hi I'm Gwendolyn with iFixit and today
I'm reassembling an iPad Mini GSM I have
a few tips and tricks for you today but
also make sure you refer to our step by
step guide appropriate to your repair
when you do your reassembly let's get
started first things first we need to
put the headphone jack cable back into
the iPad and secure it in place with the
headphone jack cable secured in place
now I can add the front-facing camera so
I can FaceTime my mom back home with the
camera on we can add the logic board and
secure the lightning connector in place
logic board is in now let's have some
speakers so we can hear our to this iPad
came with two antennas the GPS antenna
and the Wi-Fi Bluetooth antenna
let's get those in place now we can
connect those antennas and several other
components to the logic board
now we can add a few screws to the top
right antenna and finish connecting the
headphone jack cables to the logic board
the next step is just adding the SIM
card so let's do that
it was so much work to get the battery
out but now it's just as simple as
laying it in place after so many steps
it's starting to come together
now let's work on the other half
starting with the front panel and while
you're down there make sure you connect
the battery those cables are connected
now let's secure them in place with a
bracket hope you've warmed up your wrist
because there's lots of screws to get
the LCD shield back in place
we know you're tired of screws but
there's only four screws left to secure
the LCD in place when you're doing this
repair you can get fingerprints all over
your LCD and your front panel so be sure
you clean the front panel and the LCD
really well before you place the front
panel back in place you can find all the
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