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Earphone jacks sometimes need to be replaced. This guide will take you through the steps to replace the earphone jack. You will begin by removing the battery, then the motherboard. and finish by de-soldering. The most difficult part will be de-soldering, so please review the link to Soldering Skills before de-soldering the earphone jack from the motherboard. The entire process ranges from moderately to very difficult and will take you approximately 50 minutes to complete.
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With the tip of the thin metal spudger in place, use a prying motion to work the spudger down the side to the corner of the device.
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Continue working the spudger downward and pry with the spudger until the bottom left-hand corner of the tablet is reached.
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Along the bottom of the tablet, keep using a working and prying motion with the spudger to loosen the cover.
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Continue prying motion until the bottom right-hand corner of the tablet is reached.
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Work the spudger to the upper left-hand corner of the tablet.
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Continue working the spudger around the tablet until the cover of the device comes off
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Separate from the cover from the tablet.
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Locate and carefully remove the yellow cellophane tape from the red and black speaker wires that connect the speaker to the edge of the motherboard.
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Locate and carefully remove the yellow cellophane tape with tweezers from the battery connector and black and red speaker wires on the edge of the motherboard.
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Using small pliers, carefully disconnect the male battery connector from the motherboard.
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Carefully remove the gray square pad glued to both the white ribbon cable and the battery by pulling slowly.
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Locate the white ribbon cable Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) connector between the battery and the motherboard, and peel the yellow cellophane tape off the connector.
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Flip up the gray retainer clip on the white ribbon cable ZIF connector on the motherboard with your fingernail. If you do not have fingernails long enough, carefully use a black plastic spudger.
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Remove the white ribbon cable and carefully peel it off the battery.
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Move the spudger in a left-to-right scraping motion to loosen the glue until the battery is separated from the tablet.
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Locate and remove the yellow cellophane tape from the display assembly ribbon cable ZIF connector.
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Locate the volume, power, home button ribbon cable ZIF connector.
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Flip the ZIF connector retainer up with your fingernail. If you do not have fingernails long enough, carefully use the black plastic spudger.
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Remove the ribbon cable by gently pulling on it.
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Locate the Display Assembly ribbon cable ZIF connector, and using tweezers, remove the yellow cellophane tape.
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Put your fingernail under the gray ZIF connector retainer and flip the retainer up. If you do not have fingernails long enough, carefully use a black plastic spudger.
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Remove the Display Assembly ribbon cable by gently pulling on it.
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Use small pliers to pull the connector, wiggling it a little as you pull it from its connection.
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Using a J00 screwdriver, remove the 4 black 4.0 mm screws.
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There is no screw at this location.
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Locate the ZIF connector to remove the white ribbon cable
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To remove the white ribbon cable, put your fingernail under the gray ZIF connector retainer and flip the retainer up.
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Pull the motherboard back over the copper tape to tear the tape and remove the motherboard.
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Remove the remaining copper tape from the back of the display assembly and the motherboard.
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De-solder the earphone jack in 5 places.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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