I have a 2014 Kindle paperwhite very similar to this one, still works, the battery still holds a usable charge, the screen is good. This is one of those devices that as long the battery is good there's no reason to upgrade.
No that's false as Amazon has dropped support for many older Kindle models, the oldest still supported is the Kindle touch 4th Gen w/WiFi, as many of their older models only had 3G cell modems that worked on the AT&T Network at least here in the US, meaning you can't download anymore books too it through their store, and the only way to make the older models that still hold a charge, and are no longer officially supported useful again is with a Linux software package called Calibre to reformat epub books into the Kindle format, and I don't see a lot of people going through that hassle.
@@CommodoreFan64calibre is actually super easy to use, just a matter of plugging in your device and dragging your legally obtained ebubs into the application. Also it works on macos and windows as well.
@@CommodoreFan64 What's false? I still use the thing the same way as in 2014, In Europe. I never used their store because it wasn't available here at that time, no idea if new devices here can use the store, but I use a USB cable and I always used Calibre to convert, it's not a big deal at all.
@@Marian87 I was talking officially, as many people won't go through the hassle of Calibre, if they can't get the Amazon store to work on their older Kindle devices.
@@CommodoreFan64 It might be true, but I find that... I, don't know...depressing, annoying...You can still get the e-books on PC..or mac etc and convert them and put them on the kindle. It doesn't feel to me like it's some big hassle at all. My wife is not a tech enthusiast and has managed in the same way with her kindle. The time and effort of putting some books on the kindle is tiny compared to the time invested in actually reading them and it's certainly not worth +100$ to get a new device for such a small inconvenience. I usually prepare 2-3 books before a trip and might not even finish 1. I don't see the built in online store as a must have. Some people are too easily inconvenienced.
That glue really was something else! It's amazing to see how you brought this Amazon Kindle back to life. I love watching your restoration videos Hugh!
Looks like it's not a glue, but polyurethane coating - a liquid plastic. Polyurethane provides durability, resistance to chemicals, water, abrasion, and temperature
Even though they don’t seem super serviceable, I do love that Kindles seems to last forever (when you don’t throw them out in the side of the road, that is).
Hugh, I've suggested this to you before, but when removing an already cracked glass screen put some strips of tape over it first - that'll avoid a lot of flying fragments and bits to clean up later.
I love e-ink displays. So easy on the eyes. I think the only actual way to separate it from the frame is to unscrew the motherboard from the frame and then use a heat gun on the screen.
For an e-reader is just perfect. Long battery life, they use power only when you change page, and perfectly readable in bright light. You know, like real paper. 😂 Also non having a back light makes better for your eyes. The only “drawback”is that, like paper, because they don’t have a backlight, you need a light source to read it in the dark. I have the case with the pop up LED light. It makes the battery last way less but I should not read in the dark anyway, my eyes don’t appreciate it. Cheers.
@@DavideDavini Yes i've had some of those, it's a good type of screen for them. Other typical use cases are store price tags which makes them automated and easy to read; and a wrist watch (health tracker etc) could be a viable use case as well, as it's particularly sunlight legible - there are some open source projects that are more embryonic or development platforms than actual products intended for end consumers. But fundamentally switching between a few screens of data and giving you a handful simple controls for your connected music and other apps doesn't require a fully featured (fast, full colour) display. The one sunlight friendly smartwatch was Pebble and it used a Sharp MemoryLCD instead, a competing tech to eInk, a high contrast ambient reflective mono screen which needs ultra low power to maintain the image by itself but also redraws rapidly and doesn't need to be cleared/inverted between changing images. As a drawback, the black on Sharp screen isn't matte black, it's reflective like black chrome, while white is diffuse white, so it's not really a long reading optimised screen or screen type intended for large sizes, as environmental reflections can sometimes obscure black text, but at a glance it generally reads perfectly OK, so it was a good choice.
The display assembly being glued in is, as far as I could tell in my own research, done as a cost-cutting measure, as I've seen other brands of e-readers where the display assemblies were easier to remove. I have the same Kindle model but mine turned out to have a bad cover sensor (a hall effect sensor) and I found I could just bypass it and use it apart from not being able to automatically go into sleep mode when the cover is closed. A perfectly good display wasn't destroyed. However, what you showed in the video was something I learnt the hard way when I practiced on a basic Kindle from the same generation that I bought for around $5 or so. I later managed to get a heat gun that I would use for tough adhesives.
