Kindle 3 frozen

Graviton · 09-15-2021, 02:26 PM

My Kindle 3 is frozen on sleep screen. I tried many "time combinations" to restart my Kindle. But it did not work. Then thin stripes are appeared on the screen - see picture 1.

I thought that the screen is broken. So I disassembled Kindle and the screen seems to be OK - see picture 2.

I measured voltage of battery. Battery has 4.1 V. When I plug Kindle to PC, I can see the storage, I can move or delete files and so on. Firmware of Kindle is 3.3_B008 and I updated the firmware 8 years ago.

Please do you have any advices/ideas what to do with my Kindle? Should I replace the screen? Or...?

Thank you in advance for your opinions.

Deskisamess · 09-15-2021, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Graviton

Please do you have any advices/ideas what to do with my Kindle? Should I replace the screen? Or...?

Thank you in advance for your opinions.

Time for a new Kindle. Don't try to repair such an outdated model. You'll love the front-lighting on the Paperwhite.

pdurrant · 09-15-2021, 04:11 PM

Screen looks fine. Perhaps the electronics have died. It's probably not worth trying to repair.

If you must have a Kindle 3 Keyboard, get a working second-hand one. There are plenty on eBay for very little. Otherwise the current base Kindle model is very good value.

09-15-2021, 02:26 PM	#1
Graviton Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2021 Device: Kindle 3G	Kindle 3 frozen My Kindle 3 is frozen on sleep screen. I tried many "time combinations" to restart my Kindle. But it did not work. Then thin stripes are appeared on the screen - see picture 1. I thought that the screen is broken. So I disassembled Kindle and the screen seems to be OK - see picture 2. I measured voltage of battery. Battery has 4.1 V. When I plug Kindle to PC, I can see the storage, I can move or delete files and so on. Firmware of Kindle is 3.3_B008 and I updated the firmware 8 years ago. Please do you have any advices/ideas what to do with my Kindle? Should I replace the screen? Or...? Thank you in advance for your opinions. Attached Thumbnails

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09-15-2021, 04:11 PM	#3
pdurrant The Grand Mouse 高貴的老鼠 Posts: 73,946 Karma: 315160596 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Norfolk, England Device: Kindle Oasis	Screen looks fine. Perhaps the electronics have died. It's probably not worth trying to repair. If you must have a Kindle 3 Keyboard, get a working second-hand one. There are plenty on eBay for very little. Otherwise the current base Kindle model is very good value.

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