iPad 2 Touch Screen Replacement Video tutorial

Step 1 Front Panel Assembly



• Use the edge of a plastic opening tool to carefully flip up the retaining flaps on the two digitizer ribbon cable ZIF sockets.
• Be sure you are prying up on the hinged retaining flaps, not the sockets themselves.
• The retaining flaps are highlighted in red in the second picture.
Step 2



• Use the edge of a plastic opening tool to peel the digitizer cable off the shields on the logic board.
• Carefully pull the digitizer cable off the adhesive securing it to the side of the rear case.
Step 3
• Pull the digitizer ribbon cable straight out of its two sockets on the logic board.
Step 4
• In order to remove the front panel assembly, the ribbon cable needs to slide out between the case and the LCD. You'll need to move the LCD to make some room.
• Be very careful when moving the LCD, and do not attempt to remove it from the iPad—its cable will remain connected while it is rotated over.
• Lift the LCD from its long edge farthest from the digitizer cable and gently flip it toward the rear case—like closing a book.
• While holding the LCD up, gently slide the front panel away from the iPad. Be careful not to snag the digitizer cable on the rear case or LCD.
• Set the LCD back into the body for safekeeping.

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