iPad 10 Digitizer Installation

Don't touch the ambient light sensor or selfie camera along the top edge of the iPad while cleaning the frame.

Use a hair dryer or heat gun to heat a roughly 3 inch (~8 cm) section of the frame edge.

Use an opening tool to scrape the old adhesive into a ball on the section of the frame you heated.

Use tweezers to remove the balled up adhesive.

Repeat this heating and scraping process until most of the old adhesive is removed from the frame.

Apply a bit of isopropyl alcohol to a cotton swab or lint-free cloth and clean the frame until it's free of adhesive residue.

Alternatively, use our adhesive cleanup kit.

Repeat this process to clean the adhesive off the digitizer bezel. Use tweezers to get any large pieces off before using the opening tool.

Before removing any liners, align each adhesive strip over the digitizer to see where it goes. It's easiest to align the strip on the edge with the camera cutout.

Remove the large liners from one of the long adhesive strips. The adhesive is now exposed.

Install one of the large adhesive strips to the back of the digitizer.

Check the adhesive to make sure it doesn't overhang the edge of the digitizer glass. If it does, remove it and start over with new adhesive.

Repeat this process to install the remaining two adhesive strips.

Set the digitizer on the frame of the iPad, so the cables can reach their connectors on the board.

Lean the digitizer against a large, sturdy object to keep it upright.

Use your finger or the flat end of a spudger to connect the three digitizer press connectors to their respective sockets on the board.

Set the two digitizer connector covers over their respective connectors on the board.

Use a JIS 00 screwdriver to install the four 1.1 mm‑long screws securing the digitizer connector covers.

Set the screen on the iPad, so the screen cable connector can reach its socket on the board.

Use your finger to connect the screen connector to its socket on the board.

Press the screen cable down so it sits flat onto the board.

Set the display connector cover into place, aligned with its screw posts.

Use a JIS 00 screwdriver to install the two 1.1 mm‑long screws securing the display connector cover.

Lower the screen into its recess.

Use a Torx Plus 2IP screwdriver to install the ten screws securing the iPad display:

Four 3.5 mm‑long screws

Six 3.2 mm‑long screws

In cellular models, use a JIS 00 screwdriver to remove the additional screws along the right edge.

Use tweezers or your fingers to remove the top blue liner off the iPad digitizer adhesive.

Use tweezers or your fingers to remove the blue liner on the left edge of the digitizer adhesive.

Lower the digitizer until you can access the final blue liner.

Use tweezers or your fingers to peel the final blue liner off the last adhesive strip.

Lower the digitizer into place.

Press along the edges of the digitizer so it sits flush into the iPad frame.

Place the iPad screen-side-down on a soft, flat surface.

Apply painter's tape to the back to protect its finish.

Place evenly spaced layers of coins or similarly thick objects on the tape along the edges of the back glass.

Stack them to a consistent height taller than the camera bump.

Stack multiple books or other heavy objects on the iPad.

Leave the objects in place for at least thirty minutes. The lighter the objects, the longer they should be left. Ideally, leave them stacked overnight.