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The 2019 iPad with a Sliding Home Button

An iPad button held on with tape

iPad fix number 800!

Not a complicated fix this one, but so rewarding to get right. an iPad screen had previously been repaired and the Home Button had slid to one side.

I suspect the button had not been re-glued into position, but when I gently took the Digitizer off to see what the problem was I was horrified to see the button was held in place with tape!

There is no way I am letting this be so unloved like that. I removed the tape, repositioned the home button and glued it in place. I gave the glue 8 hours to set before checking the button worked. It had that lovely feel to it where it both clicked and smelt smooth to use, in the way only iPads do.

Finally I cleaned the old adhesive off the digitizer, reapplied new, and clamped it in place overnight to let it set. All my iPad repairs all seem to end this way – glue the digitizer back on and clamp overnight. It is a tried and tested way to guarantee a good seal on the screen.

Such a lovely fix for number 800. Sadly this blog only covers the last few repairs as it is fairly new, but rest assured I have a record off all of the repairs I have undertaken, and I am immensely proud of all of them.

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Adding a Lost Home Button to an iPad 2020

iPad 2020 with a Missing Home Button

The title of this post may suggest that only the home button was replaced on this particular iPad, but in truth this is only half the story. The previous screen had shattered into tiny pieces having been dropped, and upon unpicking the old screen with the combination of a heat gun and some tweezers, unfortunately I discovered the home button ribbon had been cut too.

I fitted the new screen, or to give it the correct name – the Digitizer, a week or so ago, and ordered the replacement button. It was now time to fit it.

Half of the work was already done as I hadn’t glued down the new Digitizer just yet I position the new button and ran the ribbon carefully along the inside, folding it in the correct place to reach the connector, and attached it. I used super strong super glue to hold the button clamp in place, and also gently applied some glue around the edge of the button to secure it in place.

Having tested to ensure there was a satisfying ‘press and click’ when the button was touched, I left the glue to set overnight, before returning the next day to glue the Digitzer and use clamps to hold it in place all day why the adhesive set.

It was lovely to see the iPad switch on again and be useful once again. This iPad will now go off back to a Secondary School in Hartlepool ready to be used once again.