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A friend asked me to repair the cracked digitizer on her daughter’s iPad Mini. There were already several small pieces of glass cracked off, and the digitizer was still working, but the screen was jumping randomly when toughed. I did not notice until I got the digitizer completely off, that I am missing one of the magnets. I have read that they are to help hold down the smart cover. I am a perfectionist, and can sometimes get myself into trouble trying to be too perfect with things I repair. Would there be any major problems if I leave these magnets off, or just leave off the one magnet that is missing and install the other? I do not believe her daughter has a smart cover, but what if she purchases one after the repair, and there are no magnets? Thanks in Advance!
I think you already answered your question. You are right that they are to hold down the Smart Cover. The mini works perfectly fine without them. If you can live with the situation it’s not going to hurt anything. If she gets a Smart Cover it just won’t hold itself together as well as with two. But, just checking, did you check the back of the digitizer for the other magnet? They get stuck on there sometimes. I can’t imagine that it fell out unless it’s been opened before.
The magnets can also play a role in use of the power button. You’ll sometimes find that the power button doesn’t work because the smart cover is always active since no magnets are present. We have forgotten to put the magnets back for some customers at our store at iRepairIT (www.irepairit.com) but most don’t seem to care about the smart case.
i have a question ? The magnet in the touch panel cause any effect on the functionality of touch with out them?
