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Anubis_ · 05-26-2011, 09:18 AM

Hello,
EDIT-- Situation solved, read somewhere near the end
I've read on the forum that some other user(s) got into this unlucky situation where you buy a Kindle 3G/WiFi from e-B-a-y or similar sites and got shipped to their addresses blacklisted kindles...
Now, the first reason why I bought a Kindle was the possibility of getting books from 3G, which is useless when you call up Amazon's CS and they tell you how your kindle has been reported as stolen and is therefore unusable.

I came up with an idea, but before putting any more money out for this I was going to ask some experts (i.e. you guys) if this could make any sense.

Is it possible to buy a new Kindle ( i.e. a broken one) retrieve it's serial number and overwrite the serial number of the blacklisted Kindle with it ( i've read you can do it in debug mode). Then register the kindle normally.

What are your opinions?

Thanks

05-26-2011, 09:18 AM	#1
Anubis_ Member Posts: 15 Karma: 100 Join Date: May 2011 Device: Kindle3	Kindle 3G, got scammed... Hello, EDIT-- Situation solved, read somewhere near the end I've read on the forum that some other user(s) got into this unlucky situation where you buy a Kindle 3G/WiFi from e-B-a-y or similar sites and got shipped to their addresses blacklisted kindles... Now, the first reason why I bought a Kindle was the possibility of getting books from 3G, which is useless when you call up Amazon's CS and they tell you how your kindle has been reported as stolen and is therefore unusable. I came up with an idea, but before putting any more money out for this I was going to ask some experts (i.e. you guys) if this could make any sense. Is it possible to buy a new Kindle ( i.e. a broken one) retrieve it's serial number and overwrite the serial number of the blacklisted Kindle with it ( i've read you can do it in debug mode). Then register the kindle normally. What are your opinions? Thanks Last edited by Anubis_; 05-30-2011 at 09:29 PM.