iPad Air 11-inch (M4) Speakers

Before You Begin

Warning

Read Battery Safety and follow workspace and battery handling guidelines before you begin.

Remove the following part before you begin:

Tools

  • 1.5 mm slotted screwdriver

  • Crosshead 44 mm half-moon bit

  • ESD-safe tweezers

  • Ethanol wipes or isopropyl alcohol (IPA) wipes

  • Nitrile or lint-free gloves

  • Nylon probe (black stick)

  • Torque driver (green, 0.45 kgf cm)

Refer to a full list of tools required for all repairs.

Caution

If you remove a speaker, you must replace it.

Note: Skip to the removal or reassembly steps for the speaker you're replacing. Within each procedure listed below, the woofer or tweeter being replaced is referred to simply as speaker.

Bottom Left Speaker

Removal

  1. Lift the end of the speaker cable off the connector.

  2. Use the 1.5 mm slotted screwdriver to pry the speaker from the enclosure.

Reassembly

  1. Use ethanol wipes or IPA wipes to clean all residual adhesive from the enclosure.

  2. Peel the adhesive liner from the bottom of the replacement speaker.

  3. Place the speaker in the enclosure.

  4. Press and hold the top of the speaker for 20 seconds to ensure that it adheres to the enclosure.

  5. Press the end of the speaker cable to the connector.

Top Left Speaker

Removal

Note: If you’ve already completed the removal steps, skip to reassembly.

  1. Wi-Fi models only: Peel the air loop gaskets off the speaker.

  2. Use a torque driver and crosshead bit to remove one crosshead screw from the cowling. Save the cowling for reassembly.

  3. Peel the foam off the speaker.

  4. Lift the end of the antenna flex cable off the connector.

  5. Remove the tape. Then lift the end of the speaker cable off the connector.

  6. Peel the antenna flex cable off the speaker. Then lift the antenna coaxial cable off the speaker.

  7. Carefully cut through the grounding tape as shown.

  8. Remove the grounding tape from the speaker.

  9. Use the 1.5 mm slotted screwdriver to pry the speaker from the enclosure.

Reassembly

  1. Use ethanol wipes or IPA wipes to clean all residual adhesive from the enclosure.

  2. Peel the adhesive liner off the bottom of the replacement speaker.

  3. Place the speaker in the enclosure.

  4. Press and hold the top of the speaker for 20 seconds to ensure that it adheres to the enclosure.

  5. Wi-Fi models only: Peel the adhesive liner off the grounding tape. Then align the grounding tape over the speaker and antenna as shown.

  6. Peel the adhesive liners off the shims. Position the replacement shims on the speaker. Then adhere the shims to the speaker as shown.

  7. Peel the adhesive liners off the foam pads. Position the replacement foam pads on the speaker. Then adhere the foam pads to the speaker as shown.

  8. Press the end of the speaker cable to the connector.

  9. Position the cowling over the end of the speaker flex cable. Then use the green torque driver and crosshead bit to install one new crosshead screw (452-10396) into the cowling.

  10. Wi-Fi models only: Peel the adhesive liners off the air loop gaskets. Position the replacement air loop gaskets on the speaker as shown. Then adhere the the air loop gaskets to the speaker.

Reinstall the following part to complete reassembly:

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