The front sensor array gets unplugged, but stays in the phone for now—we have bigger fish to fry.

Along with a few other connectors, that's all that's holding this motherboard in— seems like those midframe screws were the only fasteners!

The motherboard is out! But we have one minor barnacle to remove.

The 8 MP front-facing camera pops free readily, and can rest easy, knowing it's a full megapixel better than the latest iPhone offerings.