SPECIFICATIONS
Multi-touch
gesture control
Bluetooth wireless connectivity
Lightning port (for charging and pairing)
Internal lithium-ion battery
Bluetooth wireless connectivity
Lightning port (for charging and pairing)
Internal lithium-ion battery
DISASSEMBLING
PROCEDURE
Slightly
warm up the bottom of the mouse
In
the previous model, strong adhesive secured the aluminum belly to the
mouse.
Apple
has mentioned that their mouse has an "optimized foot design." Peel
off those feet, the new model hides screws underneath.
After
lots of heat and half a dozen prying tools wedged under the casing, the mouse
is partially released from the gluey mess beneath.
Finally
separate the lower casing from the mouse and get first view of
its midframe.
Popping
four plastic clips open lets into the battery chamber.
It
turns out these clips are actually part of the rocking/clicking mechanism for
the single top shell/button.
Also
check that clear acrylic. It's only painted on the underside, leaving the top
and sides clear.
With
the upper casing lifted up, get a clear view of what makes this mouse
so senseational that capacitative array.
The
capacitative array makes this mouse a bit of a trackpad hybrid, allowing it to
detect touch on its surface, registering gestures made without even moving
the mouse.
Finally
Screws, Unfortunately, they're holding down a bracket over a ribbon cable
which prevents us from separating the mouse bits just yet but hey, that ribbon
cable.
seatbelt
will make the mouse better withstand drops.
Finally
separate from the base of the mouse, the upper casing provides a clearer view
of its capacitative touch-sensing array.
A
little spring provides some resistance and distributes force when the mouse is
clicked, making it seem like the small button on the right occupies the
whole width of the mouse.
Broadcom
BCM20733 Enhanced Data Rate Bluetooth 3.0 Single-Chip Solution
Unknown
303S0499 probably a proprietary Apple touch controller
NXP 1608A1 Charging IC
Texas Instruments 56AYZ21
ST Microelectronics STM32F103VB 72 MHz 32-bit RISC ARM Cortex-M3
NXP 1608A1 Charging IC
Texas Instruments 56AYZ21
ST Microelectronics STM32F103VB 72 MHz 32-bit RISC ARM Cortex-M3
Hiding
beneath the logic board, find a teensy switch that makes the mouse click its
click.
It
held in only by the board above, and is a welcome relief after wading
through the rest of this tar pit.
As
a common failure part for computer mice, it's nice that Apple used a fairly
standard and easilysourced switch although its replacement will require dealing
with all of that glue (and soldering in the replacement switch).
Turn
our attention to the battery, which sits snug as a bug in its little plastic
box, making it annoying to extract.
As
it turns out, that's not the only thing holding it down there's a mess of glue
to contend with as well. Removing the battery is even less fun than we
feared.
The
Magic Mouse 2's battery shares a common feature with the Apple TV Remote the
Lightning connector is soldered to the battery cable.
This
small accessory doesn't pack light that 3.67 V, 7.28 Wh, 1986 mAh li-ion cell
holds about 9% more powerful than the one in the iPhone 6s
The
Lightning port and battery can be replaced (as a single component), independent
of the logic board if you can get the device open.
Replacing
a malfunctioning switch requires prying through intense adhesive and soldering.
Excessive
use of strong adhesive makes it very difficult to remove the rear panel,
hindering access to every internal component.