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My Problem

The original glass rear panel shattered from impact, then the replacement clear panel did but to my surprise no impacts just heavy useage so I needed something re-enforced so I turned to the OEM part again knowing thats the build

My Fix

Easy sliding panel, the extraction kit wasn't the best for the job sadly, so used another (non)reccomended Way to grab the screws. Once in place looks exactly as it did from box, feels the same even... Noticed near the headphone jack area on rear panel it isn't 100% secure as in I can slide my finger nail in the area.. U don't see it but I was cleaning some stuff off of it after eating and using the device when I discovered it. So still positive experiance overall

My Advice

Don't strip the screws in the first place.. If u do strip them need another method to remove them apart from the extraction kit, if that includes super glue or shattering out the rear panel and preyin the screws out (very) carefully I found that to be better over all... Apart from that the rear panel is really freaking easy

Written on November 16, 2011