iPad 4 Wi-Fi Power & Volume Buttons 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.

There are five screws securing the power and volume button cable to the aluminum frame:

Two 5.5 mm Phillips screws

One 2.6 mm Phillips screw

Two 2.6 mm Phillips screws

The first two are angled into the aluminum frame, so make sure that the screwdriver is line with the screw.

There's a piece of plastic covering the volume buttons. Remove it.

One 2.6 mm Phillips screw is securing the volume button frame to the aluminum frame. You need to remove it.

This screw is also angled into the aluminum frame. Make sure that the screwdriver is line with the screw.

Insert the edge of a plastic opening tool under the sleep/wake sensor. Be careful not to damage the cable, because it is very fragile.

Release the adhesive by moving the plastic opening tool around the sensor.

Release the adhesive by moving the tip of a spudger under the power and volume cables.

Separate the volume button branch of the ribbon cable from the adhesive using the tip of a spudger.

Keep sliding the tip of the spudger toward the top of the iPad, releasing the adhesive as you go.

Leave the tip of the spudger underneath the ribbon cable and use it to gently lift the power button out of its socket in the aluminum frame.

Lift the power and volume button cable completely and take it out of the iPad.

Insert the tip of the plastic opening tool under the top side of the power button.

Lift the topside of the power button off the power button bracket.

Repeat the process for the underside of the power button.

Lift the power button bracket from the power and volume button assembly completely and then remove it.

Push the tip of the plastic opening tool under the top side of the rotation lock/mute switch.

Move the opening tool down in order to take the topside of the rotation lock/mute switch out of its bracket.

Push the tip of the plastic opening tool under the top volume rocker. Lift it up and separate it from the volume buttons bracket.

Repeat the step for the bottom volume rocker.

Take the power and volume button ribbon cable out completely.