E.T. Don't Call Home: Removing DXG Wireless Card?

playful · 10-22-2011, 07:42 PM

Greetings all,

Hope you are having a fun weekend.
Here's question about dumbing down a DXG, rather than souping it up.

Six months ago, my GF's unit failed (battery not charging), and Amazon just sent her a new DXG. Now I'm thinking of replacing the battery on the broken unit so we'll have a spare reader for PDFs etc. But I think I'd like to disable the wireless ability altogether so the unit doesn't "call home" and create confusion at Amazon about my GF's new unit and broken unit (not that we're doing anything wrong). Since I don't want to accidentally turn on the wireless in the unit, I'm wondering if removing the wireless card would help.

Do any of you have experience with this? If I remove the wireless card, will the Kindle still boot the Amazon firmware? Is it hard remove that card?
Any thoughts on this topic would be greatly appreciated.

Wishing you's a beautiful day,

-A

h1uke · 10-23-2011, 08:34 AM

- my DXG has its wireless card removed long time ago. No problems observed so far.
- it is not hard to remove a card
- consider getting a special take-apart tool, it can simplify a task

yifanlu · 10-23-2011, 12:29 PM

When my kindle broke, they said to send back the broken unit or they'll charge me full price for the replacement.

playful · 10-24-2011, 06:45 PM

Hi h1uke, hi yifanlu, thanks for your messages.

@h1uke, your advice gave me confidence and information I needed. Thank you.

I removed the wireless card, no probs.

For anyone else on the same track:
- I didn't have a plastic case opening tool, but managed with a guitar pick. There was a Youtube video about replacing the DX battery, that was useful.
- In total, you'll need to remove four screws. Two screws to remove the metal backplate as on the video. Then two screws for the wireless card.

Now that I have a wireless-less spare unit, I might play around with the alternate firmware.

Wishing you's a beautiful week.

eLiNK · 10-27-2011, 01:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yifanlu

When my kindle broke, they said to send back the broken unit or they'll charge me full price for the replacement.

they just hoped to reverse engineer your reverse engineering skills

10-22-2011, 07:42 PM	#1
playful Mammal Posts: 126 Karma: 21380 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Right Here Device: Onyx Note Pro, Kindle DXG	E.T. Don't Call Home: Removing DXG Wireless Card? Greetings all, Hope you are having a fun weekend. Here's question about dumbing down a DXG, rather than souping it up. Six months ago, my GF's unit failed (battery not charging), and Amazon just sent her a new DXG. Now I'm thinking of replacing the battery on the broken unit so we'll have a spare reader for PDFs etc. But I think I'd like to disable the wireless ability altogether so the unit doesn't "call home" and create confusion at Amazon about my GF's new unit and broken unit (not that we're doing anything wrong). Since I don't want to accidentally turn on the wireless in the unit, I'm wondering if removing the wireless card would help. Do any of you have experience with this? If I remove the wireless card, will the Kindle still boot the Amazon firmware? Is it hard remove that card? Any thoughts on this topic would be greatly appreciated. Wishing you's a beautiful day, -A

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10-23-2011, 08:34 AM	#2
h1uke Zealot Posts: 121 Karma: 82565 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Maryland, USA Device: dxg, k3w,k4nt,kpw	- my DXG has its wireless card removed long time ago. No problems observed so far. - it is not hard to remove a card - consider getting a special take-apart tool, it can simplify a task

10-23-2011, 12:29 PM	#3
yifanlu Kindle Dissector Posts: 662 Karma: 475607 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Amazon Kindle 3	When my kindle broke, they said to send back the broken unit or they'll charge me full price for the replacement.

10-24-2011, 06:45 PM	#4
playful Mammal Posts: 126 Karma: 21380 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Right Here Device: Onyx Note Pro, Kindle DXG	Hi h1uke, hi yifanlu, thanks for your messages. @h1uke, your advice gave me confidence and information I needed. Thank you. I removed the wireless card, no probs. For anyone else on the same track: - I didn't have a plastic case opening tool, but managed with a guitar pick. There was a Youtube video about replacing the DX battery, that was useful. - In total, you'll need to remove four screws. Two screws to remove the metal backplate as on the video. Then two screws for the wireless card. Now that I have a wireless-less spare unit, I might play around with the alternate firmware. Wishing you's a beautiful week.

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