Difficulty
Easy
Steps
7
Time Required
2 minutes
Sections
3
- Back Panel
- 4 steps
- Wifi Antenna
- 2 steps
- Ambient Light Sensor
- 1 step
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Introduction
What you need
Step 1
Back Panel
- Insert a plastic opening tool between the plastic panel shown on the device.
- Use the tool to pry the plastic away from the device.
- There will be adhesive holding this piece of plastic to the device. You may have to pull pretty hard to get it separated.
Insert a plastic opening tool between the plastic panel shown on the device.
Use the tool to pry the plastic away from the device.
There will be adhesive holding this piece of plastic to the device. You may have to pull pretty hard to get it separated.
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Step 2
- Use an aluminum driver attached with a Phillips head size #00 to remove the four 3mm screws shown in the picture. For reassembly, note that the top two and bottom two screws are different sizes.
Use an aluminum driver attached with a Phillips head size #00 to remove the four 3mm screws shown in the picture. For reassembly, note that the top two and bottom two screws are different sizes.
Step 3
- Once the screws are removed, the back panel can slide off the device.
Once the screws are removed, the back panel can slide off the device.
Step 4
- Remove the magnetic component with the magnetic head of the aluminum driver.
Remove the magnetic component with the magnetic head of the aluminum driver.
Step 5
Wifi Antenna
- Use an aluminum driver with Phillips head #00 to remove the four 3 mm screws shown in the picture.
- Use the same driver to remove the two 2.5 mm screws.
Use an aluminum driver with Phillips head #00 to remove the four 3 mm screws shown in the picture.
Use the same driver to remove the two 2.5 mm screws.
Step 6
- Using the tweezers, undo the attached clip.
- Remove the three 3 mm screws holding down the rest of the antenna with an aluminum driver and the Phillips #00 head.
- You should now be able to simply take the WiFi bar off of the device.
Using the tweezers, undo the attached clip.
Remove the three 3 mm screws holding down the rest of the antenna with an aluminum driver and the Phillips #00 head.
You should now be able to simply take the WiFi bar off of the device.
Step 7
Ambient Light Sensor
- Gently remove the connector to the motherboard using tweezers.
- Continue to carefully pull the rest of the connector from the adhesive connecting it to the Voyage.
- Detach sensor from the top using fingers
Gently remove the connector to the motherboard using tweezers.
Continue to carefully pull the rest of the connector from the adhesive connecting it to the Voyage.
Detach sensor from the top using fingers
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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Beck - Jul 23, 2015
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If i do this wiithout putting the lightsensor back on, can i then use the kindle without light ?
Best regards
Lasse
