Loctite 480 might be a better choice.

I tried one of the many adhesive 1mm tapes offered via Amazon, but it overstated its adhesive properties and it was insufficient to the task: ever since the battery replacement I've been having to repeatedly press down the front glass when it begins to bow itself loose. Recently I finally decided it was time to rectify that and bought some "B-7000" adhesive fluid via Amazon. The plastic tube has a syringe-needle-like applicator tip which should make it rather easy to apply it to the inner frame edge and hopefully reseal it finally.

Regarding the battery, yes, it's secured with very strong adhesive tape, but you CAN remove the battery with considerable care. I did it. That was not one of my several complaints about this poorly scripted guide.

This is apparently how you fix the display and front glass back in place: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=2mm+adhesive+.... It’s very narrow 2mm adhesive tape made for the purpose. I’m unsure whether it’s as effective at sealing out water as the original, but it’s not like we have a choice (aside from buying new phones).

How have you progressed with fixing your phone?

@seededcrown:

I’m uncertain whether I can obtain a 3rd party replacement for the screen’s gasket, or whether I’m expected to just use some form of gel adhesive. I really don’t want to do the latter, it’s inferior! Since I can’t commit to anything permanent, I’ve literally Scotch-taped the screen for now. :-/

The OLED display began suffering horribly from burn-in less than a year into ownership. That’s a bonus in addition to the battery near-exploding. I’d replace it with a non-Motorola 5G phone, but there’s no money at all to do it.

If I find a replacement for the gasket or conceive another solution, I’ll try to share my decision here. Please do the same if you find something first. If your degree of bowing is substantial already, I’d rush to get a new battery and install it ASAP, before the existing battery gets worse! I bought my battery from Amazon; I’d share a link, but I’m uncertain if that’s encouraged. I’m sure there are plenty of acceptable alternatives. Hopefully you get to avoid duct tape.

Also not mentioned is any suggestion how to replace the original rubberized adhesive “gasket” that attaches the front glass, which is supposed to provide some waterproofness as well as adhesion. In my instance that was compromised before I even started: the battery inflated with gas and bowed the glass front outward. Thank goodness Corning has chosen to evolve Gorilla Glass to be more flexible rather than more scratch-resistant and more brittle, otherwise I’d have had a cracked front. (That battery inflation is now the second occurrence in a second Motorola phone; I am officially spooked of Motorola phones now.)

It also glosses over the reassembly, omitting it entirely in fact, thus failing to remind the reader, for instance, not to overlook the fingerprint reader’s connector when reinserting the motherboard and paying heed of the several tabs - and rubber parts which must be considered when reattaching that metal shield over the camera.

This is a careless incomplete guide. It skips crucial steps, like removing the speaker subassembly (which the photos clearly show was done but not even mentioned), the buttons connector, and last but not least the battery connector itself. I also have wound up with two mystery rubberized parts which fell out at two separate points in disassembly, which are also never mentioned and which I will now have to black-box to figure out where they came from.

My phone quite definitely uses T3 Torx screws. Either Motorola switched to different screws in different production runs or others are using the wrong drivers.

@Antoine Perez: I have never fast-charged any of my lithium-powered devices, as it tends to shorten battery life. All I can tell you is that the genuine LG Chem battery that I used as a replacement seems to be behaving exactly like the original. Source:

https://www.mobiledefenders.com/battery-...