iPad 2 GSM Headphone Jack Assembly Replacement

Step 1 Headphone Jack Assembly




• Use the flat end of a plastic opening tool to flip up the retaining flap on the headphone jack and front-facing camera ribbon cable ZIF socket.
• Be sure you are prying up on the hinged retaining flap, not the socket itself.
• Run a plastic opening tool underneath the headphone jack and front-facing camera cable to free it from the adhesive attaching the cable to the rear panel.
• Pull the headphone jack and front-facing camera ribbon cable straight out of its socket on the logic board.
Step 2

• Remove the three 2 mm Phillips screws securing the SIM slot to the rear panel.
Step 3
• Remove the two 2.9 mm Phillips screws securing the headphone jack to the rear panel.
Step 4
• Use a plastic opening tool to help pull the headphone jack away from its recess in the top edge of the iPad.
• Don't try to remove the assembly just yet.
Step 5
• Carefully peel the front camera and microphone cables off the rear panel.
Step 6
• Carefully remove the strip of tape covering the front camera cable connector.
• Use the edge of a plastic opening tool to disconnect the front camera cable from the headphone jack cable.
Step 7
• Carefully peel the front camera cable off the bottom ribbon cable attached to the headphone jack.

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