I found a hint that disconnecting one of the pins of the wireless card should lead to the effect that the hardware switch is ignored. When I tried to open the case I didn't find any way forward. And so far I was unable to find any guide for disassembling this particular device. I did only find four screws below rubber caps and two tiny screws in the battery shaft. But that doesn't seem to be enough to remove the bottom shell. (I fear I might break the case if I use force.) There isn't even an obvious way to open the independent small compartment which seems to cover the RAM module.
But after some tweaking I got the following output and it doesn't indicate any hardware or software problem. Even the light indicator on the hardware switch is now blue instead of red (also after re-booting the system):
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$ rfkill list
0: hp-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: hp-bluetooth: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
2: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
3: hci0: Bluetooth
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
I don't actually need the hardware switch to work. It would be sufficient to enable the wireless permanently.
Despite everything seems to be correct I still can't find any wireless connections.
Can anyone give me a hint how I could get to a point where the wireless is available? (I don't mind if it would be permanently.)