GOgroove FlexSMART X2 Skip Button Replacement

ID: 121985

Description: I have pressed skip so many items that the...

Steps:

1. A quick overview of the device.

2. Pry off the plastic insert, covering the screws, its held in with double sided tape.

3. Remove the 4 small screws, the 2 next to the buttons are longer.

4. The back base pulls away, the Gray top is attached with a small screw though the PCB, also watch out for the FM antenna attached to the black base

5. Remove the small screw that holds the stacked PCBs on to the gray lid.
6. Remove the Gray cover, also carefully removing the microphone from its housing.

7. Quick view of inside

8. Side by Side of the original and replacement buttons.

9. I de-soldered the button on one side and tried to lift it off, ripped off the track on the other side in the process.

10. Managed to get the track to solder on to the other side of the new button.
11. Reassembled in reverse order, and now works but not as well as I had hoped, ah well hopefully it will be useful for someone else who wants to take this apart.