Google Home Mini Teardown

Written By: Norman Schleicher (and one other contributor)

Published: January 13, 2018

Written By: Norman Schleicher (and one other contributor)

Published: January 13, 2018

Teardown

Introduction

This guide will show you how to open the Google Home Mini and disassemble the individual components.

This teardown is not a repair guide. To repair your Google Home Mini, use our service manual.

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.

Use the metal spudger and place it between the housing and the rubberized plastic disc.
NOTE: You need to set the spudger to go under the plastic disk, not between the rubber and the plastic disk. The Google Home Mini opens from the bottom. This is a rubberized plastic disc glued to the device.

Now move around with the spudger under the plastic plate until the adhesive has dissolved on the entire surfacem
Next, carefully peel the plate off.

Now remove the 4 screws.
4 x 6mm T6 screws
If there is still glue over the screw heads you can easily pierce with the screwdriver. Do not remove glue, as the bottom will not hold otherwise later.

After turning the device over, you can gently lift the fabric-covered top.
While keeping the device close to the device as in the picture, first disconnect the ribbon cable from the connector with a spudger.