First rate job @elmo41683 
…photos or video would good for those who are technically savvy or daring enough to want to attempt an out of warranty repair further down the line…and for further improvements to be made by @AnkerTechnical & co
In warranty though I would like to highlight that resolution via service@zoloaudio.com should (and I think would) be the preferred point of call 
Intriguing. I’ll say taking apart such a small piece without the proper tools might be challenging - I guess I need to find some pointed tweezers!
I’ll wait for the photos, though. Better to be on the safe side.
These are the works I like so much
Repairing things!
Often you detect things you never thought those would exist. 
I remember when I was still employed I did a of those “researches”.
Mostly changing batteries and displays of mobiles from the coleagues.
Imagine the views that would get on YouTube 
That’s what I was thinking, certainly would rack up a couple of thousand…
Good job! I love taking stuff apart. and yes, another vote for a YouTube video 
Great job, I like taking apart tech and love it even more when I can fix it. Would love to see a video or pics of it.
Could you upload photos if possible?
Here are some pictures, sorry not all of them came out. apparently some of them were too blury.
Here is the gold mesh
Gold mesh removed…cloth cover revealed, yup all gunked up
Cloth cover removed
Gunk inside
Gunk removed
Smoker’s fingers?
Sorry about my dirty hands and fingers, no longer a smoker haven’t smoked since last year. Just workers hands, had to do some work on the car as it’s snowing now and had to work quickly. Didn’t really wash my hands when I did this. Just jumped right into it
Yes I am very familiar with curry fingers, love me some curry chicken.
@AnkerOfficial any chance you can pass along my findings to the Zolo team to make them aware of the excess glue or whatever that black Gunk is? It’s not from earwax or anything from the body as the mesh screen and cloth trap everything and this was on the inside
The earbuds are suppose to have a Nano coating and the way it’s sealed, along with the button and it’s rubber coating helps to seal it off. The cloth covering is most likely to prevent addition stuff from getting past the mesh screen and entering into the sound chamber
Here you can see the zolo button cover removed
And here you can see the clear button has a rubber sleeve underneath that also prevent water/sweat intrusion from how it is affixed. And inside the circuit board…sorry for the blurry pic
Don’t mind your fingers.
Better to have “honest worker fingers” which are able to do such a difficult work than to have manicured ones which can do nothing.
If you intend to do more of such repairs in the future I would recommend such a magnifier.
A video would have been better had I thought about it at the time. As it was the pictures were almost an after thought too when my wife told e I should take pictures so I can put it back together properly, lol. Luckily I didn’t break it down all the way so it’s rather easy to put back together and I got to share the pics with folks here
Good pictures my friend. Don’t worry about the fingers, most of the hands on diy/tech guys (myself included) don’t always have the best hands/fingers through work… 
thanks for the clear explanation, i now have a working pair of headphones again!
