I was fully committed to calling you and your bretheren out on some quality bullshit.
Decapping chips, drilling and reading memory with isotopes. IT guys who never touched a discrete component in their lives.
Your post stuck with me though. I looked up decapping chips just now.
The chips in this video are the simpliest you can find. Old school TTL logic - 7400 series and, nand, or, nor boolean shit. A far cry from what is inside your phone.
But I love a good hack and I am going down the rabbit hole. Still feels like horseshit.