iPad Mini 3 Wi-Fi Headphone Jack Cable Replacement

Step 1 Headphone Jack Cable



• Use a plastic opening tool to gently fold the front-facing camera cable upwards (roughly at a 90-degree angle), exposing the bottom side of it.
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Step 2



• Use a set of tweezers to peel up the small piece of tape covering the microphone cable connector.
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Step 3
• Use the tip of a spudger to gently lift the tab on the microphone ribbon cable's ZIF connector.
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Step 4
• Slide the tip of a tweezer under the microphone cable to separate it from the adhesive holding it to the headphone jack cable.
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Step 5
• Use tweezers to pull the microphone cable straight out from its ZIF socket.
• Gently bend the microphone cable up and out of the way of the headphone jack cable.
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Step 6
• Remove any tape covering the headphone jack cable connector.
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Step 7
• Use a plastic opening tool to fold the headphone jack cable clips outward, away from the cable, freeing the cable connector.
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Step 8
• Use a plastic opening tool to pry the headphone jack cable's connector up from its socket on the logic board.
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