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Old 05-11-2013, 07:25 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by bchaplin View Post
My 1 1/2 year old Kindle has suddenly developed a problem -- the upwards part of the controller doesn't work. If I press it, it acts as if I'm typing letters and creating a note, rather than paging up the screen like it is supposed to.

I called Amazon tech support, yadda, yadda, restarted, troubleshooting -- the short answer is that it is considered a hardware defect, and their only solution, since it is out of warranty, is that I buy a refurbished Kindle from them at a reduced price.

Is this the way to go? I'm not sure of the wisdom of getting a refurbished model. They are offering me Paperwhite models only.
If you are willing to JailBreak your device, perhaps can you salvage your keyboard usability by remapping some broken keys from the upward part to other working ones in the downward part using the Keyboard hack discussed in this thread of the developer forum
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