Difficulty
Easy
Steps
7
Time Required
                          5 minutes            
Sections
2
- Google Home Mini Disassembly
- 5 steps
- Speaker
- 2 steps
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Introduction
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Step 1
              Google Home Mini Disassembly               
- Place device on a flat surface.
Place device on a flat surface.
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Step 2
- Remove the rubber bottom as per the Google Home Mini teardown guide.
- Remove the four 7mm T6 Torx screws from the bottom.
Remove the rubber bottom as per the Google Home Mini teardown guide.
Remove the four 7mm T6 Torx screws from the bottom.
Step 3
- Remove the lower half of the device.
- Be careful as a black ribbon cable connects the two halves together.
Remove the lower half of the device.
Be careful as a black ribbon cable connects the two halves together.
Step 4
- Using a pair of tweezers, unlatch the Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) fastener that connects the ribbon cable to the board.
- Flip up and push the ZIF fastener towards outside of the lower case to loosen it.
Using a pair of tweezers, unlatch the Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) fastener that connects the ribbon cable to the board.
Flip up and push the ZIF fastener towards outside of the lower case to loosen it.
Step 5
- Pull the ribbon cable off.
Pull the ribbon cable off.
Step 6
              Speaker               
- Remove the four 7.8mm T8 Torx screws.
Remove the four 7.8mm T8 Torx screws.
Step 7
- The speaker will still be connected to the device.
- Using your fingers, disconnect the wires.
The speaker will still be connected to the device.
Using your fingers, disconnect the wires.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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susan woods - Jan 10, 2023
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HI There I only have 2 lights on the google mini - and although it was working yesterday - with all 4 lights - it most certainly isn’t now? I am not sure why and I am not sure what has happened?