How to smash microphone..?

**kingneil** · 03-18-2013, 06:46 AM

This may sound like a silly request, but please bare with me...

I have an HTC Hero... and on its motherboard, the microphone is firmly soldered, and thus, the only way to remove it would be to apply heating, and do all kinds of delicate stuff, which I guess I could pay someone to do, but if it messes up, then the entire motherboard is toast...

about removing the soldering of a mic.

Anyway.... the point is... I guess I could attempt to pay someone to do the de-soldering, but it seems very delicate, and I can easily imagine it going wrong..

And so... the question is.. is there any way that I can, basically, SMASH the microphone, so that it is no longer functional..? I know it seems like a silly idea, but I'm really looking to break this thing... I want to use an external microphone only, and not the internal one, so I want to make sure it isn't functional.

Here are some pictures of the microphone, if it helps....

As you can see, it's a rounedd square metal thing, with a hole in the middle, leading to more metal... I'm just looking to make it non-functional, by physically breaking it....

OK. Thanks

**atomic_squid** · 03-18-2013, 06:48 AM

Use a needle as a chisel, with a small, light hammer to add force. Why do you want the thing destroyed?

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**kingneil** · 03-18-2013, 08:12 AM

Originally Posted by atomic_squid

Use a needle as a chisel, with a small, light hammer to add force. Why do you want the thing destroyed?

OK... That sounds like a good idea.

One thing I read elsewhere... just pour water into the microphone bit, and nowhere else, but that sounds a bit dumb....

OK... so... I'll try your needle idea. Thanks.

I will ask though.. what will this do...? Is this just going to damage the mic, so the sound is garbled/non-existent... or are you saying this will remove the mic from the motherboard?

As for why I want it removed... let's just say, for security reasons.