iPad 2 Volume and Power Button Cable

Il Mio Problema

I fixed it because while replacing the iPad screen, I accidentally severed the ribbon cable.

La Mia Riparazione

The repair was tedious and required a lot of patience and working with very small items. I remember saying right after cleaning up, "that iFixit situation was great". The parts were of high quality. The tools were pretty good, some better than others, and the online pictures and descriptions were about as good as it gets.

Il Mio Consiglio

When working with things like glass screens, it's incredibly important to remove all of the sticky residue from the previous screen's adhesive in order to get great adhesion with the new part. It's pretty disappointing to come all this way only to overlook something that's pretty simple to do and is an obvious sign of a good fix or a bad fix to the user.

The heated gel sack that comes with the kits that you heat up in your microwave is minimally effective at best. Even after leaving it on the correct spot, the heat doesn't seem to penetrate very effectively into the device. I could heat it up more in my 1000W microwave, but wouldn't want to risk rupturing the sack and having possibly toxic gel oozing out into my microwave that I eat food from. If you've got a Harbor Freight near you, pickup up one of their cheap heat guns or go to Amazon and get a cheap one. It's just a much hotter hair dryer. A heat gun is the only way to go in my opinion; ditch the gel sack.

Il Mio Problema

Volume flex cable was ripped by an old repair person

La Mia Riparazione

The repair went exceptionally well. Especially when having the right tools from iFixit and getting high quality parts.

Il Mio Consiglio

when replacing the mute switch make sure to note the orientation as of which you took it out. Also be careful when inserting and removing digitizer flex cable.

Il Mio Problema

A customer brought in a broken, brittle iPad 2. They had dropped it several times, 2 years ago, but with no repair shops in the area they had no way to get it fixed. Until now.

La Mia Riparazione

Getting the glass off the iPad was difficult, more difficult than it has ever been. I can only attribute that the the long time span between the breaking and the repair. Once I finally got the glass off, I noticed a severed cable. Oh no! I must have severed the power button cable in all my seeing and sawing to get the glass off.

The process of removing the cable component was pretty complicated, but with the ifixit guide I pushed through. Finally got a replacement cable installed, but the power button was not working still! Luckily I had ordered a second, because this was my first PBC repair. So I went at it again with the 2nd cable. This time, success! Everything is put back together, is beautiful and is working.

Il Mio Consiglio

I've done a lot of iPad glass replacements and have never severed the power cable before. I guess just be prepared for new adventures at any step! And for repairs that you are unfamiliar with, order a spare part!