Over the past 3 years of being in the service industry I've had only one customer walk in seeking service for a kindle. Sadly I couldn't source any part locally. Loved this video.
e-readers are absolutely amazing. a single charge can last you days, can read all the books, comics, manga, and I can space letters out further to help my learning disability. I haven't read like this in a decade. and also it's much less distracting compared to reading on a phone. there's rarely a need to upgrade them as well
I bought a bundle of Fires/Kindles with busted screens/dead batteries and repaired all that could be and have quite a few generations of them that run ... albeit with various levels of usability the further back you go heh. I use one for recipies in the kitchen, one for travel reading, one for Mom to read with in large print font ... they're handy and well worth refurbishing.
I still have a first gen Kindle. Would not like to try the repair you made as my hands are not what they used to be. But I must compliment you and your ability to repair things.
That was a tough cookie to repair - I would buy the display attached to its frame, or a blank frame and display separately (ready for the display to fit to the frame yourself). I would never try to re-use an old frame with the display still attached.
I have the oldest model still supported the Kindle Touch 4th Gen w/WiFi(some had slow 3G modems only that used the AT&T network) that I found at the local e-waste, the screen was in perfect condition, I did a device reset, I was able to pry off the back without too much trouble, and replace the battery with one found on Aliexpress, along with a pleather case, and while the replacement battery does not hold as much charge as the original when it was new, it still works fine for my needs. So props to you as had the screen been smashed I doubt I would have even touched it. 👍
@@corey7219 Once I pried mine off with a plastic splugger, I had to use a few dabs of gorilla glue to make sure it would stay on, and the case I found on Aliexpress also helps keep the back panel on, and the screen from getting scratched in my mini EDC backpack. I also use it with a Linux software package called Calibre to backup, and sideload epubs books onto I can't find in the Amazon store like various versions of the Bible, and it's been really handy. Having said that once this battery dies, and cooks itself, I doubt I'll be able to find another one, so I'll just use my Pixel phone, or Android tablet with the Kindle app instead, and another app for straight epub books.
I've got a 3rd gen Kindle Keyboard that I still use. 3G no longer works because of the national shutdown, the battery has lost a lot of capacity, but it's so simple that it's outlived many of my other devices. I use Calibre so the shutdown of Amazon services doesn't bother me. These things are so simple that there's not much to break or slow down. I might get a new battery for mine but I don't want to get a new one when my old one works fine. I like the physical buttons.
The battery is a fairly easy replacement. Be wary though. I thought my battery was going but when I tested it, it was fine. It was either my imagination or Amazon made the code less efficient.
For stubborn hard to remove adhesives WD40 does an amazing job at destroying them. It basically turns them to liquid goo that can be wiped off with a paper towel. Give it a try!
I repaired an old kindle like this for my grandmother. The glue on the bezel is serious, I feel bad because it's really bent and wouldn't go back to flat after prying it up. It also has little clips and one broke very easily.
Speaking of different products with the same model number, this reminded me of an incident I suffered in the mid 2000's with a HP motherboard. HP, in their infinite wisdom, made significant changes to one of their motherboards, such that the new BIOS installed to an example of the old board, or vice-versa, with the *_EXACT_* same model number, would brick that motherboard. To make matters worse, their BIOS updater utility did not detect the incompatibility, so it would happily proceed to wreck your board. Not something I'd expect even from what has become of HP.
it's not that we throw it out the window, it's that our pockets go upside down while pedalling and we leave a trail of possessions in our wake. hope whoever found my motorola g5 in a gutter made good use of it
I got the same model as 4GB variant years ago for 20€ with a broken screen. I bought another 2GB model with a broken logic board, replaced it with my good one, and everything worked out fine. Total was around 30-35€. More than half the original price. And cheaper than a used working one. Since the broken screen worked (only spider-app on the digitizer), and someone gifted another 4GB logic board, I tried it with the broken screen, but all I got was a bootloop. So I disassembled my working one, just to learn, the „new“ logic board was ok. So there must be a fault in the display cable, why else would it work with one, but not the other? With a bit luck, these devices were pretty cheap back then and for just a few bucks (compared to a new device) you were able to combine parts to get a working one. Since mine still works, I had no urge to search another repair adventure… The model numbering can be pretty annoying, especially when searching for accessoires, or fw-updates…
Wow that adhesive... very Apple-esque, but here on a Kindle too? I would really like the EU to enact a law for easily removable adhesive as well. Great video!
how much did replacement parts cost? I tried replacing a battery on a fire tab 8 once and the battery was like $10-20 cheaper than a new latest gen fire tab 8.
