iPad 4 Backlight Repair Solution

 

This guide will help you  repair the Backlight on your iPad 4 , it will also  help you understand the iPad backlight repair costs, the common symptoms are, a dim backlight, iPad 4 backlight half dim screen, these faults occur when you try to replace the digitizer on the ipad 4, sometimes you will have no backlight on the iPad 4 at all, if you follow this guide and you know how to test components then your half way there. Please. if you are unsure about advanced electronics then please leave this to the experts as you could wreck your iPad 4 beyond repair,

Below is a picture of the first thing to check, the first thing is the filters, these commonly blow when you disconnect the LCD with the Battery connected

iPad 4 Backlight Repair Filters Solution

 

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These filters are located on the underside of the LCD connector, if they are blown then its important to replace with same component, if you unsure at this point then please contact a professional as i see so many of these where people have tried their own repair and the iPad ends up being an expensive paper weight

 

iPad 4 Backlight Coils And Diodes

 

The next thing to check after testing the filters is the diodes and coils, the iPad 4 has two backlight circuits which explains why sometimes you have a half dim screen on iPad 4 , first of all test the diodes with a diode tester to see if these are good,  (if you are unsure how to test then leave a comment and i will help) then test the coil for continuity and resistance, (again if unsure how to test then leave a comment) sometimes coils can appear to be ok but once voltage goes through them, they blow open so its best to replace these to make sure.

Below is an image indicated where the diodes and coils are for the iPad 4 backlight repair.

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If you have any questions about iPad 4 backlight repair, then leave a comment and we will get back to you with some help and advise