On Thursday, April 6, 2017 at 3:07:03 AM UTC-4, John Robertson wrote:
Has anyone here taken apart an iPad (original - cellular) screen to
repair the problem of a fat (1" wide) band fully across the middle of
the screen? The band runs horizontally in the normal (narrow side
horizontal, button down) position.

I have extracted the screen from the iPad, but am a little reluctant to
continue tearing it down to find the potential connection issue without
knowing what I am facing. Can't find anything so far on line for
servicing the actual LCD display.

I plan on digging into it in the near future but hope that someone here
has done so already and can provide some advice.

Thanks!

John :-#)#
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Other than the plug that mates the display to the board, there are no other serviceable connections. Try a little contact cleaner in the socket or clean the ribbon (if that's what it uses).

Any other connection on the screen proper is going to be of the bonded variety and not serviceable.