Kindle Touch (2011) WiFi has no MAC address after discharge

ReleaseTheGeese · 04-18-2025, 07:49 AM

Greetings,

I've a Kindle Touch which I've had since 2012, it's worked very well until last week when the battery had discharged completely. I recharged it to find that it wouldn't connect to my WiFi - or any WiFi for that matter. When I scan for WiFi it sticks in a loop and the wifi list is empty. Previously I saw mine + many neighbour's.

Digging into it, I notice that the unit reports it has no WiFi MAC address. This is known to happen after a discharge: https://uk.amazonforum.com/s/questio...ss-unavailable

Is there any way of fixing this, or is my KT for the scrapheap? I disassembled my KT but found no separate WiFi module to replace.

Kind regards,
RTG

JSWolf · 04-18-2025, 07:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ReleaseTheGeese

Greetings,

I've a Kindle Touch which I've had since 2012, it's worked very well until last week when the battery had discharged completely. I recharged it to find that it wouldn't connect to my WiFi - or any WiFi for that matter. When I scan for WiFi it sticks in a loop and the wifi list is empty. Previously I saw mine + many neighbour's.

Digging into it, I notice that the unit reports it has no WiFi MAC address. This is known to happen after a discharge: https://uk.amazonforum.com/s/questio...ss-unavailable

Is there any way of fixing this, or is my KT for the scrapheap? I disassembled my KT but found no separate WiFi module to replace.

Kind regards,
RTG

I have a KT that discharged. It works no problem.

ReleaseTheGeese · 04-18-2025, 11:32 AM

@JSWolf Mine works apart from WiFi, and the problem only manifested after it discharged. Any suggestions for what I could to to fix the wifi problem?

04-18-2025, 07:49 AM	#1
ReleaseTheGeese Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2025 Device: Kindle Touch	Kindle Touch (2011) WiFi has no MAC address after discharge Greetings, I've a Kindle Touch which I've had since 2012, it's worked very well until last week when the battery had discharged completely. I recharged it to find that it wouldn't connect to my WiFi - or any WiFi for that matter. When I scan for WiFi it sticks in a loop and the wifi list is empty. Previously I saw mine + many neighbour's. Digging into it, I notice that the unit reports it has no WiFi MAC address. This is known to happen after a discharge: https://uk.amazonforum.com/s/questio...ss-unavailable Is there any way of fixing this, or is my KT for the scrapheap? I disassembled my KT but found no separate WiFi module to replace. Kind regards, RTG

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04-18-2025, 11:32 AM	#3
ReleaseTheGeese Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2025 Device: Kindle Touch	@JSWolf Mine works apart from WiFi, and the problem only manifested after it discharged. Any suggestions for what I could to to fix the wifi problem?