u/Conscious-Movie-9453

Hope someone can help. I see many people trying to connect newer phones to old Samsung VR Gear. I was hoping to use that device only for its lens -more like Google Cardboard than as an Oculus Quest. I'm trying to develope a new VR experience for my NGO and wanted to do it as cheap and replicable as I can, but the lenses in the 3 Samsung VR Gear that we had for a project almost 10 years ago are better than in a Google Cardboard or generic VR Box.
The thin is that the Micro USB prevents my phone to fit in the Gear. Has anyone tried to hack it and remove it?