I'm fixing a broken Nexus 10 Tablet, and I need a part

Quick fix is a fine plastic strip cut to size and Kapton tape.

Hello

from the first discription 

is the black piece come off or has 1 corner broken off of the black piece

what about some more photos like with the cable removed photo from front and rear 

and photo of cable next to socket is the copper side up or down side 

if carefull you can reasemble and use tape to hold in place

i am thinking molex connector 5051105091 

which i found using the digikey website search 

then copy into element14 and they have it 

anniel747 said:

Quick fix is a fine plastic strip cut to size and Kapton tape.

Thanks for the suggestion, unfortunately, that's what I already attempted and alluded to when I said:

stanto said:

and as anyone who has experience with this, it's pretty much written off because you can't put it back, and you really can't (unless you're super lucky) put pressure back on it

Doesn't quite cut it! Which is why I made the thread to help find the part to replace.

acdc90 said:

then copy into element14 and they have it

Ah I'm not a business (or from where Farnell's known as element14), so it'd have to be CPC or somewhere else for me to order it.

acdc90 said:

i am thinking molex connector 5051105091

Oh, that almost looks like it.

acdc90 said:

is the black piece come off or has 1 corner broken off of the black piece

what about some more photos like with the cable removed photo from front and rear 

and photo of cable next to socket is the copper side up or down side 

Ah, I will see if I can get photo's of it, but the photo' in the thread so far was from ifixit: https://www.ifixit.com/Parts/Nexus_10 and their guides: https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Nexus+10+Display+Replacement/62771 

acdc90 said:

if carefull you can reasemble and use tape to hold in place

Doesn't appear to apply the right amount of pressure to hold it against the contacts, unfortunately. Thank you.

LCD diffusers of different thickness are kept in stock for urgent repairs and always worked out fine. You need to use real Kapton not chinese polyimide tape.

acdc90 said:

is the copper side up or down side

Usually the contacts are on opposite side of the actuator. 

You could find another broken tablet and take the part you need from it.  This will start you on your journey of collecting other people's broken things - because they might have parts you'll need later to build more better stuff.  If you count my basement, shed, and garage, plus two labs at work, I've probably accumulated 1000 square feet of other people's broken things.

Yes, acquiring broken equipment is a sickness, but you have so much fun seeing what's inside.

yup Kapton great stuff!! and when you put it on it says on!  You know 3m Scotch tapes are used in aerospace to hold panels on! LOL

phoenixcomm On some jobs I have seen chinese copy that smells like cat urine and ends rolls up while unsticking.