I'm Luke, the co-founder and CxO of iFixit. What's CxO? Well long after I chose that title it's now become "Chief Experience Officer." However, the true answer is that it's a made-up title I thought was cool. The idea is that "x" was a variable and you could insert whatever letter was relevant to the task at hand. Sometimes I'd be filling the role of COO, other times CFO, and sometimes CEO. So now you know!
My first laptop was a PowerBook 540c "Blackbird." Almost, but not quite, like an SR-71 "Blackbird". One night my PowerBook's hinge suffered a premature death, which served to be the first of many, many, many laptops I'd take apart. I think the PowerBook G3 Pismo is still my favorite laptop of all time.
I went to Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and majored in Industrial Engineering.
When I'm not working at iFixit or fixing things I enjoy flying and playing the clarinet (although generally not at the same time). I'm a member of the San Luis Obispo Wind Orchestra. Here's SLO Winds performing Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral and Russian Easter Overture.
Whoops... fixed! :)
You're right, we don't have pentalobe bits in our bit driver kit just yet. However, we've been working on a new revision of the kit that among other improvements includes pentalobe bits. The specific bit we used in the teardown was one of our preproduction samples. Unfortunately I don't have a good ETA for when we'll have these pentalobe bits available, but we are actively working on the project.
Great writing, thanks for showing how to fix your phone!
I added the weights to the step. On my scale, the total weight of the iPad came out to 697 grams. That's definitely more than the .68 kg quoted in the Apple specs.
Yes, the microphone is right next to the headphone jack, and the signal goes through the same ribbon cable as the headphone jack.
I just weighed the aluminum back by itself. It's 138 grams, which is almost exactly 20% of the iPad's total weight.
It appears that iPad screws may actually be T4. I used a T3 bit, but others have reported success with a T4 bit. Fortunately, we include both T3 and T4 bits in the 54-piece kit that we already sell. We don't have the iPad glass yet, but we're definitely hoping to offer it in the near future. It looks like at least one person needs a replacement glass already.
We don't know who manufactured the display from the unit in this teardown. If anyone knows, we'd love a tip. On another iPad we opened, the LCD markings were different and the panel was clearly manufactured by LG.
The iPad does feature liquid damage indicators. Apple will deny warranty coverage if these are activated (they turn pink after coming in contact with moisture). There appear to be two of these on the iPad, one in the headphone jack and one near the dock connector.
On the iPhone 3G and 3GS, Apple was nice enough to use visible screws instead of tabs. Since the iPad lacks screws and is held together with tabs, I think it's unlikely you could get the iPad apart with a single suction cup. We'll be working on figuring out the least invasive way to get your iPad opened up.
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