Ipod touch 4g wifi antenna broken

This cable may stick to the plate and will tear very easily if you're not careful. Work slowly and be careful not to strain the cable. Be careful not to tear the piece of copper tape connecting the rear-facing camera to the steel mid plane. Lift the steel mid plane up off the rear case and peel off the piece of copper tape stuck to the rear-facing camera. While carefully lifting the top edge of the logic board, use the edge of an iPod opening tool to pry the Wi-Fi antenna connector away from the logic board.

Cancel: I did not complete this guide. Badges: Fix Your Stuff Community Store. Difficulty Difficult. Steps 9. Time Required Suggest a time?? Sections 2. Front Panel 8 steps Wi-Fi Antenna 1 step. Flags 0. Introduction Use this guide to replace the small Wi-Fi antenna located near the top left corner of your iPod Touch. Step 1 Front Panel. Add a comment. Add Comment Cancel. Step 2. Step 3. After it has completed its startup routine and indicates a good connection to the Internet reset your iPad.

Press and hold the Home and Sleep buttons simultaneously ignoring the red slider should one appear until the Apple logo appears. Let go of the buttons and let the device restart.

See if that fixes your problem. Jan 22, PM. Turn Off your iPad. Now boot your iPad. Hopefully it will see the WiFi. Change the channel on your wireless router Auto or Channel 6 is best. Wifi Doesn't Connect After Waking From Sleep - Sometimes increasing screen brightness prevents the failure to reconnect after waking from sleep.

Note - When troubleshooting wifi connection problems, don't hold your iPad by hand. There have been a few reports that holding the iPad by hand, seems to attenuate the wifi signal. If any of the above solutions work, please post back what solved your problem. It will help others with the same problem. Lift the suction cup up and back toward the top of the iPod.

Be patient, and pull with firm, constant force until the adhesive breaks and the display comes up from the rear case. It may be necessary to use a heat gun to soften the adhesive especially in cooler climates. If you can pry the screen apart, and the adhesive is still sticking and pulling apart like cheese topping on a pizza, you can slide a thin razor blade in and gently cut the adhesive. After the display begins to lift from the rear case, be careful not to lift more than about an inch—a fragile plastic frame still connects the display assembly to the rear case.

In the following steps, you will be loosening and freeing the plastic frame that surrounds the screen. It is connected to the rear case with several clips. Starting at the top right of the device, insert a plastic opening tool into the gap between the plastic frame and the aluminum rear case.

Insert the plastic opening tool between the frame and the rear case behind the first clip. Rock the tool sideways, to spread the gap behind the clip and separate it from the rear case. This may not free the clip initially, but repeating the procedure for each clip will begin to loosen the piece.

You may have to go back and forth between the clips to free all of them. Take your time and be careful and patient, as the plastic frame is quite fragile. Moving on to the left side of the device, insert a plastic opening tool into the gap between the plastic frame and the aluminum rear case near the top.

Insert the plastic opening tool between the frame and the rear case behind the first clip on the left side. Insert the plastic opening tool between the plastic frame and aluminum rear case behind the second clip. Using the same procedure, loosen the last clip securing the plastic frame to the rear case. Insert the plastic opening tool between the display assembly and the rear case near the top of the iPod.

Do not try to completely remove the front panel, as it is still connected by several cables. Gently fold the display over away from the rest of the iPod, taking care not to disconnect or break any of the ribbon cables. Set the two halves flat on a table or bench. If your iPod has a black home button assembly rather than the orange one shown here, you can skip this step.

The button is not attached to the LCD plate and does not need to be removed to complete the repair. It may be necessary to use a heat gun or hair dryer to soften the adhesive on the back of the home button.

Always use a low heat setting. Do not attempt to remove the home button switch, as it is connected to components below the LCD plate. Remove three 1. Do not heat the battery. The aluminium case does not have to be hot; you should always be able to touch heated parts with your fingers at all times without it being uncomfortable. There are three notches on either side of the battery. In the next few steps, you will be using these notches to gradually pry the battery up from the rear case.

The battery is secured with large amounts of adhesive, so you'll need to go slowly and carefully to avoid puncturing or creasing the battery. Insert a plastic opening tool into the top right notch and gently pry up on the battery. Do not attempt to pry up the entire battery at this point; you just want to start to loosen the adhesive at each of the prying points, in turn.

Continue with the lower right notch.