With the phone empty we turn to the screen... and it puts up a real fight!

After an initial round of heating, we didn't get very far with our Opening Picks before we heard that dreaded noise...

Crack!

Like all Samsung phones, the A51's screen is strongly glued to the frame. There's a reason that Samsung sells screen replacements pre-adhered to brand new frames, and this is it!

The good news is once you crack it, you can't go back! The rest of our removal procedure is infinitely less stressful. We use a Plastic Card to carve away the rest of the screen.

Once we finally break it free, we find the culprits: two thick adhesive strips that cover a large area of the screen.