Installing iPad 2 Wi-Fi Logic Board

Installing iPad 2 Wi-Fi Logic Board Replace the logic board in your iPad 2 Wi-Fi. Author: Eric Chen; Difficulty: Very difficult Sections Front Panel 8 steps LCD 2 steps Front Panel Replacement 4 steps Logic Board 12 steps
	Step 1 — Front Panel The iPad 2 is an extremely difficult device to open. Before attempting this guide, be aware that you may break your front panel and/or deform the plastic bezel around it during the opening sequence. In the following steps you will use a heat gun to soften the adhesive securing the front panel to the rear panel. Try not to allow the stream of hot air to contact the thin plastic strip around the outer perimeter of the front panel as it may melt, permanently deform, and lose texture. When heating up the front panel, the goal is to loosen the adhesive located in the areas highlighted in red in the second picture. When prying up the front panel, be especially careful not to damage the Wi-Fi antenna in the area boxed in blue or the digitizer cable in the area boxed in black in the second picture. Use a heat gun to gently heat the front panel to the right of the home button. Do not heat up the home button, as it is plastic and easily melts/deforms.
	Step 2 Once the area of the front panel to the right of the home button has been heated adequately, it should be easy to insert a plastic opening tool between the outer plastic bezel and the front panel right next to the home button. Use your plastic opening tool to gently create a small gap between the front panel and the outer bezel to the right of the home button. If the adhesive is difficult to separate, don't be afraid to heat it up again. Excessively prying and bending the front panel when the adhesive is not pliable enough can easily cause it to crack. Insert a guitar pick into the small gap created by the plastic opening tool.
	Step 3 Heat up the area of the front bezel to the right of the home button along the bottom edge and make your way closer to the bottom right corner of the iPad. Slide the first guitar pick toward the bottom right corner of the iPad and insert another guitar pick to maintain the gap between the front panel and the iPad next to the home button.
	Step 4 Use your heat gun to heat the edge of the front panel near the bottom right corner of the iPad. Gently slide a guitar pick around the edge of the bottom right corner of the front panel, being careful not to force it and reheating the panel if necessary.
	Step 5 Continue heating the outer edge of the front panel and using guitar picks to separate/space the front panel from the rear panel. Insert two guitar picks as placeholders on each side of the iPad. Be careful when approaching the bottom left corner of the iPad. Be sure to follow the next step carefully.
	Step 6 When separating the front panel from the bottom left corner of the iPad 2, be careful not to rip the digitizer cable (highlighted in red in the first picture). It is extremely thin and easy to tear. Slightly lift the front panel near the dock connector to separate it from the foam adhesive securing it to the LCD. Use a guitar pick to help cut the foam adhesive securing the perimeter of the LCD to the front panel.
	Step 7 Carefully rotate the front panel away from the iPad, being sure that no adhesive is still attaching the two components. Do not put excessive strain on the digitizer cable.
	Step 8 Lay the front panel next to the rest of the iPad 2. Do not attempt to completely remove the front panel assembly just yet, as it is still attached to the logic board via the display ribbon cable.
	Step 9 — LCD Remove the four 2.0 mm Phillips screws securing the LCD to the rear case.
	Step 10 Lift the LCD from its long edge closest to the volume buttons and rotate it out of the rear case. Lay the LCD on the front panel as seen in the second picture.
	Step 11 — Front Panel Replacement 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 12 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 13 Pull the digitizer ribbon cable straight out of its two sockets on the logic board.
	Step 14 Temporarily put the LCD back into the body of the iPad 2 and remove the front panel, being careful not to damage the digitizer cable in the process.
	Step 15 — Logic Board Use a plastic opening tool to lift the display data cable lock upwards. Pull the display data cable out of its socket. Do not pull the connector upward as you disconnect it from its socket.
	Step 16 Remove the LCD assembly from the rear panel assembly.
	Step 17 If present, use a plastic opening tool to help remove the piece of tape covering the end of the dock connector cable. Use the edge of a plastic opening tool to carefully pry the dock connector cable's connector up from its socket on the logic board. Peel the dock connector ribbon cable off the rear panel.
	Step 18 Pry the speaker cable connector straight up from its socket on the logic board.
	Step 19 Use the edge of a plastic opening tool to flip up the retaining flap on the headphone jack and front camera cable ZIF socket. Be sure you are prying upward on the hinged retaining flap, not the socket itself. Peel the headphone jack and front camera cable off the rear case.
	Step 20 Pull the headphone jack and front camera ribbon cable straight out of its socket on the logic board.
	Step 21 Use the edge of a plastic opening tool to flip up the retainer securing the control board cable connector to its socket on the logic board. Pull the connector away from its socket on the logic board. Do not lift the cable upward as you disconnect it.
	Step 22 Remove the two 2.1 mm Phillips screws securing the logic board bracket to the rear case near the digitizer cable socket. Remove the logic board bracket from the rear case.
	Step 23 Remove the remaining three 2.6 mm Phillips screws securing the logic board to the rear case.
	Step 24 Use the edge of a plastic opening tool to gently pry the logic board up from the adhesive securing it to the rear case.
	Step 25 Lift the logic board out from the rear case and rotate it slightly toward the battery. Do not try to completely remove it just yet. There is still an antenna cable attached to it.
	Step 26 Use the edge of a plastic opening tool to pry the Wi-Fi antenna connector up from its socket on the logic board. Remove the logic board from the iPad 2.