Kindle 2 Battery Replacement Repair Guide

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5

Time Required

                          10 - 15 minutes            

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Step 1

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• Lay the Kindle face down on a soft cloth to protect its screen.
• Wedge the plastic opening tool in the small opening between the grey plastic and the metal casing.
• Move the plastic opening tool across the opening while pressing down to separate the grey plastic from the metal casing.
• Slide the gray plastic top piece away from the Kindle’s metal casing.
• Once the gray plastic top piece is detached from the metal back cover, remove it.

Lay the Kindle face down on a soft cloth to protect its screen.

Wedge the plastic opening tool in the small opening between the grey plastic and the metal casing.

Move the plastic opening tool across the opening while pressing down to separate the grey plastic from the metal casing.

Slide the gray plastic top piece away from the Kindle’s metal casing.

Once the gray plastic top piece is detached from the metal back cover, remove it.

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Step 2

• Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the two 4 mm screws from the metal casing.

Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the two 4 mm screws from the metal casing.

Step 3

• Use the plastic opening tool to push down and pry towards the metal casing to release each of the three clips that hold the metal case in place.
• Remove the metal casing.
• The volume control button rests in a slot on the side of the Kindle. When the metal casing is removed, the volume control button may fall out. When reassembling, place the volume control button back into its slot.

Use the plastic opening tool to push down and pry towards the metal casing to release each of the three clips that hold the metal case in place.

Remove the metal casing.

The volume control button rests in a slot on the side of the Kindle. When the metal casing is removed, the volume control button may fall out. When reassembling, place the volume control button back into its slot.

Step 4

• Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the two 3 mm screws that hold the battery in place.
• The battery should be removed before continuing with the rest of this guide to prevent harm to you and the device.

Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the two 3 mm screws that hold the battery in place.

The battery should be removed before continuing with the rest of this guide to prevent harm to you and the device.

Step 5

• Pry upward under the black tab with the spudger to dislodge the battery.
• Use your fingers to lift the battery out of the device.

Pry upward under the black tab with the spudger to dislodge the battery.

Use your fingers to lift the battery out of the device.

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

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Eric - Jan 13, 2014

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I followed this guide, without changes, and was able to successfully swap a battery on a Kindle DX. The DX is essentially a Kindle 2 with a larger screen.

Laz - Jun 16, 2014

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Thanks, easy and went well!

Maybe you need a thinner spudger, TH?

stevenwaegenaer - Oct 28, 2016

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Easy! Worked well with the tools described. Kudos for making this available, it gave my old Kindle a new breath of life!

shockwav - Apr 9, 2017

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Easiest replacement I’ve done. Thanks!

Charles Kennedy - Aug 24, 2017

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An ebay-acquired battery fit perfectly, but failed to reboot the kindle or accept a charge.

the battery looks idential to the Kindale battery to an old analog voltmeter.

I conformed that the kindle terminals were receiving battery voltage.

The replacement guide was just fine, Back to the original battery, which is well past its best-by date!