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iPhone 3GS Teardown
Does anyone know what that little metal stub in the very upper right hand corner of Step 11 picture does? Is it only meant to tuck behind the bezel to keep the motherboard down during assembly or does it have any function electronically? Mine fell of and I reattached it with a drop of solder underneath and now my PC doesn't recognize my phone. Not sure if it's something else or not.