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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My boss' husband just borked her face ID trying to replace the back glass lol insaneo shit tbh
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