iPad 4 Wi-Fi Wireless Communications Antenna 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.

If there's any electrical tape covering the Lightning connector cable, remove it.

Separate the plastic spacer from the rear case with the flat end of a spudger.

Take the plastic spacer off of your iPad.

Two 2.9 mm Phillips screws are securing the Lightning connector to the rear case. You need to remove them.

Pry the Lightning connector cable out of its socket on the logic board with the flat end of a spudger.

Lift the Lightning connector cable from the aluminum frame using the flat end of a spudger.

Take the Lightning connector out of its niche in the rear case.

Lift the speaker and the Wi-Fi antenna connectors off their respective sockets on the logic board using the tip of a spudger.

There are four screws securing the Wi-Fi antenna to the rear case. You need to remove them.

Two 1.75 mm Phillips screws (small head)

One 4.15 mm Phillips screw

One 1.8 mm Phillips screw (wide head)

Loosen the foam adhesive holding the Wi-Fi antenna and the speaker assembly together using the flat end of a spudger.

Take the Wi-Fi antenna and the speaker cable together.

Pull the cables off the rear case. Do this very carefully.

Separate the Wi-Fi antenna cable and the speaker cable.

Take the Wi-Fi cable out of the iPad.