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  • Remove a couple screws and pull the headphone jack out of the rear case.

  • As with most portable devices, the headphone jack is very well fastened to the case.

  • The microphone's right next to the headphone jack and goes through the same data cable as the headphone jack.

  • Like the iPhone, it appears that the iPad features a liquid sensor in its headphone jack. If you get your iPad wet, don't expect Apple to fix it under warranty for you.

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  • Ants on parade? Nope, just the T4 Torx screws holding each tab to the display assembly.

    • Each clip holding the display assembly to the rear case is fastened down with its own T4 Torx screw.

  • Luckily, the home button is a digital switch with its own circuit board, making replacement that much easier.

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  • Disassembling the display assembly.

  • A thin ribbon cable connects the LED driver board to the LED backlights.

  • The LED driver circuitry and the interconnects between the actual LCD and the display data cable connector are contained within the same circuit board.

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  • The ambient light sensor lives in a compartment that a camera would love to call home.

  • We suspect that this compartment was intended for the ambient light sensor all along, and the rumors of a camera that would fit here were overzealous. The layout does look very similar to the camera's view ports on the MacBook Pro 13" Unibody.

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  • The display seems to be glued around its perimeter but can still be removed from the plastic framework.

  • The display assembly weighs in at:

    • 153g for the LCD

    • 193g for the front glass

  • The glass seems quite thick (~1.18 mm), which is not a huge surprise considering the size of the iPad. Compare that to about 1.02 mm for the iPhone.

    • The iPad would require thicker glass due to the increased "lever arm" caused by pressing down at the center of the screen. This is analogous to the difficulty of bending a one inch section of a ruler compared to bending the entire twelve inch ruler.

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  • Some front glass/digitizer part numbers.

  • The part number on the display frame reads:

    • HIA097NRFE0XA

  • On the digitizer cable:

    • 821-0757-A

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  • Peel back the sticker, and more part numbers can be seen near the bottom of the LCD.

  • The numbers read:

    • A01327200 EP001A

    • 10 1 25 S NE M213

  • We don't know who made this particular LCD. Do you? Another iPad we opened contained a LCD panel that was manufactured by LG.

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  • As always, the final layout shot.

  • Here's the weight breakdown: Aluminum back: 138 grams, Battery: 148 grams, LCD: 153 grams, Glass (and frame): 193 grams, Speaker: 17 grams, Main board: 21 grams, Everything else: 27 grams

  • Total: 697 grams (that's more than the .68 kg Apple quotes, has anyone else weighed their complete iPad?)

  • This iPad may be apart, but we'll continue to dig deeper into its chips. Follow @ifixit for the latest updates!

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