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Old 10-20-2012, 08:13 AM   #1
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Kindle Paperwhite Teardown!

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Old 10-20-2012, 09:57 AM   #2
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Around 13:25 you can actually see, that the light cannot be turned off completely:

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Old 10-20-2012, 10:04 AM   #3
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Around 13:25 you can actually see, that the light cannot be turned off completely:
No surprise there, we've saying that since Oct 2. You don't need a tear down to see that, just tilt the screen toward you and look into the bottom bezel area!
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of course, but there are some people that still think it gets off.
What it was strange there was when the guy discovered a spot on the leds - bottom right, he touched with his screwdriver and it was turning on. Is it because his tool was magnetized?
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I love seeing these teardowns. I'm just glad that it's not MY devices that get taken apart.
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Somebody needs to cover the light with some paint or filter or something and see if you could get a warmer light and a beige / cream background.
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Old 10-20-2012, 11:14 AM   #7
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What it was strange there was when the guy discovered a spot on the leds - bottom right, he touched with his screwdriver and it was turning on. Is it because his tool was magnetized?[/QUOTE]

yes, that's the magnet area for the amazon covers to turn the kindle on and off..............
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Old 10-20-2012, 03:16 PM   #8
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If it wasn't for the capacitive layer, we could strip off that light distributing layer and have ordinaray e-ink screen in higher resolution
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