My thought is someone left this on the roof of their car and drove off. When they realized they had lost it, they went to their Amazon account and removed the device, hence the reset (though the reset might be a separate option).
If you want to have this kind of glue in your house, you only need two things! Superglue and baking powder, I changed my Dell laptop's keyboard which it was riveted to the palm rest. Instead of using hot glue and making a mess and making keyboard mushy while typing, I used superglue and baking powder and covered those places with electric tape in case of some of them fall apart later to the motherboard. Now it is super rigid and there is no mushy feeling at all. Almost better than original I can say. Just type those two on RUclips, you will see! P.S. Please drop some baking powder first and try to fill the hole while giving some millimeter space under of bracket so some powder can go under then push really hard from the other side so the bracket, keyboard, palm rest will be super tight, then drop some superglue and wait for 20 seconds. Powder should not be like mountain while you are waiting, try to press with something while it dries in 20 seconds. To make it more and more stong you can sparkle some more powder before you start push in 20 seconds.
Man that whole display scraping segment was painful to watch. I don't understand why someone would ever attach a display like that, if not to make it intentionally impossible to repair. Thank you Amazon for starting my day off with some high level cringe.
My sister’s Kindle got destroyed in her backpack because there’s so much stuff in it and she got a new one, but I took it apart and I swapped it with a new 6th gen kindle or whatever model it is.
I've always viewed Kindles as piece-of-shit throwaway devices that likely cannot be repaired, and your video kinda proved my hunch perfectly correct. Approximately 99.9999% of repair shops would never go to the trouble you did to replace this screen, and would simply tell a customer, likely from experience, that Kindle screens cannot be repaired. These things are the epitome of non-user-repairable devices, and outside the smartphone industry, most consumer electronics are like this.
Once, I found a dead squirrel on the roadside. I brought it to a nightclub in S.F, because their website said you don't have to pay a cover charge if you bring a dead squirrel. I got in for free, but the bouncer didn't know what to do with the body, so he threw it into the street. ❤Circle of life ❤ . Just like the Lion King.
Edit: i propably should watch the Video until the end, before commenting lol This may be a stupid question, but given that the only usable parts on the old Kindle were Mainboard, battery and mid frame, wouldn't it make more sense to just order a new mid frame as well and only put the Mainboard And battery back? The mid frame seems to be only a piece if plastic anyways
How much did the parts cost? The problem with kindle is, that those e readers are very cheap on prime day (around 60$). Bad for the environmental, but fixing it likely costs way more than that.
One time my grandpas friend found a huawei in the forest, it was cracked but it worked fine, but it was in a different language and there was no sim card so i couldnt return it to its owner, so i formatted it and bypassed google lock and i now use it as an alarm clock
Fun fact if you puncture the battery on that Kindle, it turns into a blinding white hot fireball that you cannot put it out because it being a magnesium frame. Don’t ask me how I know lol
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I have a 2014 Kindle paperwhite very similar to this one, still works, the battery still holds a usable charge, the screen is good. This is one of those devices that as long the battery is good there's no reason to upgrade.
No that's false as Amazon has dropped support for many older Kindle models, the oldest still supported is the Kindle touch 4th Gen w/WiFi, as many of their older models only had 3G cell modems that worked on the AT&T Network at least here in the US, meaning you can't download anymore books too it through their store, and the only way to make the older models that still hold a charge, and are no longer officially supported useful again is with a Linux software package called Calibre to reformat epub books into the Kindle format, and I don't see a lot of people going through that hassle.
@@CommodoreFan64calibre is actually super easy to use, just a matter of plugging in your device and dragging your legally obtained ebubs into the application. Also it works on macos and windows as well.
@@CommodoreFan64 What's false? I still use the thing the same way as in 2014, In Europe. I never used their store because it wasn't available here at that time, no idea if new devices here can use the store, but I use a USB cable and I always used Calibre to convert, it's not a big deal at all.
