12-01-2012, 12:27 PM | #1 |
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[question] replacing screens
hi, i have a kindle keyboard wifi+3g with a broken screen, now, i can buy i cheap kindle keyboard with wifi only, and take the motherboard of the 3g and connect it to the wifi one with the working screen, my question is: will it work for sure? thanks!
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12-01-2012, 12:31 PM | #2 |
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I believe that it's been done, yes. I don't know much about this though... Other members here know more...
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12-01-2012, 01:11 PM | #3 |
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ok...
i have seen a video in which it has been done, but i want to be sure it is going to work, cuz the man wasn't so clear in the video.
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12-01-2012, 02:00 PM | #4 |
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I have swapped screens between wifi and 3G K3 units. It works fine. I noticed that the K3 and K4 kindles had the same eink connector, but I did not try swapping screens between different models (yet).
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12-14-2012, 05:01 AM | #5 |
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well, it would be really interesting trying it, unfortunately, i have only 2 K3, so I can't try, but if some1 tries, or tried, i would be happy to hear about it.
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12-14-2012, 06:33 AM | #6 |
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I did it myself, it works without problems.
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12-15-2012, 04:03 AM | #8 |
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