I fixed it.

Mijn probleem

Customer had a broken iPad mini digitizer that was shattered badly.

Mijn oplossing

The repair was rocky at the start because of all of the shattered glass, it took a long time and a heat gun (iOpener was useless in this case) to get all of the shards and adhesive off of the frame.

It also took a can of compressed air to ensure the glass shards didn't stay on or scratch the LCD screen.

After I was able to get the old screen off, and because of IFIXIT's perfect replacement part (including EVERYTHING needed for the repair), it was smooth sailing.

A little bit of smooth filing was required on the frame of the iPad in order for the new screen to sit in flush (damage where the original screen broke indented the frame, jarring it into the space normally occupied by the digitizer.)

Mijn advies

Have a heat gun nearby incase there are lots of shards leftover on the frame (this will save your iOpener from punctures.)

Keep a file handy and be sure to file any high points or otherwise in-the-way spots of the frame otherwise you might break the brand new digitizer that you just put in when pushing it into place in the frame, as the high point or pushed-in spot of the frame might be in the space the digitizer is supposed to be in on a normal (unbroken) iPad mini.

The fix kit is extremely useful with all of those picks, use them!