@@Marian87 I was talking officially, as many people won't go through the hassle of Calibre, if they can't get the Amazon store to work on their older Kindle devices.
@@CommodoreFan64 It might be true, but I find that... I, don't know...depressing, annoying...You can still get the e-books on PC..or mac etc and convert them and put them on the kindle. It doesn't feel to me like it's some big hassle at all. My wife is not a tech enthusiast and has managed in the same way with her kindle. The time and effort of putting some books on the kindle is tiny compared to the time invested in actually reading them and it's certainly not worth +100$ to get a new device for such a small inconvenience. I usually prepare 2-3 books before a trip and might not even finish 1. I don't see the built in online store as a must have. Some people are too easily inconvenienced.
That glue really was something else! It's amazing to see how you brought this Amazon Kindle back to life. I love watching your restoration videos Hugh!
Looks like it's not a glue, but polyurethane coating - a liquid plastic. Polyurethane provides durability, resistance to chemicals, water, abrasion, and temperature
@@SketchTurnerZeroExactly what you need, when positioning a display in a retaining frame, below a plastic cover in a IP20 rated device🏆
@@goiterlanternbasewell rip if Samsung is getting to know this adhesive for its battery 💀
Even though they don’t seem super serviceable, I do love that Kindles seems to last forever (when you don’t throw them out in the side of the road, that is).
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Hugh, I've suggested this to you before, but when removing an already cracked glass screen put some strips of tape over it first - that'll avoid a lot of flying fragments and bits to clean up later.
That wouldn't make for as dramatic a video now, would it?
I love e-ink displays. So easy on the eyes.
I think the only actual way to separate it from the frame is to unscrew the motherboard from the frame and then use a heat gun on the screen.
For an e-reader is just perfect. Long battery life, they use power only when you change page, and perfectly readable in bright light. You know, like real paper. 😂
Also non having a back light makes better for your eyes. The only “drawback”is that, like paper, because they don’t have a backlight, you need a light source to read it in the dark. I have the case with the pop up LED light. It makes the battery last way less but I should not read in the dark anyway, my eyes don’t appreciate it.
Cheers.
If u like e-ink displays, go get a Motorola Motofone F1 or F3 ✌🏼
@@warness6020 eink for a phone is ass for media
@@thicksy ik, those are old phones
@@DavideDavini Yes i've had some of those, it's a good type of screen for them. Other typical use cases are store price tags which makes them automated and easy to read; and a wrist watch (health tracker etc) could be a viable use case as well, as it's particularly sunlight legible - there are some open source projects that are more embryonic or development platforms than actual products intended for end consumers. But fundamentally switching between a few screens of data and giving you a handful simple controls for your connected music and other apps doesn't require a fully featured (fast, full colour) display.
The one sunlight friendly smartwatch was Pebble and it used a Sharp MemoryLCD instead, a competing tech to eInk, a high contrast ambient reflective mono screen which needs ultra low power to maintain the image by itself but also redraws rapidly and doesn't need to be cleared/inverted between changing images. As a drawback, the black on Sharp screen isn't matte black, it's reflective like black chrome, while white is diffuse white, so it's not really a long reading optimised screen or screen type intended for large sizes, as environmental reflections can sometimes obscure black text, but at a glance it generally reads perfectly OK, so it was a good choice.
That's crazy how it maintains its last image before failure. Lucky for Hugh the last image wasn't NSFW!
Yeah the displays only use power while updating the image so if you set it to a photo and power it off it'll never change
wait, can you even get nsfw in there?
@@GarbanzoBeansFan I'm not sure but I think The Kindle comes installed with Silk browser, Amazon's internet browser app, but I'm not 100% certain
@@GarbanzoBeansFan Yes, if your book cover is NSFW.
@@andysmith1996nah, this bad boy can go on normal web browser, so you dont even have to seek out nsfw book cover
The display assembly being glued in is, as far as I could tell in my own research, done as a cost-cutting measure, as I've seen other brands of e-readers where the display assemblies were easier to remove.
I have the same Kindle model but mine turned out to have a bad cover sensor (a hall effect sensor) and I found I could just bypass it and use it apart from not being able to automatically go into sleep mode when the cover is closed. A perfectly good display wasn't destroyed.
