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Install Series 2 Display on a Series 3 with Apple Pay

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  1. Install Series 2 Display on a Series 3 with Apple Pay, Meet the patient: paso 1, imagen 1 de 1
    • Here we have a Series 3 Apple Watch with a broken Display.

    • Sad.

  2. Install Series 2 Display on a Series 3 with Apple Pay, Open 'er up: paso 2, imagen 1 de 1
    • Remove the broken Display. The worse they're busted up, the easier they come off!

    • Remove any adhesive residue and tape from the Force Touch Sensor, and inspect it for damage. Replace if necessary.

  3. Install Series 2 Display on a Series 3 with Apple Pay, Prepare the donor: paso 3, imagen 1 de 1
    • The right-hand module contains the NFC and Light Sensor. It's attached by some adhesive dots, two solder bumps (for the NFC antenna connection), and some copper tape.

    • Cut the copper tape from the NFC module.

  4. Install Series 2 Display on a Series 3 with Apple Pay, Save the NFC, save the world: paso 4, imagen 1 de 3 Install Series 2 Display on a Series 3 with Apple Pay, Save the NFC, save the world: paso 4, imagen 2 de 3 Install Series 2 Display on a Series 3 with Apple Pay, Save the NFC, save the world: paso 4, imagen 3 de 3
    • Using an Xacto #17 blade, chisel the NFC module from the damaged Display.

    • Keep the blade as parallel as possible to the Display.

  5. Install Series 2 Display on a Series 3 with Apple Pay, Successful donation: paso 5, imagen 1 de 3 Install Series 2 Display on a Series 3 with Apple Pay, Successful donation: paso 5, imagen 2 de 3 Install Series 2 Display on a Series 3 with Apple Pay, Successful donation: paso 5, imagen 3 de 3
    • Now the NFC module is free. There's some tape on the back of the module; you can peel it off with tweezers.

    • You can see there are two solder bumps under here. These are the connections to the NFC antenna.

    • If you use alcohol or some other solvent to help clean up, use it very sparingly. We don't want to mess up the Light Sensor.

  6. Install Series 2 Display on a Series 3 with Apple Pay, Meet the New Guy: paso 6, imagen 1 de 2 Install Series 2 Display on a Series 3 with Apple Pay, Meet the New Guy: paso 6, imagen 2 de 2
    • Here is a "new" (probably harvested) Series 2 Display I bought online. I marked it with a "2" just because.

    • Remove the NFC module from this display. You can discard it or sprinkle it on your breakfast cereal.

    • I got a little over-aggressive taking this off so you can see I removed some of the black tape covering the NFC antenna. No harm done, though, and it let me show a corner of the NFC antenna.

  7. Install Series 2 Display on a Series 3 with Apple Pay, A sticky situation: paso 7, imagen 1 de 1
    • Now we apply a bit of "Z Tape" to the back of the module. Z Tape is nifty stuff that conducts electricity through its thickness but not sideways.

    • In this photo the release layer is still on the Z tape. We'll take it off before sticking the module onto the Series 2 Display.

  8. Install Series 2 Display on a Series 3 with Apple Pay, Frankenstein's Monster: paso 8, imagen 1 de 1
    • Yup, that's our Series 2 Display with the NFC module from the broken S3 Display attached. Alignment here is fairly important so don't just slap it on all willy-nilly.

  9. Install Series 2 Display on a Series 3 with Apple Pay, Reprogramming: paso 9, imagen 1 de 1
    • Sometimes it just works, and sometimes you need to reflash the OS to make everyone play nice together. Good luck finding the magic IPSW files.

  10. Install Series 2 Display on a Series 3 with Apple Pay, It works!: paso 10, imagen 1 de 1
    • After all this, Apple Pay can be configured on the Watch and you can see that it talks to the NXP TagInfo app.

    • I had to use an Android phone to test the NFC because Apple doesn't let apps get deep enough into iPhone's NFC to read this stuff.

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This is one of those guides that goes above and beyond. Now can you tell us how to flash the software?

fdsajky675 - Contestar

viarengo1 - The tricky part of reflashing is actually just getting the IPSW files to flash — OTA update files don’t work and Apple doesn’t release the complete files. If you can manage to get the file, though, you connect the Watch to a programming adapter (either iBus or the Apple adapter), load iTunes, and the Watch shows up. Then you shift-click on Restore, point to your hard-won IPSW, and off you go. You can sometimes find Apple programming adapters on eBay and MFCBox sells the iBus, which is a clone of the Apple adapter. But the IPSW files are a major PITA. Right now I don’t think any of them are in the wild except WatchOS 4.3.1 for Series 3 only.

Gordon Hlavenka - Contestar

There are plenty of ipsws for Apple Watch on ipsw.me. Are they usable?

IO -

IO - No, the ipsws on ipsw.me and similar sites won’t work. They are over-the-air update files (“OTA”) and do not contain a complete set of code including boot loader and all modules.

Gordon Hlavenka - Contestar

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