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My first suggestion is to put a skin or case on it and leave it be. The backglass is purely aesthetic, the phone is fully functional.
There are some people on YouTube with replacement videos for the backglass such as:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV5FJR-AvCg
Looks like a fun project, just go slow!
Well I mostly got the phone for the color. I love the bay blue color so a case would just cover it up. It looks like based on the official google repair doc and the ifixit video that I'll have to disassemble the entire phone. I ordered the back glass and all the adhesives I'll need to replace (so so much glue!) from ifixit. Like you said I'll have to go slow, just hoping I don't break something in the process. My biggest worry is the screen since there's some ribbon cables very close to where you have to use the pry tools. Even a youtuber broke their screen opening it first try.
I can't help as I don't have a Pixel 8/8 Pro, and (fortunately) I haven't had to replace any part of my Pixel 7a yet. So how did the back glass replacement go?
Still waiting on parts from iFixit. They're using USPS for shipping and it's taking forever. I'll probably be able to do the repair next weekend, hopefully...
