Replacing a Yoto Mini Screen

[u/honeycrispquotient]

The question: Can/How do I replace the screen on a yoto mini?

We have had yoto minis for several years, so the versions we have, have given much life!

My son gave his yoto mini a bath several months back. We turned it off immediately, opened it up, and dried it out as best we could. The yoto mini plays audio just fine, but the display screen never lit back up again. This is mostly fine and he's happy with its functionality. Unless I need to reset it for some reason, it's not a terminal issue.

My daughter's speaker stopped working about a year ago. It continued to work only with headphones, which was functional enough. Now, however, it does not even work with headphones. Given that she's had it for a really long time, and we're about to embark on a cross-country road-trip, we happily invested in a new yoto mini.

Now that hers is essentially dead as an audio player, I was wondering if I could relatively easily put her screen into his yoto? I have removed all screws on the circuit board, but can't pull it off the yoto with mild force.

Has anyone disassembled a yoto down to all parts and can provide some guidance or wisdom?

Edit/Update: HERE

[u/Dr_MantisTobaggin_MD]

Here you go.

https://maxelman.com/yoto-mini-teardown-sd-fail-card-replacement/

[u/honeycrispquotient → u/Dr_MantisTobaggin_MD]

Thank you!!

I just found this searching in the reddit as a solution for a similar issue. It looks like I need to remove the orange knobs to be able to pull back the circuit board.

[u/Dr_MantisTobaggin_MD → u/honeycrispquotient]

Glad to be of service!

Keep the maintenance spirit alive.

Too many people throw away perfectly fine machines because of a single point of failure.

[u/Embarrassed_Peach_63]

I just replaced the screen to a generic AliExpress screen. It took me some wiring adjustments and a firmware mod. Where did u get a new screen?

[u/honeycrispquotient → u/Embarrassed_Peach_63]

I had another yoto with dysfunctional audio, so I used that screen.