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OP, how did you isolate and identify the chip from the rest of it: did you have a service manual, or just relevant experience that told you where to look? Also, was it hardwired, or was it something you could just detach?
I am definitely storing this away for future use, hence the questions. Right now I've got very old totally non-networked, non-exploitable sets, but I'm sure that will change some day. Hook a brother up so I know what to look for when I have to buy something new.
I did the same thing and made a post about it with pictures. https://piefed.social/post/2362076
I looked up pictures of wifi modules for my model beforehand and found a few replacement parts. So i had a general idea what to look for. Theres also a chance somebody opened the exact same tv modell and documented it on youtube.
And yeah its a simple internal flatwire connector. If you ever want bt or wifi again you only need to reseat the cable again. Cant speak for every TV ofcourse.
It says "RF module"... That would be one hint.
Edit: never mine I saw wrong