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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              WiFi Antenna
  • Locate and remove the four rubber feet on the bottom of the camera using your fingers or a pair of tweezers.

Locate and remove the four rubber feet on the bottom of the camera using your fingers or a pair of tweezers.

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Step 2

  • Using a #1 Phillips screwdriver, remove the four 7mm screws that are exposed by the removed feet.

Using a #1 Phillips screwdriver, remove the four 7mm screws that are exposed by the removed feet.

Step 3

  • Using your hands, open the camera body by wiggling the bottom free from the upper shell.
  • Open the shell carefully, as the motherboard is attached to the bottom of the body; all of the components in the upper body are accordingly connected to the bottom. Likewise, the WiFi antenna is mounted to the upper shell, but a wire connects it to the motherboard on the bottom of the body.

Using your hands, open the camera body by wiggling the bottom free from the upper shell.

Open the shell carefully, as the motherboard is attached to the bottom of the body; all of the components in the upper body are accordingly connected to the bottom. Likewise, the WiFi antenna is mounted to the upper shell, but a wire connects it to the motherboard on the bottom of the body.

Step 4

  • Using your soldering iron, heat the antenna contacts on the motherboard until the wire releases.
  • Soldering Irons are hot and can burn you and ignite flammable materials.

Using your soldering iron, heat the antenna contacts on the motherboard until the wire releases.

Soldering Irons are hot and can burn you and ignite flammable materials.

Step 5

  • Pinch the WiFi antenna’s clip mount inside the upper part of the body with blunt ended tweezers while pulling the antenna from the outside.

Pinch the WiFi antenna’s clip mount inside the upper part of the body with blunt ended tweezers while pulling the antenna from the outside.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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