Name: OnePlus 5T Teardown! - Hidden water resistance?
Uploaded: 2020-03-06T20:03:02.000Z
Duration: 5 min 56 s
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The OnePlus 5T has survived my durability test, and it's time for the teardown.

Past perfect

It'll be interesting to see if OnePlus had added any unadvertised water resistance to

At the bottom of the phone there are two tiny screws.

My pentalobe screwdriver did work for this, but I think the actual bit is a T2.

The SIM card tray does come out at this point as well.

Now, lifting off the screen is pretty difficult.

I feel like the 5T is much tighter than the previous OnePlus 5.

I am using a thin metal pry tool to get between the plastic edge of the screen and the metal

There is no adhesive holding the screen down, but the clasps are extremely tight.

So as you get one up and out, the rest of them get pinched in harder, making the screen

But the good news is is that the screen is attached to the pretty solid mid-frame which

gives it stability, and also includes the motherboard and battery.

So the whole thing lifts up and out as one unit, leaving the back panel and charging

This also exposes the totally not red battery.

Kind of disappointing, but maybe next year OnePlus will go back to the cool looking insides

The back of the phone is still attached with two ribbons: the first is for the ceramic

I'll unplug that ribbon like a little Lego and then fold over the back panel so I can

unplug the battery and charging port ribbons.

Both of these ribbons are hidden under a metal latch.

I did remove the screw next to the latch, but it's actually a new screwless design – it

I'll unplug the battery connection first, and then the charging port ribbon.

This allows the back panel to be completely removed from the phone.

This metal panel has the fingerprint scanner and a bunch of gold contact pads for the antennas

We'll talk more about the charging port and headphone jack components in a second, but

I remove one little screws at the bottom right of the motherboard and then unclip the metal

bracket over the extension ribbon and fold it back away from the battery.

Then I can grab the green pull tab at the right side of the battery and it was refreshingly

Not much force is holding it in place, making this a pretty simple repair.

The battery is a 3300 milliamp hour, and it also says it's not removable.

The loud speaker in side the OnePlus 5T is held in place by 6 normal Phillips head screws.

The loudspeaker then pulls away, revealing a circular vibration motor and the other side

The dual cameras are up here at the top of the phone.

The connectors are held down by yet another metal bracket and one silver screw.

Then both cameras can unplug and come away from the phone.

Now, neither of these lenses have optical image stabilization.

Both have the same focal point as well, meaning there is no wide angle or telephoto lenses,

I do kind of wish the camera had a few extra perks to it, like that OIS or telephoto.

They are pretty important, but it is what it is.

There are 6 silver screws holding down what's left of the motherboard.

I'll remove those and set them off to the side in an organized fashion and unclip the

black signal wire from the edge of the board.

This allows the whole thing to pull away from the phone body.

Even though the OnePlus 5T has a flagship grade, Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor inside,

it does not have any kind of copper heat pipe or thermal cooling system like other flagships

The difference in performance and lifespan will probably be negligible, but sometimes

those little details do matter in the long run.

The front facing camera does not have OIS either, but most smartphones don't.

The screen is still attached to the mid-frame at this point, and if the screen does need

to be replaced, I would use heat to soften the adhesive between the two layers and pull

But that also destroys the screen and I want my phone to still work when I put it back

Only do that if your screen is unsalvageable.

I'll link all the replacement parts and tools in the video description.

The buttons, like the volume and power are also attached to the mid-frame, so just make

sure that the new screen has all the parts you need from your old screen before you put

I'll set the motherboard back down into the frame and get those 6 screws screwed back

And then set the dual camera unit into it's slot and plug both of them in with the silver

The signal wire gets plugged in and then we'll mosey on down to the loudspeaker.

I'll plug in the extension ribbon cable first and then secure the whole thing in place with

Now as far as waterproofing this phone goes, OnePlus did not talk about any IP ratings

But it looks like they were playing with the idea of including an IP water resistance rating

The phone does have a mesh screen protecting the insides of the loudspeaker from water.

Plus the USB-C charging port has it's own red rubber ring around the tip.

This could be for water resistance or shock absorption from plugging and unplugging the

At least something inside the phone is red.

The inside of the frame does have foam running around the entire edge and this is probably

to keep things tight with no squeaks or sounds.

There is no tackiness or adhesive element to it, so it's not for water resistance.

So even though it looks like OnePlus is thinking about water resistance in the future, definitely

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