How to open a phone with a 3D printer (no joke)

Written By: GamesNic
  • Comments: 6
How to open a phone with a 3D printer (no joke)

Difficulty

Easy

Steps

3

Time Required

5 - 10 minutes

Introduction

To open a cell phone with a 3D printer sounds bizarre, I know. But as long as you have a reasonably new 3D printer, it's actually very easy.

The requirements are simple: the printer should have a strong, heated print bed. That's all!

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    • First, turn on your 3D printer and make sure that there is no residue (such as plastic) left on the print bed.

    • Make sure the printer is fully functional. It must not have any malfunctions, as higher temperatures are used here.

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    • Now set the heat of the print bed to 70-80 °C, depending on how capable your printer is. You can safely leave the hotend cool, we don't need it.

    • Do not touch the print bed! You can get burned.

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    • Put the cell phone on the print bed.

    • 30 seconds to one minute should be sufficient for most devices. However, if the adhesive is more stubborn, you can safely let it "cook" longer.

    • The print bed transfers a lot of direct heat quickly. That means you don't have to wait long.

    • If you're done with that, you can take the phone off the print bed again and start picking at it.

    • It is best to only handle the phone with protection, such as a kitchen towel or gloves! The underside of the cell phone gets very hot.

Conclusion

You are done, congratulations!

Author

GamesNic

Member since: 09/01/20

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6 comments

wow, just wow

brilliant

Jeff H -

i was thinking of the same idea, i think you can just use baking paper (Parchment paper) between phone and the build plate, just in case some plastic gets stuck to phone

Tommy -

Dude. This rules. Why oh why did I never think of this 🙄. Heating up my pixel 3 with a hot air station like a fool, when. I have a perfectly good Bambu p1p.

Connor Shattuck -

Lifesaver! Thanks!

Vojtak42 -

If your handy got stuck to the heat bed, then there have been 200 degrees Celsius, just a few degrees too much.

Very nice idea of course.

Ach ja, wenn ich die Backplate lösen möchte, muss auch die Backplate nach unten. Geht das auch mit der Kameraöffnung gut oder gibt es andere Möglichkeiten?

Arrgh R. -

is this safe to do with the in screen fingerprint reader and front facing camera?

Andrew Gresbach -