Gadgetory

since Google started pumping out new color combinations with their pixel to this week I figured I'd take matters into my own hands with the original pixel and assess some of our own color options by swapping out the back glass this also works if your camera lens is broken of course and just want to replace it like a normal person it's surprisingly not that difficult of a project let's get started now breaking your glass camera lens on purpose would be pretty dumb only a crazy person would abuse a perfectly good phone but I am going to simulate this repair on a phone that does have the glass that's already broken and I'll let you know what to watch out for as I go along Pete is gonna be our best friend during this repair it does soften the adhesive under the glass which there's actually not very much up surprisingly enough but it is pretty strong stuff Apple honestly should have attached the back glass of their iPhone 8 with the same method and saved everyone some major time and money but I'll save that conversation for a different video once I got that tiny gap open by utilizing the sharpness of my razor blade underneath the glass I was able to slide my slightly thicker metal pry tools around the edge and then lift up a pretty major chunk of the glass there are a few important ribbon cables you have to watch out for under that glass slab one being the fingerprint scanner ribbon which I'll show you in a second and the other is this little antenna thing along the right side at the back avoid these fragile ribbon cables is to peeling off the glass layers because they can tear the adhesive is only along the sides of the back lens so the glass is pretty easy to lift up and off in the phone also remember that glass is the same hardness as glass and can scratch itself so try and keep the glass dust and larger shards of glass out from underneath the screen getting closer to that fingerprint scanner all very carefully push it down with my finger and then lift up the rest of the glass up and away from the back of the phone leaving the home button in place pull too hard and it'll tear and stop working applying the replacement glass is pretty straightforward I'll link these replacements down in the video description the pixel and pixel XL are both different sizes so make sure you buy the right one for your model the phone i'll pull off the little bit of adhesive protection i forgot to move over the flash diffuser from my previous glass so maybe you'll want to transfer that before pulling off the adhesive protection also needless to say make sure the inside of the lens is clean because no defects in your pictures I'll just set the glass down in place inside the phone making sure it lines up with all sides of the rectangle cut out before the adhesive can grip too hard once it's in place it's hard to remove this is the black and blue version which looks pretty solid and I like it but I also want to try out that white glass the picture-taking capabilities is still working great the exterior glass of any cell phone is there for protection and not for focusing so as long as the lens is visibly clean and clear it won't be messing with the functionality of the camera if the camera itself is not working or focusing correctly it's a hardware issue inside the phone and now it's time for the white lens I think this one's gonna end up looking pretty cool the back glass was already adhered pretty tightly to the foam body soif lies some more heat and lifted off with my metal pry tool and then again prematurely pull off the adhesive protection on the white lens before adding the flash diffuser I'll orient the diffuser like the shape of an upright 8 to line it up with the dual LEDs right below it I also cleaned out all the extra black adhesive out from underneath the glass so the new lens will sit super level and flush with the foam body getting that fingerprint scanner lined up in the center of the white lens here and I think this color combination looks pretty awesome and the white and really blue combo is legit I'm probably going to keep this visually appealing setup but I do want to try one more lens and it's pretty clear what its gonna be the coloring on all these bonafide hardware glass lenses can be scraped off it wasn't totally perfect but it still looks pretty clean what color do you think looks best the black white blue or this nuclear version I'll still need to add some of my transparent double-sided adhesive to hold it down but it's ready to go I'll link all these replacement lenses in the video description right below this video come hang out with me on Instagram and Twitter to see some of the projects that don't make it all the way to my youtube channel and thanks for watching I'll see you around