Got the kit a day early, cleaned off a space on a glass table and grabbed a desk lamp,

this was my first time doing something like this and the only problem i had was with getting the screen off but if you work at one side for a few mins (not too hard) it slowly comes up. buying the 2 piece set of plastic blue tools like in the pics helped a lot for only 3$ so i recommend them as i didn't use the green tool it came with much cause the blue ones worked a lot better. my battery like most of you, had that sticky stuff under it holding it down... but after a few mins of gently loosening it up, i got it out. being patient/good lighting will do you wonders in the end.