Before you begin Read this website's Legal Guidelines and make sure you understand the risks of this repair. Place your Amazon Kindle 1 on a clean flat and soft surface, such as a rubber mat or a piece of soft cloth and get the required kindle opening tools Turn your Amazon Kindle 2 on its back. Step 2 Insert the green tool at the gap between the kindle 2 backplate and the kindle 2 antenna cover. Step 3 This is what it looks like when the separation was successful. You can now lift the cover up and remove it. Step 4 This is what it looks like when the cover is removed. Turn the kindle around and look at it from the bottom. Step 5 You will see two screws holding the battery door in place. Remove the screw on the left holding the kindle 2 back cover to the front panel. Step 6 Remove the corresponding screw on the right side. Step 10 Remove the back cover using the spudger as shown in the image and you will expose the kindle 2 motherboard and kindle 2 battery. Step 13 Now the plastic backplate should come loose from the Amazon Kindle 2 logic board and front assembly. Step 12 Open the latch of the ribbon cable controlling the kindle side buttons as shown in image. Step 15 Open the latch of the ribbon cable controlling the kindle 2 screen as shown in image. Step 16 Remove the screws at the bottom of the kindle 2 mainboard . Step 17 Now you can GENTLY lift the kindle 2 screen panel as shown in the image. Step 18 Gently, gently slide the safe open tool blade around the kindle 2 e-ink screen to release the adhesive. Step 19 This is what the Kindle logic board looks like when separated. Step 20 This is what it looks like when the kindle 2 lcd screen is completely removed.For re-assembly follow the steps in reverse order using a new screen.
Read this website's Legal Guidelines and make sure you understand the risks of this repair. Place your Amazon Kindle 1 on a clean flat and soft surface, such as a rubber mat or a piece of soft cloth and get the required kindle opening tools
Turn your Amazon Kindle 2 on its back.
Step 2
Insert the green tool at the gap between the kindle 2 backplate and the kindle 2 antenna cover.
Step 3
This is what it looks like when the separation was successful. You can now lift the cover up and remove it.
Step 4
This is what it looks like when the cover is removed. Turn the kindle around and look at it from the bottom.
Step 5
You will see two screws holding the battery door in place. Remove the screw on the left holding the kindle 2 back cover to the front panel.
Step 6
Remove the corresponding screw on the right side.
Step 10
Remove the back cover using the spudger as shown in the image and you will expose the kindle 2 motherboard and kindle 2 battery.
Step 13
Now the plastic backplate should come loose from the Amazon Kindle 2 logic board and front assembly.
Step 12
Open the latch of the ribbon cable controlling the kindle side buttons as shown in image.
Step 15
Open the latch of the ribbon cable controlling the kindle 2 screen as shown in image.
Step 16
Remove the screws at the bottom of the kindle 2 mainboard .
Step 17
Now you can GENTLY lift the kindle 2 screen panel as shown in the image.
Step 18
Gently, gently slide the safe open tool blade around the kindle 2 e-ink screen to release the adhesive.
Step 19
This is what the Kindle logic board looks like when separated.
Step 20
This is what it looks like when the kindle 2 lcd screen is completely removed.For re-assembly follow the steps in reverse order using a new screen.