Comment by photonerd

You’re describing removing the rear glass (and it takes 30mins, tops, I’ve done it). Something that’s not covered by the EU legislation I might add.

It literally says the following about removing the battery (emphasis mine)

> Unfasten the battery connector cover screws

and…

> remove the single 1.0 mm-long screw securing the charging coil connector cover

After that it’s just two easy to remove adhesive pull tabs to get the battery out (which would pass the test for user replaceable in the EU law).

Complain about how hard it is to get the glass off, fine, but that’s got zilch to do with the EU law