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iPad 4 Wi-Fi Front Facing Camera Replacement

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Step 1 - Front Panel Assembly (2)

  • If there's a piece of electrical tape covering the Wi-Fi antenna, speaker cable and the home button ribbon cable, remove it.

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Step 2

  • Lift up the flap retaining the home button ribbon cable ZIF connector.

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Step 3

  • Pull the home button ribbon cable out of its socket on the logic board. Do this with a pair of tweezers.

Step 4

  • De-route the home button ribbon cable from its niche in the rear case.

Step 5

  • A piece of tape is securing the digitizer ribbon cable to the logic board. Peel it back with a pair of tweezers.

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Step 6

  • Lift up the retaining flap on both digitizer ribbon cable ZIF connectors.

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Step 7

  • Loosen the adhesive under the digitizer ribbon cable with the flat end of a spudger.

  • Take out the digitizer ribbon cable out of its sockets on the logic board.

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Step 8

  • Peel back the digitizer ribbon cable. Separate the cable from the adhesive securing it to the rear aluminum case with the flat end of a spudger.

Step 9

  • Take the digitizer ribbon cable out of its niche in the aluminum frame. Do this with your fingers.

  • Separate the front panel from the iPad.

Step 10 - Front Facing Camera
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  • Peel back the adhesive tape covering the front-facing camera connector with a pair of tweezers.

Step 11

  • Lift the front-facing camera slightly out of its socket on the headphone jack assembly with the flat end of a spudger.

Step 12

  • Using the flat end of a spudger take the front-facing camera out of its niche in the rear case.

Step 13

  • Lift the front-facing camera completely and remove it from the iPad.




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