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Originally Posted by new
I thought Amazon registered online only. So I can register online? I would rather as I have a hard time on the keyboard. I did try to setup the wifi once but my fingers weren't doing good, lol. The stylus I have didn't work at all on the Paperwhite.  |
The steps would be:
1.) Online, in your Amazon account, you un-register your Paperwhite. You should find it in the "My Kindle" section.
Out of curiosity, before un-registering it, you could only modify the name of the reader. If you name it "Test 123", this should appear in the upmost left corner of your Kindle, instead of the standard "My Kindle" name. If you can't change the name, you're (for whatever reason) not registered.
2.) Personally, but that's just me, I'd un-register, if you can't change the name.
3.) Then, after un-registering online, you enter your account name on the Kindle Paperwhite. This now should appear in your online account. Here you can change the name and such.
The initial activation is on your Kindle. I don't know of any way, to enter for example your serial number into your online account.
But once you've entered the user name on your Kindle, all the rest can happen online.
You even can send the books from your online account to a specific reader, instead of manually downloading on the reader.
But of course, you have to be able to go online with your reader for the initial activation. But you need to go online anyway, else you'd have to copy your books via USB instead of downloading them on the reader.
Do you have the 3G or the WiFi-only version? With 3G, you don't even have to bother about WiFi connection data. Then all you need to enter is your account name.
But first of all: I'd try to change the name of your Kindle in your online account. If you can't change it, the registration has somehow failed.