However, what you showed in the video was something I learnt the hard way when I practiced on a basic Kindle from the same generation that I bought for around $5 or so. I later managed to get a heat gun that I would use for tough adhesives.
it's glued in because it's not meant to be repaired. a service repairman charges more for the work and material costs than it's worth
@@DecibelAlex
Yep. I thought of that but couldn't put it into words when I commented. They'd rather just swap it.
Over the past 3 years of being in the service industry I've had only one customer walk in seeking service for a kindle. Sadly I couldn't source any part locally. Loved this video.
e-readers are absolutely amazing. a single charge can last you days, can read all the books, comics, manga, and I can space letters out further to help my learning disability. I haven't read like this in a decade. and also it's much less distracting compared to reading on a phone. there's rarely a need to upgrade them as well
I bought a bundle of Fires/Kindles with busted screens/dead batteries and repaired all that could be and have quite a few generations of them that run ... albeit with various levels of usability the further back you go heh. I use one for recipies in the kitchen, one for travel reading, one for Mom to read with in large print font ... they're handy and well worth refurbishing.
Love watching you repair devices you have taught me a lot of how to repair the devices you have covered keep up the great content!
I love my kindle and use it with calibre software all the time.
Your determination and willpower is unreal
Quite the learning curve. What a pain to replace the screen but another great job.
The robot uprising would love this guy
I could hear remotely the swearing when you removed the glass.... LOL
And we're done has a different fanbase. The joy it brings.
I still have a first gen Kindle. Would not like to try the repair you made as my hands are not what they used to be. But I must compliment you and your ability to repair things.
WE NEED TO GET HUGH JEFFREYS TO 1 MILLION SUBSCRIBERS!
amazing some one ditched and someone could fix it. amazing!
That was a tough cookie to repair - I would buy the display attached to its frame, or a blank frame and display separately (ready for the display to fit to the frame yourself).
I would never try to re-use an old frame with the display still attached.
Hey, we go to the same uni glad you’re doing great!
I have the oldest model still supported the Kindle Touch 4th Gen w/WiFi(some had slow 3G modems only that used the AT&T network) that I found at the local e-waste, the screen was in perfect condition, I did a device reset, I was able to pry off the back without too much trouble, and replace the battery with one found on Aliexpress, along with a pleather case, and while the replacement battery does not hold as much charge as the original when it was new, it still works fine for my needs. So props to you as had the screen been smashed I doubt I would have even touched it. 👍
Nice
I still have my kindle touch 4th gen (wifi only). It still works, although the back is now purple instead of grey
@@corey7219 Once I pried mine off with a plastic splugger, I had to use a few dabs of gorilla glue to make sure it would stay on, and the case I found on Aliexpress also helps keep the back panel on, and the screen from getting scratched in my mini EDC backpack. I also use it with a Linux software package called Calibre to backup, and sideload epubs books onto I can't find in the Amazon store like various versions of the Bible, and it's been really handy.
Having said that once this battery dies, and cooks itself, I doubt I'll be able to find another one, so I'll just use my Pixel phone, or Android tablet with the Kindle app instead, and another app for straight epub books.
i cant even use my 4th gen kindle now because of amazons planned obsolecense.
I've got a 3rd gen Kindle Keyboard that I still use. 3G no longer works because of the national shutdown, the battery has lost a lot of capacity, but it's so simple that it's outlived many of my other devices. I use Calibre so the shutdown of Amazon services doesn't bother me. These things are so simple that there's not much to break or slow down. I might get a new battery for mine but I don't want to get a new one when my old one works fine. I like the physical buttons.
Glad my 2011 kindle still works, although the battery is abit low
The battery is a fairly easy replacement. Be wary though. I thought my battery was going but when I tested it, it was fine. It was either my imagination or Amazon made the code less efficient.
For stubborn hard to remove adhesives WD40 does an amazing job at destroying them. It basically turns them to liquid goo that can be wiped off with a paper towel. Give it a try!
I got a Paperwhite for my birthday about 3 years ago, the battery life is incredible still and it works perfectly fine. Does what it says on the tin.
I sense The Force is strong with you Master Hugh
It kind of makes sense it's heavily glued because they rarely need a repair because most of the time it's on a table
Amazing..Well done..
