LeapFrog LeapPad2 Explorer Front Camera Replacement

Before disassembling your LeapPad, ensure your device is shut off.

Push outward on the plastic side panels to remove and reveal battery.

The panels should detach fully from the main device.

Push down from the positive end of the battery towards the negative end to pry the battery up out of its dispenser.

Remove all four AA alkaline batteries from the device.

Remove the following screws securing the back cover to the main device:

Two 10.0 mm Phillips screws

Four 4.0 mm Phillips screws

Three 3.0 mm Phillips screws

Insert a plastic opening tool into the seam between the front and rear covers to detach the back cover from the rest of the device.

Move the plastic opening tool around the perimeter of the LeapPad2.

Lift up and remove the rear case from the tablet.

Remove the following screws securing the front cover to the main device:

Three 6.0 mm Phillips screws

Three 7.0 mm Phillips screws

Two 10.0 mm Phillips screws

Three 7.0 mm Phillips screws (bulkier screw head than other 7.0 mm Phillips screws)

Unscrew the white plastic piece to expose the third 7.0 mm Phillips screw mentioned.

When unscrewing the game cartridge screws, you will find a loose black plastic component underneath the game cartridge.

Use tweezers to remove the piece.

Desolder the through hole-components in power plugs on both sides of the device where the batteries were once connected.

Pry the power cables from the device using your fingers or tweezers.

Now you should be able to lift up the front cover, leaving you with the motherboard and screen.

Lift the screen from the motherboard by pulling the board out from the three metal tabs.

Separate the screen from the motherboard and lay the device's components flat open like a book.

Peel off tape covering the camera's connection ribbon to the circuit.

To safely remove the ribbon cable, you must first pull up the retaining flap.

Gently pull outward, to remove the ribbon from the socket on the circuit board.