Thread: Hacks Kindle 4 non-touch: Use without battery
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Old 04-18-2017, 03:15 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by Kermit21 View Post
I'm using a k4nt as weather-display for years like described here: https://mpetroff.net/2012/09/kindle-weather-display/

Now my battery died
I remove it, but the k4nt won't boot (just amber led). Is there a way to boot without battery?
What are you using in place of the stock battery?
You do need to have a battery in it to keep the battery management chip happy.
In some model/firmware combinations, the battery has to return the correct identification.

See a fairly recent post by geekmaster on how-to hack (literally) Kindle batteries in the developer forum.
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