First time I have seen sandpaper being used in a tech video. Guess we learn every day
Dude you're a champ mate. I would have tossed that bugger way sooner. Great job
dude that screen removal process was the most hardcore thing i've seen in this channel :o
The power of waterproof gluing, haha. Those things can take a dunk in a bathtub several times over and be fine
I have one of those kindles with a keyboard and 3g. As of right now, it has a broken screen and a very large spicy pillow.
I repaired an old kindle like this for my grandmother. The glue on the bezel is serious, I feel bad because it's really bent and wouldn't go back to flat after prying it up. It also has little clips and one broke very easily.
Speaking of different products with the same model number, this reminded me of an incident I suffered in the mid 2000's with a HP motherboard. HP, in their infinite wisdom, made significant changes to one of their motherboards, such that the new BIOS installed to an example of the old board, or vice-versa, with the *_EXACT_* same model number, would brick that motherboard.
To make matters worse, their BIOS updater utility did not detect the incompatibility, so it would happily proceed to wreck your board. Not something I'd expect even from what has become of HP.
it's not that we throw it out the window, it's that our pockets go upside down while pedalling and we leave a trail of possessions in our wake. hope whoever found my motorola g5 in a gutter made good use of it
So basically, if you break the screen on a Kindle, just tools it in the E-Waste Bin.
I got the same model as 4GB variant years ago for 20€ with a broken screen. I bought another 2GB model with a broken logic board, replaced it with my good one, and everything worked out fine. Total was around 30-35€. More than half the original price. And cheaper than a used working one.
Since the broken screen worked (only spider-app on the digitizer), and someone gifted another 4GB logic board, I tried it with the broken screen, but all I got was a bootloop. So I disassembled my working one, just to learn, the „new“ logic board was ok. So there must be a fault in the display cable, why else would it work with one, but not the other?
With a bit luck, these devices were pretty cheap back then and for just a few bucks (compared to a new device) you were able to combine parts to get a working one. Since mine still works, I had no urge to search another repair adventure…
The model numbering can be pretty annoying, especially when searching for accessoires, or fw-updates…
Well at least you didn’t have to contact Amazon to activate the screen.
Yet.
That poor Kindle is in bad condition
Well Hugh jefferys is an lifesaver ❤❤❤❤
Great video as always Hugh
Wow that adhesive... very Apple-esque, but here on a Kindle too? I would really like the EU to enact a law for easily removable adhesive as well. Great video!
Thank you random RUclips algorithm for sending me this way. I’m not looking to repair a kindle, but that was fascinating nonetheless. Great work!
This is basically the Ship of Theseus
how much did replacement parts cost? I tried replacing a battery on a fire tab 8 once and the battery was like $10-20 cheaper than a new latest gen fire tab 8.
My thought is someone left this on the roof of their car and drove off. When they realized they had lost it, they went to their Amazon account and removed the device, hence the reset (though the reset might be a separate option).
If you want to have this kind of glue in your house, you only need two things! Superglue and baking powder, I changed my Dell laptop's keyboard which it was riveted to the palm rest. Instead of using hot glue and making a mess and making keyboard mushy while typing, I used superglue and baking powder and covered those places with electric tape in case of some of them fall apart later to the motherboard. Now it is super rigid and there is no mushy feeling at all. Almost better than original I can say. Just type those two on RUclips, you will see!
P.S. Please drop some baking powder first and try to fill the hole while giving some millimeter space under of bracket so some powder can go under then push really hard from the other side so the bracket, keyboard, palm rest will be super tight, then drop some superglue and wait for 20 seconds. Powder should not be like mountain while you are waiting, try to press with something while it dries in 20 seconds. To make it more and more stong you can sparkle some more powder before you start push in 20 seconds.
I still use a kindle touch from 2011. One day The power button stopped working, so i opened it out, it was easy.
3:54 You made that gloves work for every penny you paid🤣🏆
Try paint thinner next time on stubborn adhesive. But be sure to wear a mask
Man that whole display scraping segment was painful to watch. I don't understand why someone would ever attach a display like that, if not to make it intentionally impossible to repair.
Thank you Amazon for starting my day off with some high level cringe.
Bravo work for amazon for creating future trash /s
btw. Great work Hugh for preventing that at least with this one ❤
I have a paper white signature from 2021, tear down process has been improved now it’s much easier
Awesome video. Learned a bit about the Kindle in the process.
