Lenovo IdeaTab A2109 WIFI/GPS Antenna Replacement

Step 1 Battery

• Look at the back of the tablet and locate the speakers on top of the rear cover.
• There is a smaller indentation in the plastic cover that runs across the top of the device.
• Wedge the plastic opening tool, under the middle of the cover as shown, then push up and the cover will pop off.
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Step 2



• Remove SD card if present.
• Remove two black 3mm Phillips #00 screws.
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Step 3
• Disconnect battery power connector by pinching the connector with tweezers, and sliding it out of the housing.
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Step 4
• Remove seven black 3mm Phillips #00 screws.
• The top right corner screw is underneath a yellow ribbon. Lift the ribbon up without disconnecting it and unscrew the screw.
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Step 5
• Now you can take the battery out in order to either replace it or continue disassembling the device.
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Step 6 System Board
• Remove two black 3mm Phillips #00 screws.
• Remove three silver 1.8 mm Phillips #00 screws.
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Step 7
• Use tweezers to flip up the small black plastic locks on all four connections.
• Carefully remove each of the exposed ribbons.
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Step 8
• Disconnect the two speaker connectors by pinching them with tweezers and sliding them out from the system board housing.
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Step 9
• Use tweezers or your finger nail to disconnect the camera attachment by flipping up the black rectangular connector.
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Step 10
• Disconnect the HDMI connection with the system board
• Use a plastic opening tool to pry up the system board, and you will hear a pop as it comes free.
• Slide out the system board from its housing tab on the upper right corner.
• Pull the board slowly away from the tab, and it will pop out.
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Step 11 WIFI/GPS Antenna
• Once the system board has been removed, you can access the WIFI/GPS antenna.
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Step 12
• Insert the blue prying tool at the corner of the antenna. Pry up slowly, and move it across the antenna.
• There is an adhesive holding the antenna in place, so it may take a little bit of force and movement to take off the antenna.
• The antenna falls out easily once fully pried out.
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