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I replaced the battery and while opening up the screen, I tore off the wifi antennas from its assembly. However, the wifi still works after putting it back together. The one thing I am confused about is, on this model, the antenna do not connect to anything on the motherboard, or am I mistaken? There is a little metal piece on the bottom of the assembly (3rd pic) which connects to the motherboard but that piece does not attach to the antenna whatsoever. I have attached some photos of what the antennas and the assembly look like in my case. Thank You in Advance!
The metal part is the connector; if you are close to the router you might have some functionality but it probably is pretty poor. I think yes, you need to replace them, there is some degree of protection built in but I wouldn’t court on it being enough with no antennae attached, operating wifi without them may, (probably will) damage the internal circuitry. If it IS working at a distance from the router I will be very surprised and stymied too. Do you “have to” no, not if you never try to use the wifi. Good luck, and happy fixing!