The newer ones are harder to repair so good luck
My sister’s Kindle got destroyed in her backpack because there’s so much stuff in it and she got a new one, but I took it apart and I swapped it with a new 6th gen kindle or whatever model it is.
Bye old Kindle💀 hello new Kindle😃📱
Use methylene chloride to loosen the glue.
Well that was violent Sandpaper in tech repair is always a good sign
"So I used an angle grinder for the finishing touches"
I've always viewed Kindles as piece-of-shit throwaway devices that likely cannot be repaired, and your video kinda proved my hunch perfectly correct. Approximately 99.9999% of repair shops would never go to the trouble you did to replace this screen, and would simply tell a customer, likely from experience, that Kindle screens cannot be repaired. These things are the epitome of non-user-repairable devices, and outside the smartphone industry, most consumer electronics are like this.
You should get a wallpaper scraper
The amazon swindle even swindles you on repairs...
Hey. Could you try out an IPhone 14 screen on a n IPHONE 15
Nice job Hugh! But that glue... 🤯
Great work on the screen adhesive. Was about to click thumbs up but then saw you did no celaning of the bezels before applying new adhesive.
Once, I found a dead squirrel on the roadside. I brought it to a nightclub in S.F, because their website said you don't have to pay a cover charge if you bring a dead squirrel. I got in for free, but the bouncer didn't know what to do with the body, so he threw it into the street. ❤Circle of life ❤ . Just like the Lion King.
I actually kinda like the white logo compared to the embossed black one
me whenever i finish something: "and we're done"
that;s why sellers sell display with the carcase included
It was rekindled
Tip: lighter fluid disolves adhesive. Please do be careful. The lighter fluid is highly flammable. As it is basicly purified gasoline
i think i need to go on more bike rides too!
Fun fact: you can add one of these to your account to get less restrictive drm files for books you've purchased.
Very strong Glue
Maybe I should fix the 1st gen kindle, I found in an e waste bin, it has a keyboard on it, really shows how long the kindle has been around
My first kindle paperwhite 2013 it was 7 years old hehe
Edit: i propably should watch the Video until the end, before commenting lol
This may be a stupid question, but given that the only usable parts on the old Kindle were Mainboard, battery and mid frame, wouldn't it make more sense to just order a new mid frame as well and only put the Mainboard And battery back?
The mid frame seems to be only a piece if plastic anyways
I have the Kindle Oasis. Given the use of adhesive from hell, if that unit needs a replacement, I will toss it out my car window as well.
It's made as a throw away device, hence found on the side of the road. It should be made illegal to not be able to easily repair it
0:24 Guess where my first iPhone was coming from🤣
Just question were can you buy covers for 6 inch kindles... nice ones with butterflies on them!!!
these are very nice and running Linux kernel as well 🙂
How much did the parts cost?
The problem with kindle is, that those e readers are very cheap on prime day (around 60$). Bad for the environmental, but fixing it likely costs way more than that.
i would've went to the hardware store for a bigger scraper rather than ruin a spudger. i respect the persistence though
I had the same model, the kindle broke and I couldn’t find replacement parts so I just took it apart.
I think a better option would be to 3D print a frame and use it instead of the original part.
Nice video again 😀👍
My grandma had an old Kindle she let me have in 2017 but I don't really use it much.
One time my grandpas friend found a huawei in the forest, it was cracked but it worked fine, but it was in a different language and there was no sim card so i couldnt return it to its owner, so i formatted it and bypassed google lock and i now use it as an alarm clock
Fantastic
Wonder if it makes them harder to scrap when done?
Wow Amazon, I bet kobo makes a more repairable eReader
Awesome work, and really good video.
I aggree. He has repaired many forgotten devices which were later saved
You know, carburetor cleaner would get that adhesive off more efficiently than the alcohol
Why you didnt use steel wire for removing the display like with iphone?
"a seventh generation paperwhite third gen" no wonder you were confused.
Sellers of the replacement displays for these REALLY should just include the midframe with it. That disassembly is ridiculous.
what was the cost of repair compared to buying another one new / second hand
Fun fact if you puncture the battery on that Kindle, it turns into a blinding white hot fireball that you cannot put it out because it being a magnesium frame. Don’t ask me how I know lol
How about removing glue using dry ice or liquid nitrogen?