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How to get neodymium out of an smartphone speaker

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  1. How to get neodymium out of an smartphone speaker, How to get neodymium out of an smartphone speaker: step 1, image 1 of 2 How to get neodymium out of an smartphone speaker, How to get neodymium out of an smartphone speaker: step 1, image 2 of 2
    • You see here the front and the back of the Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini

  2. How to get neodymium out of an smartphone speaker: step 2, image 1 of 2 How to get neodymium out of an smartphone speaker: step 2, image 2 of 2
    • Remove the back cover

  3. How to get neodymium out of an smartphone speaker: step 3, image 1 of 2 How to get neodymium out of an smartphone speaker: step 3, image 2 of 2
    • Remove the battery

  4. How to get neodymium out of an smartphone speaker: step 4, image 1 of 2 How to get neodymium out of an smartphone speaker: step 4, image 2 of 2
    • Loose the 10 screws

    • Take off the mid frame and the buttons

    • Disconnect the flex cable

  5. How to get neodymium out of an smartphone speaker: step 5, image 1 of 3 How to get neodymium out of an smartphone speaker: step 5, image 2 of 3 How to get neodymium out of an smartphone speaker: step 5, image 3 of 3
    • Lift up the moherboard and disconnect the flex cable from the display

    • Remove the motherboard

    • You can see the motherboard from the front and from the back

  6. How to get neodymium out of an smartphone speaker: step 6, image 1 of 2 How to get neodymium out of an smartphone speaker: step 6, image 2 of 2
    • Disconnect the speaker

    • Remove the whole speaker module

  7. How to get neodymium out of an smartphone speaker: step 7, image 1 of 3 How to get neodymium out of an smartphone speaker: step 7, image 2 of 3 How to get neodymium out of an smartphone speaker: step 7, image 3 of 3
    • Here you see the speaker module from the front and from the back

    • Use a thin tool to remove the metal part from the speaker

    • The metal part usually is composed of two parts - a copper part (orange) and the neodymium part (silver like).

    • Use a sharp tool to seperate the two metal components

    • NOTE: The last picture of the metal parts was taken from another sample, so the actual metal parts of the Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini may differ!

Andre

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