J.p.s oh no, you are mistaken :P I into this knowing I would break the screen. I was able to find an
OEM screen here
It was cheaper to
replace the battery + screen than to buy a new kindle.
Most of the circuitry is covered with metal caps. After removing you see the three main chips:
Lion charge manager chip:
Spec
Micro controller
spec
Micron MMC 8g
spec
I guess the main thing would be is it possible to dump / write the MMC (MT29TZZZ8D5JKERL)