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Phone Repair Guru gives the iPhone Duo a see-through back

Baked-on paint, curved glass and no replacement parts turn a cosmetic modification into a delicate teardown.

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Phone Repair Guru Story of November 11, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? One of the most watched videos since yesterday, with 380,535 views.

Can We Make It Transparent?

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0:14The presenter says replacement parts aren't available, leaving him only one attempt with this back panel.
1:10Heat and a MagSafe puck help extract the wireless charging coil and its attached magnets.
3:07Brackets and camera rings are heated and peeled away before the glass can be stripped.
4:52A scraper and precision knife remove baked-on paint that the presenter says resisted paint thinner.
6:06The charging coil, microphone mesh and camera rings are glued onto the cleaned, transparent backplate.
7:28The reassembled phone gets flash and wireless-charging tests; charging is confirmed at 08:11.

"I only have one shot at this too, since there are no replacement parts available for this phone right now," Phone Repair Guru's presenter says before dismantling the iPhone Duo's rear panel.

The aim is to make the foldable's back transparent, putting its internal layout and MagSafe magnet array on display. The new upload, "Can We Make It Transparent?", has drawn about 381,000 views in less than a day. After the channel's earlier Duo reassembly, this project gives the phone a visibly different finish rather than simply getting it back together.

Getting there means carefully removing the rear microphone, flash, wireless charging coil, magnets and camera rings. One small discovery comes early: the flash sits behind glass rather than protruding through the back. The video also includes a sponsored power-bank segment.

Then comes the laborious part. The presenter explains that paint thinner hasn't worked on the baked-on coating, so he scrapes it away with a razor blade scraper and precision knife. The curved glass survives, leaving a clear panel with a transparent Apple logo.

That survival is a recurring subject in the comments: viewers keep mentioning their surprise that the back glass didn't crack. Another asks whether the heat used during removal could weaken the magnets, a question the finished appearance alone can't answer.

With the components glued back into place, the presenter reconnects the panel and tests the flash and wireless charging. The charging check supplies a short, practical verdict: "Boom, we're charging."

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