Sim Card pin in upper mic

WaterS

Hello Everybody

So I just got my Samsung Galaxy a70 and when I wanted to open the sim tray I accidentally put the pin in the upper mic. I did not press hard or anything, but still wanted to make sure I didn't break anything. Speakerphone works fine, Noise cancellation works fine and all the cameras work fine to. I was wondering if there is anything else I need to check? Like, are the other components close to that opening that I could have broken? I did not press hard so I am guessing it is unlikely but I really want to be sure.

Thanks in advance!

noiseboy72

Sounds like you got away with it
The mics tend to be mounted at right angles to the hole and have a wind shield, so you probably avoided anything delicate. Even if you hit the mic, it's quite tough anyway, with a thin active layer mounted on a thicker substrate. You can prod them quite hard and they will still work.

WaterS

Thanks for the answer, do you also maybe know if there are any other components like the phone's processor or anything that are close to that hole that I maybe could have broken?

dts197

You'd know about it if you'd damaged the processor.

noiseboy72

Very doubtful. Everything else is mounted to the PCB and unless it now rattles or the bluetooth / wifi / phone tranceivers are damaged, poking in a pin is highly unlikely to do any damage.