When putting these back, these seem to just be pushed down from above, rather than slotting in from the back

After reading this comment I went straight back to steps 19/20 and reversed them before installing the battery… will update if something is notable!

I found the best way to do this was to put the hairdrier on the adhesive for a few seconds, then it just peeled off in one go. Wasted a lot of time trying to scratch them off before this.

Took me three applications of adhesive remover. Think it really is about wiggling though.

So if I’ve understood correctly, almost all the above could have been skipped if apple just made these two screws accessible? Wow, just wow

T3 from the ifixit kit works fine for me

Hands up everyone that’s never buying an apple product again?

I used a hairdrier. Barely needed to hold it there for 20 seconds before I could peel it off.

I managed to pry the metal bit with screw holes off first. Whoops.

I didn’t seem to have any tape covering it, I just proceeded to the next step