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Originally Posted by SleepWithMachine
Poke the mic with a needle a few times or inject some acrylic  |
Good advice! It proved useful, actually! (because of the position of the mic, poking at it (prising, actually) was better than using pliers).
The back pops right off like would be expected of electronics, after removing the two screws. The mic is attached to the same daughterboard as holds the fingerprint button AKA home button. There's a rubber boot over the mic, I unscrewed (small Philips) the daughter board so pull that off, then screwed the daughter board back down & prised the mic with a flat screwdriver, re-removed the daughter board, to get rid of the bits of the mic, then screwed it back down. I was able to do this WITHOUT removing anything other than the speaker connectors (those are in pretty good, pop UP, not to the side). I opted to tuck the speaker wires in a blank spot, in case I ever want to play sound on mine later (the mic ain't coming back, there's no way I could SMD a component LOL). Anyway, I took some care regarding the top button, but it all popped right back on. The bottom screws are necessary to keep the case on good, on the bottom. Full function check, all systems go, and the mic recording is 100% sound-free, which was my goal.
It feels a lot more like a minimalist machine now, which is what I want.