Google Home Mini Teardown

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The Google Home Mini opens from the bottom There is an orange plastic disc with a piece of orange rubber attached to it. The piece of orange plastic is glued to the device.

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Use the metal spudger and place it between the housing and the rubberized plastic disc.

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Now move around with the spudger under the plastic plate until the adhesive has dissolved on the entire surfacem

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Now remove the 4 screws.

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After turning the device over, you can gently lift the fabric-covered top.

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Now loosen 4 more screws on the top of the unit

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Now remove the speaker cable with a spudger.

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Now remove the metal insert and carefully lift the board with a spudger

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