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Add Note Edit Step 9 — Display  ¶ 

  • Insert a small iPod opening tool with the edge angled up toward the underside of the display between the white plastic backlight and the metal shield beneath it.

  • Pry up along the lower edge of the display enough to grab it with your fingers.

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Add Note Edit Step 10  ¶ 

  • Lift the display up from its lower edge and rotate it toward the top of the Touch.

  • The next few steps require removal of components under where the display normally sits. Be sure to hold the display to avoid putting tension on the delicate display ribbon cable.

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Add Note Edit Step 11  ¶ 

  • While holding the display with one hand, run an iPod opening tool down the two long edges of the mylar reflector attached to the metal display tray.

  • When it is sufficiently free from the display tray, remove the mylar reflector from the Touch.

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Add Note Edit Step 12  ¶ 

  • Remove the seven Phillips screws securing the metal display tray to the rear panel.

  • The two darker screws belong in the two holes in the tray nearest the bottom edge of the Touch.

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Add Note Edit Step 13  ¶ 

  • Lay the display back down into its tray.

  • Remove the final Phillips screw securing the metal tray to the rear panel.

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Add Note Edit Step 14  ¶ 

  • Lift the display out of the metal tray and rotate it toward the top edge of the Touch.

  • Use an iPod opening tool to lift the metal display tray and rotate it up toward the top edge of the Touch.

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Add Note Edit Step 15  ¶ 

  • Use the edge of an iPod opening tool to peel the copper tape off the top edge of the display.

  • Leave the copper tape attached to the metal display tray.

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Add Note Edit Step 16  ¶ 

  • Use an iPod opening tool to pry the display cable connector up off its socket on the logic board.

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