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Chip off blackberry z10

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  1. Remove the back panel.
  1. Remove the Battery, SIM and SD Memory Card.
  1. Using a torx-4 screw driver, remove the visible screws on the back of the phone.

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  1. Un-clip the back panel using a shim, guitar pick, or prying tool. This will expose the mainboard.

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  1. Un-clip all connectors (5) from the mainboard, and simply lift the board out of the phone.

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  1. Remove the shield to expose the memory module. There will be epoxy on the chip so take your time, use adequate heat, and gently remove the chip from the board.

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  1. Prepare the chip for reading. Again, take your time to carefully remove the epoxy without applying too much direct heat, and consistently adding flux paste.

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  1. The chip is now ready to be read. The chip in our test phone is a Samsung KLMAG2GE4A-A001. It was read using an UP-828 Programmer with the VBGA169E adapter. The resulting .bin was parsed in UFED Physical Analyzer.

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