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Originally Posted by knc1
I asked because some models have an easy-access lid on the back side.
Yours does not.  |
Not only that, it seems to be the most space-limited Kindle model that I've come across. My older ones had lots of free space. I especially miss that Kindle Touch and its back lid.
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Originally Posted by knc1
Don't try to pass the wires behind the display.
Not a good idea.
There is room around the sides if you must extend them toward the top. (after a bit of filing)
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This is my Kindle in its back cover: (that's tape on the sides of the display, to keep the glue from drying out)
With the bezel on, showing the cable I'm planning to use: (Ignore the black plastic, that's just to hold them together until I go to the electrician's shop tomorrow)
I'm going to solder the cables so that I won't go "across" the back of the display, but to instead take the shortest exit to the side or top.
Do you suppose I should extend them from the top? Or the left?
If that's the idea, then I could also run them along the sides in the bezel, so I could stow them in there when unused, and pop them out on demand.
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Originally Posted by knc1
Better idea, don't extend the wires.
Plan on making them external on the bottom edge of the Kindle.
Mess around with the LED, that hole should be large enough for the wires.
When not in use, wrap around the back and hold down with masking tape.
(With the idea that nobody bothers to watch the colored LED blink.)
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I tried that:
The LED hole doesn't even fit one of the three cables, unless I want to make it bigger (drilling it through). But if I want to do that, then I may just as well make a hole on the upper-left corner (and possibly disguise it as a ring holder like the two holes on the good ol' Nokias). But I don't feel comfortable doing that, as it would "maim" the perfect exterior of the Kindle.
Then what about running it through the USB slot? I tried that, now that we've come to talk about it, but the Kindle would refuse to sit tight in there with the cable bundle, nor a USB cable could fit in there.
So I guess we're left with either the side or the top. But that brings us back to square one. Any effect on the display or the screws?
P.S. Apologies for the wall of text ... I just needed to describe everything in detail to convey the full picture!