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where can get the tools that Apple Store Genius used to pry open the iPad 2?

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Kiersten

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May 27, 2011
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Where can get the tools that Apple Store Genius used to pry open the iPad 2?

When I visited the local Apple Store with my friend, the Genius opened up her
iPad 2. The backside was taken off in order to fix a speaker problem. It looked
like a plastic knife with several notches. I asked the Genius where to buy one
and he wouldn't tell me.

(before anybody jump in and tell me that I can never put it back together....
I have successfully taken apart my Sony Playstation 3 down to bare parts and
and put everything back together, in order to adjust the Blu-ray loading
mechanism..... so taking apart the iPad shouldn't be that difficult? as long as
I get my hands on the proper tools)
 
It's not a case of taking it apart that's the problem. It's that it's physically glued into position.

You would have to split the glued joint, hoping not to damage anything as you are trying to pull the screen away from the glue.
Once you have done this, you will probably find you have a real mess of hardened glue stuck on the back of the screen and the iPad.

Ideally then you would need to remove this and apply new adhesive.
 
Apple stores don't open them. Did you actually witness them open it?

Take a look at ifixit.com and see why opening an iPad isn't a trivial as opening a PS3.
 
Calling BS on this.
NO way did they open it up in front of you and even if they did I would not accept back an iPad that had been opened(butchered) in an Apple store.
It`s a sealed unit, that`s why their policy is to replace the whole unit in the event of, say, a failed battery.

As others have said, opening it may well be possible but re-assembling it basically requires re-manufacturing it.
 
I agree it's BS. Genius staff never open devices at the store...with the exception of iPhone 3G or 3GS (those can easily be opened to replace the screen), and with 100% certainty I would bet that they never open iPads innstore. They are sent off to be repaired and a replacement is given (or ordered). Who is this time waster? (and was it really a genius that "opened" it or do they just want to open it by themselves for some unknown reason.)
Curiouser and couriouser.....
 
Kiersten said:
Where can get the tools that Apple Store Genius used to pry open the iPad 2?

When I visited the local Apple Store with my friend, the Genius opened up her
iPad 2. The backside was taken off in order to fix a speaker problem. It looked
like a plastic knife with several notches. I asked the Genius where to buy one
and he wouldn't tell me.
Click to expand...

Bravo Sierra.

(before anybody jump in and tell me that I can never put it back together....
I have successfully taken apart my Sony Playstation 3 down to bare parts and
and put everything back together, in order to adjust the Blu-ray loading
mechanism..... so taking apart the iPad shouldn't be that difficult? as long as
I get my hands on the proper tools)
Click to expand...

I want to party with you, dude.
 
The major difference is that a PS3 has moving parts so it has to be serviceable... the idea being that replacing a broken $4 servo motor on a blu-ray drive is MUCH cheaper for Sony than replacing the entire $300 system.

Ipad2 doesn't have any moving parts, so the failure rate should be lower... meaning that Apple can afford to glue it together which should help keep tech monkeys from fiddling with it, inadvertently breaking it and sending it back in for warranty purposes.... which reduces the number of returns they have to deal with.
 
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