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Help Please. I just finished replacing the LCD on my husbands ipad (i broke it a few months ago) everything looks good except the digitizing retaining flap fell off. Is there a way around using these flaps. I managed to hold it in place and the ipad worked but it fell off again and now the screen does not respond to touch. I have never fixed a electronic device before so I was feeling pretty good about myself until the flap problem–ugh!! Any suggestions??
For all those who have broken that retaining flap, I had the same problem. It can be resolved by using a thin Mylar strip, cut to the dimensions of digitize r connector, then slide it underneath the connector. It will hold the cable. collins_joseph@hotmail.com
In response to your inquiry, mylar isnot a tape it is a plastic material that I had on hand and used, it is non conductive and is available in so many places and you probably have it in your house. Have you ever bought a pack of batteries or any other product with that annoying plastic -see through material that you had to tear to get at the product? Just make sure that it is not to thick, but thick enough for the flex cable and that plastic can fit within the connector, This slides on top of the flex cable if the contacts are facing down once you trim the plastic to the flex cable dimensions. The electrical tape holds this in place! Joe Collins
for those want to do the repair yourself you can buy a new PFC connectors here
with the desoldering alloy to help you remove the old connector off the board clean video will be up on and youtube soon Update the youtube video of the repair soldering and changing the FPC connector is up, it cost 110$ to get it replace and mail back
you guys are fantastic! this worked great for me. I just used a small section of that aggravating plastic that covers everything we buy now. It may have been a little thinner. it was packaging material for a case of compact fluorescents. at any rate, I inserted the cable, then the spacer on top of that. made the connection perfectly! problem solved. I need someone to think out of the box on another problem I have. While disassembling an iphone 4(verizon) I broke a small connector that seemed to be barely holding on. You can see that guy here iPhone 4 Verizon Upper Antenna Replacement on step 25. does anyone have a workaround? I would be really impressed.
It is possible to get that black plastic part back in, takes a bit of doing and getting it the right way around, did it this afternoon and all working fine now. Picture link of offending part
I’ve used a cheap chinese iphone 4 screen protector which was laying around gattering dust :) Just cut it in shape and because it’s thin and does not deform it’s great ! You can either put it in first and then the flatcable or otherway around. Sits very firmly
I tried everything to solve this issue with my ipad 3, broken flaps of power button fpc, tried spacer too but nothing worked , finally i took a spare logic board, which was dead and of no use, took out a clip [flap]from that, gently pulled back both corners pin of fpc, and after position this unbroken clip , pulled back gently both the pin and finally all working now
I make use of a couple businesses that can replace that connector, both the Digitizer connector cable, or the LCD connector cable. We repair enough of them, that occasionally we come across a tab that just can’t take another open/close without failing. Typical cost to properly REPLACE the connector with new one is around $30+/-. If a jimmy rig works fine, no worries. You can also find FPC Digitizer Replacement Service on eBay… you ship them your iPad, they make the repair, they ship it back. Just pay attention to their feedback, they might have 1000+ positive feedbacks because they used to sell mops… now they “he/She” is repairing iPads… make sure they have a nice established positive feedback pattern for THIS repair.
i need help i broke off some of those metal teeth that are under the plastic retaining clips, how can i fix that ?
Fantastic idea. I cut a piece of the mylar on the back of the old, original battery. Thank you !!
