Skip to main content
Help

iPod 4th Generation or Photo Rear Panel Replacement

Editing Step 4 —

Notice: You are now editing a prerequisite to the guide you were just viewing. Any changes you make will affect all 10 guides that include this step.

Step Type:

Drag to rearrange

Use a plastic tool or your fingernails to carefully disconnect the orange headphone jack cable. Be sure to pull straight up on the connector, not the cable itself.

This ribbon cable is very fragile. If you are replacing the battery, you can choose to skip this step and keep the headphone jack connected to the motherboard. Prop and tape the rear case against a box to keep it in place. Be very careful not to strain the fragile headphone jack cable as you work.

Your contributions are licensed under the open source Creative Commons license.