If you have a Google Pixel 7 or Google Pixel 7 Pro, you can now access the repair manual. This details various relatively complex operations that it is not advisable to do yourself if you are not used to them.
Since Wiko was bought by a Chinese company, it has become difficult for France to obtain “world firsts”. It’s normal, as proud as “people with Frenchness” are, we are rarely a priority for the big Tech brands.
But for once, Google chose (it’s probably intentional, we’re sure) to give access to an element concerning the Pixel 7 and 7 Pro before the rest of the world and it did not escape 9to5Google. This is the repair manual for both phones. The Pixel 6a manual was also published last July.
Reserved for adults
If since then, the page that gave access to these manuals has been removed, our esteemed colleagues were still eager to download them. This is what she looked like:
At the beginning of the manual, a long message warns you:
Repairing the device yourself is not recommended unless you are an adult and have the technical skills to safely repair electronic devices. If you decide to carry out a repair yourself, you assume the risks involved.
Other equally reassuring messages follow further on: “Opening and/or repairing a device may result in electric shock, fire, injury, damage to the device, and other hazards. » So take your precautions before jumping on your screwdriver.
The manual, comprising 173 pages, is excessively detailed. It includes a large number of tips and even tutorials for changing parts. This ranges from the simple listing of the necessary equipment to the various and varied manipulations. You can learn how to change the screen, the case, the motherboard, microphone supports, the battery, the cameras, the graphite used for cooling, etc.
Google should probably release an official version worldwide soon. In the meantime, the French can enjoy it a little before everyone else in their own language. Not sure that this will reassure buyers whose rear glass of the photo unit has fractured. From what we have seen in these documents, no method is proposed to change this element.
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