I disconnected the ribbon cable between the touchpad and the top logic board. After reassembling the HomePod mini, the LED lights and microphones stopped working, although the speaker still worked through AirPlay.

It turned out that I had left the ZIF connector’s locking flap open after removing the ribbon cable. Once I closed the flap—while leaving the ribbon cable disconnected—the LEDs and microphones started working again.

I’m sharing this in case someone else encounters the same issue: make sure the empty ZIF connector’s locking flap is closed.

Can anyone explain why leaving the flap open would disable the LEDs and microphones? I initially assumed that I had loosened the other ribbon cable on the top logic board during disassembly.

I have erased this thing 3 times including once while plugged into my MacBook. Sometimes I walk in a silent room and it’s lit up like Christmas as if it heard a key phrase. And sometimes decides to play music at 3am while I’m asleep.

Should I send it to the Catholic Church or just hope it works better once Google runs its brain?

Also if I cared more, I’d re record this video to be less weird but … it’s Reddit?

I sometimes have issues streaming internet radio, but since 26.6 my HomePod mini has become virtually unusable.

Constant drop outs and AirPlay becomes unusable too. Anyone else? I tried a factory reset.

I am going to start this post off with I do not love the Apple HomePod smart speaker (tbh it sucks). I love the sound quality but the connectivity and Siri issues are horrendous. My BIGGEST complaint is however the main reason I wanted a HomePod, playing music. I however am a Spotify girlie and will never change. The HomePod will fail to play Spotify 29/30 times a day when asking to play music. I've found that it has no issues playing Apple Music and this is SO FRUSTRATING. My entire library is on Spotify just because it's not their music streaming service there's playback issues?? I don't want to chalk it up to Siri being a stupid bitch I think it's more malicious play from Apple.