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Announced September 9th, 2014, this device is Apple's first foray into smart wearables. iFixit's repair manuals are applicable to Apple Watch (steel) and Apple Watch Sport (aluminum).

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Ripped during a repair. But what exactly is it?

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When I was trying to take the screen back off of my watch after removing adhesive and pausing the project for a little while, the screen wouldn’t come off.

I stuck a piece of tape to the screen and slowly pulled it off but I must’ve used too much pressure because I ripped what I believe are two copper traces in a flex cable. I’m pretty sure that I need to replace the whole screen assembly now (ouch) but was just curious what exactly I ripped and what they do.

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Looks like soldering joints to the NFC antenna under the screen.

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So theoretically if I don’t use this watch with Apple Pay could I just put it back together for now?

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It's your device, you do what you want.

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Gotcha. I just wasn’t sure if it would cause any issues like a boot loop etc. Thanks!

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Here’s a better pic of the area, It’s just two traces which end there (a very basic antenna)

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