although the structure of the iPad is
surprisingly rugged the entire face of
it is made of glass and like anything
made of glass its breakable hi I'm MJ
with iFixit and today I'm going to show
you how to replace the front panel
assembly on the original iPad while I'm
doing that I'll give you some helpful
tips on the trickier parts but really
your best resource is the step-by-step
repair guide on our site you don't have
to pause it and you don't have to rewind
it and you can print it out and write on
it if you need to so make sure to pull
that up and give it a once-over before
you get started along with instructions
you're going to need some tools and it's
best to get those together before you
get started for this repair you're going
to need two metal spudger x' a set of
plastic opening tools a t5 Torx
screwdriver and your replacement front
panel rather than getting just the one
driver I doubt for something like our 26
piece bit driver kit because it has most
of the bits you'll ever need and it's
small enough to fit in your pocket you
can find the bit driver kit and the rest
of the tools at I fix it calm now that
I've got my parts and tools together I
can get started I'm going to use one of
our metal spongers at the top of the
iPad I'm going to insert it in between
the front panel and the rear of the iPad
once it's in there I'm just going to
rotate it away and lift the front panel
off once all the locking clips are
released along the top you're going to
take the spudger and insert it in
between the front panel in the rear case
and just leave it there that way when
we're working around to the right side
of the iPad the locking clips don't lock
back into place so you're pretty much
going to do the same thing around the
other three sides of the iPad and once
all the locking clips are released we
can start to lift the display assembly
off the iPad once all the locking tabs
have been released I'm going to start to
lift the front panel off down by the
bottom of the iPad and I'm not going to
lift it all the way off because it's
still connected via some ribbon cables
underneath and kind of see those I'm
going to use my fingers and a plastic
opening tool to disconnect those that
way we can move on
now that all the ribbon cables are
disconnected we can put the rear part of
the iPad aside and begin separating the
LCD from the front panel the first thing
we're going to remove is this ambient
light sensor that's held down by some
adhesive I'm going to use one of my
plastic opening tools to kind of go
around the edge of it and loosen it up
and once it's loosened we should be able
to pull it right off now that I've got
the ambient light sensor removed there
are a few t5 Torx screws that are
securing the LCD to the frame I'm going
to have to take those out before I can
move on
the LCD is attached with adhesive so I'm
going to use one of my plastic opening
tools and starting at the top of the
iPad
gently pry the LCD away from the frame
the LCD is made of glass
so you want to be careful not to break
the LCD especially if you intend on
reusing it once the top is free you're
going to do the same thing all the way
around the iPad until you get to the
edge and it's secured with tape
once you've got those three sides free
you're going to lift the LCD from one of
its corners gently taking that tape with
you like that
now that the LCD is off we're going to
remove the home button switch born which
is held in place by two more t5 Torx
screws okay the very last thing to look
out for is to check and see if this
piece of EMI tape is actually attached
to your front panel if it is you're
going to want to remove it from the old
front panel and transfer it to the new
front panel after that all you've got to
do is reassemble your iPad just make
sure that both the LCD and the new front
panel are totally clean that way you
don't put it back together and see the
trapped a whole bunch of dust and
fingerprints on the inside you can find
all the parts and tools for this and
many other repairs at ifixit.com and if
you run into any problems during your
repairs there are lots of solutions and
the ipad repair guide on our site thanks
for watching and happy repairing