Thanks for the excellent guide! Managed to replace the diode on mine by some miracle! I don't have a good hot air blaster and ended up breaking the top off the diode, at least was able to apply some solder to the whole pad then to get it off, the whole board was heating up must have a good ground plane!
This will be done first time in India.. I have ordered the repair tools and diode, can't wait to tear my homepod apart! cheers to not giving up Edit: Moment at 19:28 must have been very emotional for you
Well done :-D Its a bit of a finger twister to get it all back in there. I'm guessing the odd diode is part of a tiny boost power supply. Something like that or maybe not lol.
Hola, me compré un HomePod grande de primera generación al cual se le puede hacer un reseteo, enciende y todo lo demás, pero cuando a la hora de conectarse con un dispositivo no lo hace y no sirve de ninguna manera, porque he intentado con dos iPad, con una Mac y con un iPhone y ninguno se pueden enlazar con los HomePod o sea que el problema seguramente sea del HomePod, se queda la luz superior parpadeando pero no aparece ningún dispositivo para enlazarse, necesito tu ayuda para saber más o menos qué es y si me podrías ayudar.
Thank you. I’m going to have a go you made a very easy to follow video
Thanks for the excellent guide! Managed to replace the diode on mine by some miracle!
I don't have a good hot air blaster and ended up breaking the top off the diode, at least was able to apply some solder to the whole pad then to get it off, the whole board was heating up must have a good ground plane!
I'm stuck at the unsolder step :( i heat up the gun to 500 and the diode never comes off
Nice and It is cool
This will be done first time in India.. I have ordered the repair tools and diode, can't wait to tear my homepod apart! cheers to not giving up
Edit: Moment at 19:28 must have been very emotional for you
Spare Time Repair: The diode is gone, I need to open it and replace it.
Apple: You can try..
Nicely done. I would have looked for a used replacement.
Im gonna try this on mine . Its already dead so i have nothing to loose but 2 hours
Well done :-D
Its a bit of a finger twister to get it all back in there.
I'm guessing the odd diode is part of a tiny boost power supply.
Something like that or maybe not lol.
Nice video can you give the name of the diode and can you find it online?
I bought mine here: www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175405713720
Do you have a link to the replacement diode? Or what specific one I will need
I ordered this one from the UK: www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175405713720
Can I mail mine to you for repair? I have this same issue!
One of my HomePod-minis died recently. It's completely dead, doesn't respond even through USB. Is it diode most likely cause for a mini too?
Possibly, but I have no experience with repairing those I'm afraid.
Hola, me compré un HomePod grande de primera generación al cual se le puede hacer un reseteo, enciende y todo lo demás, pero cuando a la hora de conectarse con un dispositivo no lo hace y no sirve de ninguna manera, porque he intentado con dos iPad, con una Mac y con un iPhone y ninguno se pueden enlazar con los HomePod o sea que el problema seguramente sea del HomePod, se queda la luz superior parpadeando pero no aparece ningún dispositivo para enlazarse, necesito tu ayuda para saber más o menos qué es y si me podrías ayudar.
No chance!!!!