Thanks for the responses. See here for the photos: iPad Repair photos A friend had been having trouble with her iPad 3rd Gen digitizer occasionally not responding to any touches or swipes. Several times over few months I put the iPad in Recovery mode (using iTunes) and the digitizer starting responding again. Finally the digitizer no longer responded even after being put in recovery mode or after several hard resets (holding "power" and "Home" buttons for 10 seconds). So this time I performed a Restore from iTunes hoping that would clear up any problems. However, the digitizer still didn't respond and the iPad was stuck on the "Hello" screen (photo 1). I then ordered some tools and used them to take the iPad apart using the instructions on iFixIt.com. I cleaned the contacts with isopropanol and reseated the cable as shown in photo 2. Still the digitizer did not respond. The cable looked good and un-cracked. So I decided it may be a bad digitizer ordered a replacement digitizer. Upon receipt, I opened the...
