Difficulty
Moderate
Steps
11
Time Required
15 - 20 minutes
Sections
2
- Battery
- 5 steps
- Motherboard
- 6 steps
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Introduction
What you need
Step 1
Battery
- Ensure that the device is turned off before beginning.
- Gently pry the bezel off the screen using a plastic opening tool. Start at the corners and slide around the edges until you return to your starting point.
- Be careful if using the metal spudger, as it can scratch the surface of the Kindle.
Ensure that the device is turned off before beginning.
Gently pry the bezel off the screen using a plastic opening tool. Start at the corners and slide around the edges until you return to your starting point.
Be careful if using the metal spudger, as it can scratch the surface of the Kindle.
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Step 2
- Unscrew the eleven 3.2 mm Phillips #000 screws surrounding the frame.
Unscrew the eleven 3.2 mm Phillips #000 screws surrounding the frame.
Step 3
- Gently lift the mid-frame out of the case with your hands.
Gently lift the mid-frame out of the case with your hands.
Step 4
- Unscrew the three 3.0 mm Phillips #000 screws that are securing the battery.
Unscrew the three 3.0 mm Phillips #000 screws that are securing the battery.
Step 5
- Gently lift the battery from the frame.
Gently lift the battery from the frame.
Step 6
Motherboard
- Flip the black latch with a plastic opening tool, and then gently pull back the orange ribbon cable.
Flip the black latch with a plastic opening tool, and then gently pull back the orange ribbon cable.
Step 7
- Flip the tiny off-white latch with angled precision tweezers toward the direction of the battery.
- Gently peel back the orange ribbon cable.
Flip the tiny off-white latch with angled precision tweezers toward the direction of the battery.
Gently peel back the orange ribbon cable.
Step 8
- Peel back the orange ribbon cable near the battery.
- Flip the tiny black latch with angled precision tweezers toward the closest edge of the device.
Peel back the orange ribbon cable near the battery.
Flip the tiny black latch with angled precision tweezers toward the closest edge of the device.
Step 9
- Peel back the white connector with your fingers.
Peel back the white connector with your fingers.
Step 10
- Unscrew the six 3.0 mm Phillips #000 screws surrounding the motherboard.
- Unscrew the one 2.5 mm Phillips #000 screw.
- There is a little metal plate underneath the 2.5 mm screw and washers under four of the 3.0 mm screws.
Unscrew the six 3.0 mm Phillips #000 screws surrounding the motherboard.
Unscrew the one 2.5 mm Phillips #000 screw.
There is a little metal plate underneath the 2.5 mm screw and washers under four of the 3.0 mm screws.
Step 11
- Use a plastic opening tool to lift the motherboard upwards from the frame.
Use a plastic opening tool to lift the motherboard upwards from the frame.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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angusc - Apr 10, 2017
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how do I fix my loose charging port?
how do i fix my loose charging port connection
Lorraine - Dec 20, 2017
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Where can I buy a kindle paper white, new mother board?
KAASKOP3000 - Aug 18, 2019
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Tip, heat the front bezel to soften the glue.
Corry Newton - Jun 30, 2020
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I totally know how to fix my kindle but I don’t know where to get the part. I broke the tip to the ribbon cable for the only %#*@ button on the device. do they sell those here?
