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Not sure if the circled piece at the end of ribbon can be pried up. Didnt want to break it. Do you simply pull the ribbon out without prying up the circled piece?
Update (08/08/2019) Will post pic later today.
Attached is the ebay replacment that ill receive tomorrow. Update (08/08/2019)
Above is a different angle. Poor lightning sorry. Appreciate the help @oldturkey03 Update (08/10/2019) @oldturkey03 Ok, finally got the replacment digitizer in. Was able to take off the EMI shield, wasnt too bad. You’re right, was simple zif connector underneath. Now I noticed I have to reuse the overlay from the old unit but it has a connector (yellow box in pic) that I’ve never dealt with before. How do you take it off? Also, I guess I need double sided tape (red box in pic) to secure the overlay to new digitizer. Any idea was size/type of tape I need?
@abea that looks more like a heatsink and most likely will not come off easy. Post an image that shows the end where the ribbon cable terminates. Update (08/08/2019) @abea that looks a bit odd. Since we cannot identify what connector this ribbon cable has I would remove the EMI shield(? what I previously mistook as a heat shield) and try to get a closer look. It is possible that this is a simple ZIF connector but I’d hate to guess.
