iPad 4 Wi-Fi Headphone Jack Assembly Replacement

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

There's a piece of electrical tape covering the headphone jack assembly cable connector. Use tweezers to peel back the tape and remove it.

With the tip of a spudger, lift up the retaining flap on both ZIF connectors securing the headphone jack cable to the logic board.

Push the flat end of a spudger underneath the headphone jack assembly cable and release the adhesive that's securing it to the rear aluminum frame.

Take the headphone jack assembly cable out of its socket on the logic board.

Move the front-facing camera ribbon cable aside using the flat edge of a spudger. Do NOT remove it.

There's an adhesive tape covering covering the headphone jack assembly. Peel it back and remove it.

Lift the retaining flap on the microphone cable ZIF connector with the tip of a spudger.

Insert the tip of the spudger under the microphone ribbon cable. Gently push the cable out of its socket on the ZIF connector.

Move the microphone ribbon cable to the side with the flat edge of the spudger.

A retaining flap is securing the volume/power button ribbon cable connector to the headphone jack assembly board. Flip it up.

Move the volume button ribbon cable away from the ZIF connector.

Carefully bend the volume button ribbon cable upwards in order to move it aside.

There are nine screws on the headphone jack assembly. You need to remove them.

Five 2.6 mm Phillips screws

Two 2.2 mm Phillips screws (Wide Head)

Two 2.6 mm Phillips screws

Make sure to hold the screwdriver in line with the screw, because the screws are angled into the aluminum frame and could be stripped easily.

Hold the ribbon cable of the headphone jack assembly. Gently pull the assembly up and towards the top of the device.

Pull the assembly from the iPad while holding the headphone jack assembly with your other hand. Make sure that the cables don't get caught.