iPad Air 2 Teardown

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Unfortunately, the logic board is still glued in—so we call our trusty iOpener out of retirement for one more gig.
After some careful and tedious prying, we have ourselves a logic board!
Upon removal, we are saddened to see that the Lightning connector cable remains soldered to the logic board.
This makes logic board removal even more of a chore. It also means that replacing the Lightning connector basically requires replacing the entire logic board.

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