Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

9

Time Required

                          30 - 45 minutes

Sections

3

  • Battery
  • 5 steps
  • Motherboard
  • 3 steps
  • Charging Port
  • 1 step

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Battery
  • Insert plastic opening tool into the corners of the Paperwhite and slide around the edge perimeter to remove bezel.
  • Be sure to begin prying along the outer edges , these are the optimal points for removing the bezel.
  • Be careful and do not slide prying tool deeper than 3-4 mm under the side bezel or you could peel off screen protector film.

Insert plastic opening tool into the corners of the Paperwhite and slide around the edge perimeter to remove bezel.

Be sure to begin prying along the outer edges , these are the optimal points for removing the bezel.

Be careful and do not slide prying tool deeper than 3-4 mm under the side bezel or you could peel off screen protector film.

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Step 2

  • Using a Screw Driver, Remove the eleven 3.2 mm Phillips 000 screws from corners of the mid-frame and from behind the black strip as shown.
  • Do not forget the screw in the middle of the black adhesive strip.

Using a Screw Driver, Remove the eleven 3.2 mm Phillips 000 screws from corners of the mid-frame and from behind the black strip as shown.

Do not forget the screw in the middle of the black adhesive strip.

Step 3

  • Carefully remove the mid-frame from the back cover.

Carefully remove the mid-frame from the back cover.

Step 4

  • Use a screwdriver to remove the three 3.0 mm Phillips 000 screws that are holding the battery in place as shown.

Use a screwdriver to remove the three 3.0 mm Phillips 000 screws that are holding the battery in place as shown.

Step 5

  • Carefully lift the battery and remove it from the device.

Carefully lift the battery and remove it from the device.

Step 6

              Motherboard
  • Use a screwdriver to remove the seven 3.0 mm Phillips 000 screws that are holding the motherboard in place as shown.
  • Don’t lose the washer that is highlighted with an orange marker as shown. It is a necessary component to protect the screw.

Use a screwdriver to remove the seven 3.0 mm Phillips 000 screws that are holding the motherboard in place as shown.

Don’t lose the washer that is highlighted with an orange marker as shown. It is a necessary component to protect the screw.

Step 7

  • Gently disconnect the zif connectors.
  • Some of these connectors are very thin and fragile, handle with care!

Gently disconnect the zif connectors.

Some of these connectors are very thin and fragile, handle with care!

Step 8

  • Gently remove the motherboard.

Gently remove the motherboard.

Step 9

              Charging Port
  • The charging port is integrated in to the device motherboard.
  • From here, to fix a faulty port, either replace the entire motherboard, or carefully desolder the old port and solder a new one on in its place.
  • Check out the soldering guide for help.

The charging port is integrated in to the device motherboard.

From here, to fix a faulty port, either replace the entire motherboard, or carefully desolder the old port and solder a new one on in its place.

Check out the soldering guide for help.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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Sam Hardeman - Sep 12, 2017

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How to replace the USB port; replace the motherboard. Kind of a lame fix if you ask me. Whatever happened to soldering a new port on?

Bill Smith - Dec 1, 2017

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I have not done the fix yet but plan to replace the USB which appears to be a USB - micro B USB 2.0 Receptacle Connector 5 Position Surface Mount available at DigiKey. Is there any reason not to attempt this? I have microscope and soldering station. If not, where do you get the motherboard and how much is it?

theend12212012 - Mar 12, 2019

Any updates? Did you run into any issues?

telerando - Mar 22, 2020

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Démontage facile effectivement, mais les cinq microsoudures sur la carte mère sont impossibles à faire avec un simple fer à souder ! Il faut utiliser du matériel pour CMS (composant à montage en surface)…

Ceci dit mon problème vient effectivement de ces microsoudures. En appuyant simplement sur ces contacts mon Kindle s’est remis en marche ! Vive le travail mal fait à la construction…

Richard Garside - Sep 21, 2020

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Getting the Kindle open and getting to the charging port was quite ‘easy’. In step 1 the top is stuck on with something like sticky back tape and the top can be gently pulled away from the tape.

Having got to the port I can not figure out how to replace it. This part does not seem to be easy, unless Step 9 is explained in much more detail. The contacts for the port seem to be incredibly small and I can’t figure out how they’re connected, or what part I need to order to replace the port.