I installed an uncut SMJLED in one of my Photon Freedom microlights today (NV green LED with a covert nose).
It wasn't hard to pop the battery cover open with a small screwdriver. The two 2016 batteries came out easily. The circuit board took some careful coaxing. It was wedged in at the back side and at first I thought it might be glued down or something, but once the back end of the circuit board got past the tight spot it came up out of the light and could be pulled backwards off the LED's leads. The LED could then be pushed forwards out of the light. The covert nose piece came out with the LED. I put a bit of tissue on the stock LED's dome for padding and pushed it off of the covert nose.
With the Freedom microlight thus completely disassembled. I then noted the polarity of the original LED leads, cut & bent the leads of the uncut SMJLED the same way (testing it in the circuit board's sockets), pushed the SMJLED into the covert nose, pushed the covert nose back into the body, bent the leads upwards enough to plug them into the circuit board as I pushed the board back into the body at an angle (front end low, back end up) and then pushed the back end of the circuit board back down. Then I reinstalled the batteries, tested it, and popped the battery cover back on.
Interestingly, it isn't nearly as bright as a generic microlight clone modded with an SMJLED. I wonder if it is somhow being limited by the circuit in the Freedom or if the covert nose makes it seem less bright (although even the center of the beam seems less bright). They are both new lights so they should be fresh CR2016 batteries, but I'll have to try replacing or swapping the batteries to see if it makes any difference.
Does that make me the first person to install an uncut SMJLED in a Photon Freedom?