame adhesive was exceptionally strong, or if this is more widespread.
I predict I'll make it about 2 weeks without face ID before I cave and buy a new one.
Only other report of this I can find online https://old.reddit.com/r/mobilerepair/comments/xx7519/metal_frame_over_internals_of_iphone_12_did_i/
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I've done a similar thing but toasting the fingerprint sensor on an older one.
Right now my issue is the "express replacement" I ordered over a week ago that still hasn't shipped.
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The wild thing is that the newer face ID models are theoretically harder to frick up this way because you don't have to do any prying around the sensitive ribbon cables. Except, apparently, the adhesive holding the glass to the bracket is potentially weaker than the adhesive holding the bracket to the frame. I didn't realize it had separated until I had the thing 70% of the way open at which point it was too late. Very disappointing. I was planning on selling this one and upgrading anyways but I just nuked the resale value.
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