Vtech Innotab 2S Screen Replacement Repair Guide

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Moderate

Steps

Time Required

                          30 minutes - 1 hour

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Back Panel
5 steps
Motherboard
5 steps
Screen
2 steps

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Introduction

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Step 1

              Back Panel

Turn your device to where the back panel is facing you.

Turn your device to where the back panel is facing you.

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Step 2

Lift the Leg all the way up and twist the bottom to remove.
Once the bottom part pops out the whole leg should just come off.
Remove any game cartridge from the device.

Lift the Leg all the way up and twist the bottom to remove.

Once the bottom part pops out the whole leg should just come off.

Remove any game cartridge from the device.

Step 3

Remove all of the plastic tabs on the device. These are covering screws that will need to be removed.
These covers are made of hard plastic so they may be difficult to remove.
There is a special tab in the cartridge cover that is made of rubber, make sure to not break this tab.

Remove all of the plastic tabs on the device. These are covering screws that will need to be removed.

These covers are made of hard plastic so they may be difficult to remove.

There is a special tab in the cartridge cover that is made of rubber, make sure to not break this tab.

Step 4

Remove all nine screws from the back of the device using a J0 bit.
Remove the small battery.

Remove all nine screws from the back of the device using a J0 bit.

Remove the small battery.

Step 5

Using a plastic opening tool, detach the backplate from the front piece.
Do not use excessive force. Double check that you removed all the screws if the panel is not coming off easily.
Once the backplate has been removed, you will have access to the circuit board.

Using a plastic opening tool, detach the backplate from the front piece.

Do not use excessive force. Double check that you removed all the screws if the panel is not coming off easily.

Once the backplate has been removed, you will have access to the circuit board.

Step 6

              Motherboard

First begin by removing the three cross-head screws using a J0 bit.

First begin by removing the three cross-head screws using a J0 bit.

Step 7

First remove the ribbon cables. There are two highlighted by the red squares
Do not apply too much pressure and make sure that the black plastic tabs are fully open before you pull the cable out.

First remove the ribbon cables. There are two highlighted by the red squares

Do not apply too much pressure and make sure that the black plastic tabs are fully open before you pull the cable out.

Step 8

Remove the camera from the assembly and put is a safe place so that it will not get damaged.

Remove the camera from the assembly and put is a safe place so that it will not get damaged.

Step 9

Remove the board from the main assembly.
Be careful not to pull too hard so that the cables aren’t broken.

Remove the board from the main assembly.

Be careful not to pull too hard so that the cables aren’t broken.

Step 10

De-solder the points shown to fully remove the cables and free the board.
A soldering guide offered by IFIXIT can be found here Soldering Skills.

De-solder the points shown to fully remove the cables and free the board.

A soldering guide offered by IFIXIT can be found here Soldering Skills.

Step 11

              Screen

After removing the back plate and screws, all screws have been removed to separate the circuit board and wires from the front panel.
Remove the front panel from the device to expose the screen.

After removing the back plate and screws, all screws have been removed to separate the circuit board and wires from the front panel.

Remove the front panel from the device to expose the screen.

Step 12

Using a heat gun, heat the glue that holds the screen to the rest of the device.
While heating, carefully pull screen from the device exposing the ribbon wire on the back of the screen, disconnect.

Using a heat gun, heat the glue that holds the screen to the rest of the device.

While heating, carefully pull screen from the device exposing the ribbon wire on the back of the screen, disconnect.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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