I've not replaced the lightning connector on an iPad 5 such as yours, but I've done it a couple of times on Minis and Airs. It should be about the same from what I've seen, thus I'd be answering yes, it's feasable.
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However, in any case it's a troublesome repair..it needs removing touch, lcd, logic board, accurate soldering and reassembly. It would require top level expertise and skills and hours of work which are difficult to get paid for nowadays. Unfortunately this seems Apple's new course as of late..very expensive parts machine soldered and glued together, requiring plenty of headaches to fix, in exchange of saving a few screws and connectors and a couple of millimeters thickness, maybe.. A bonus that not many buyers ask and would be willing to pay for if they knew beforehand about the troubles involved in repairs. On the other end this allows Apple to get back their hardly fixable devices very cheap and announce the world, with Wwf back up on their side, how efficient are their robots in recovering precious raw materials out of expensive garbage that would go into landfilling otherwise. Glad to see someone still looking for alternatives..although quite expensive, it'd be still way cheaper than buying a new iPad :)
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However, in any case it's a troublesome repair..it needs removing touch, lcd, logic board, accurate soldering and reassembly. It would require top level expertise and skills and hours of work which are difficult to get paid for nowadays. Unfortunately this seems Apple's new course as of late..very expensive parts machine soldered and glued together, requiring plenty of headaches to fix, in exchange of saving a few screws and connectors and a couple of millimeters thickness, maybe.. A bonus that not many buyers ask and would be willing to pay for if they knew beforehand about the troubles involved in repairs. On the other end this allows Apple to get back their hardly fixable devices very cheap and announce the world, with Wwf back up on their side, how efficient are their robots in recovering precious raw materials out of expensive garbage that would go into landfilling otherwise. Glad to see someone still looking for alternatives..although quite expensive, it'd be still way cheaper than buying a new iPad.
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Sorry for the rant, just finished glueing back a retina display and regretting the good old days :)
I've not replaced the lightning connector on an iPad 5 such as yours, but I've done it a couple of times on Minis and Airs. It should be about the same from what I've seen, thus I'd be answering yes, it's feasable.
However, in any case it's a troublesome repair..it needs removing touch, lcd, logic board, accurate soldering and reassembly. It would require top level expertise and skills and hours of work which are difficult to get paid for nowadays. Unfortunately this seems Apple's new course as of late..very expensive parts machine soldered and glued together, requiring plenty of headaches to fix, in exchange of saving a few screws and connectors and a couple of millimeters thickness, maybe.. A bonus that not many buyers ask and would be willing to pay for if they knew beforehand about the troubles involved in repairs. On the other end this allows Apple to get back their hardly fixable devices very cheap and announce the world, with Wwf back up on their side, how efficient are their robots in recovering precious raw materials out of expensive garbage that would go into landfilling otherwise. Glad to see someone still looking for alternatives..although quite expensive, it'd be still way cheaper than buying a new iPad :)