Kindle Voyage Battery Replacement

Geschrieben von: Sean Yap
  • Kommentare: 33
Kindle Voyage Battery Replacement

Schwierigkeitsgrad

Easy

Schritte

5

Zeitaufwand

2 Minuten

Einleitung

The battery, like most batteries, gives juice to the device. This guide will show you how to carefully remove it for troubleshooting purposes.

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    • Insert a plastic opening tool between the plastic panel shown on the device.

    • Use the tool to pry the plastic away from the device.

    • There will be adhesive holding this piece of plastic to the device. You may have to pull pretty hard to get it separated.

    This is not the best way to do this. The plastic panel snaps in on the lower/center part and slides into notches in the top. When you do as this instructs it breaks the tabs that connect on the top. If you can slide a few of the guitar picks into the lower part and get all the glue disconnected and get it to get past the snaps on the bottom you can then slide it upward and remove it without damaging the panel.

    sam -

    Thank you for a very helpful hint

    baggins -

    Definitely agree with this, and would clarify a bit. If the piece to be removed is at the top of the Kindle, the only purchase for the Opener Tool is the seam along the top edge. Start at either corner, and pry just enough to insert a pick, and repeat the process to work your way along the slanted edge towards the bottom edge; the adhesive releases easily. Continue along the bottom edge, then lift the bottom edge clear of its retainers. The whole piece can then easily be slid off.

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    • Use an aluminum driver attached with a Phillips head size #00 to remove the four 3mm screws shown in the picture. For reassembly, note that the top two and bottom two screws are different sizes.

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    • Once the screws are removed, the back panel can slide off the device.

    Why is step 4 needed? The magnetic component doesn’t appear to be in the way of the battery replacement. Is the magnetic component just sitting on the posts (without screws attaching)? Will any magnet work to remove it? Is there any electrical connection to this component?

    John -

    There is no electrical connection, it is just sitting there. It should be removed so that it doesn’t fall out during the rest of the repair.

    Merlin04 -

    I’ve tackled apparently more complicated jobs on iMac, MacBook and iPhone, but this one has defeated me! I can’t complete step 3 the panel simply will not slide off.

    Graham Miles -

    Correction, tried some more. After one and a half hours of struggling I finally managed to slide the cover off. Now tht it’s been done once, it slides on and off easily.Just putting this here in case others have the same problem - persevere. In principle the job’s an easy one.

    Graham Miles -

    If the old battery swells, as mine did, the board will not slide out of the case. Too much pressure exerted on the case from the swollen battery.

    I had to separate the two halves of the case.

    Robert Sauve -

    Case hard to slide off for me as well. Found that some double-sticky tape on the magnetic part overlapped the case and had to be carefully sliced. Was able to budge the case enough to give the opening tool purchase near the charge port, and pry that way. The case only needs to slide 1/2” or so and then it lifts off.

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    • Remove the magnetic component with the magnetic head of the aluminum driver.

    This instruction confused me. There is a component above the battery. It’s not held there by anything (no adhesive or fasteners), so you can just take it off. They’re saying to use anything magnetic to pick it up, but you can just use your fingers.

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    • Use a plastic card to pry the battery away from the device.

    • Gently un-clip the battery plug from the device and remove the battery.

    The battery in mine was VERY firmly stuck with adhesive. I had to use a lot of force to remove it, and the battery bent significantly.

    Patrick Cohen (ig88b) -

    where did you buy a battery?

    thanks

    baggins -

    Battery is now available from iFixit. See link on this page.

    moec -

    I used an old credit card to carefully “cut” the battery from the base. You have to exercise some patience here, because the battery is very thin and bendable and probably dangerous to bend too much. The thin, tape-like adhesive stuck to the case as the battery itself came off, so the new battery stuck just fine to the old adhesive.

    Tor Willy Austerslått -

    Shouldn’t you unplug the battery first, before attempting to pry the battery out of the device? That is the procedure for both the MacBook Pro and Galaxy S7 phone battery replacement.

    Rich -

    Did not do this, although I had read that the device should be turned off before doing the battery replacement.

    gring40 -

    Instructions worked perfectly, just make sure you have the right tools for the job. A solid small / mobile electronics repair toolset is a must.

    Jonathan Cilley -

    Once you slide the pick (or plastic card) under the battery as shown, you can use the Opening Tool to pry the edge of the battery, It releases gradually, so be patient. Had to remove some tape holding down a cable running alongside the battery. Also needed to work the card between the battery bottom cover and the sticky tape. The battery connector unlatched easily, BUT:

    Reversing the process to install the new battery is tricky because the new battery connector is very hard to align with its mate on the circuit board. You can’t see what you’re doing because the top of the connector blocks your view. You just have to guess about the correct alignment, and press down (used the back of the Opening Tool) until it seems to be mated. Wasn’t sure I succeeded until the case was back on, and I could try to turn the Voyage back on. BTW, all data was still there, though the new battery was only at 12%.

    gring40 -

Abschluss

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

Tinte & Feder

Sean Yap

Mitglied seit: 22/01/15

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15 Kommentare

Where can I buy a replacement buttery for my kindle voyage?

hegi88 -

Where to find a replacement battery for kindle voyage 3G please if any one knows

Himadri Endow -

Bump. Cannot seem to procure a new battery for the Kindle Voyage. Nice to know how to replace the old one; just need something to replace it WITH! Thanks for any hints on finding one. Battery model number is: MC-305070, 3.8V 1320mAh/5.01Wh, P/N 58-000056

larryg -

Any advance on where one can find a replacement battery for the Kindle Journal?

Charles WRIGHT -

Still looking for a source for this battery.

Neil Hall -

For those looking for the battery, I’ve found them on both amazon and eBay by searching “305070 battery”

Amy Galvan -

what does the battery symbol with an “!” in it mean?

book Lover -

For those looking for the battery, iFixit now sells it. Inexpensive and good quality, arrived quickly. See link on this page.

moec -

Well, good news is this was pretty easy. Bad news is my device still shows a battery ! icon. So something else is wrong. If anyone has any suggestions, I am interested in hearing….

moec -

Guide worked great, thanks! Charging to 100% for calibration now. Used a credit card to slowly peel the battery up. I already had double sided sticky tape, so I was able to re-stick both the battery and the plastic cover. If anyone is curious, the two longer screws are the ones closer to the center of the device, and the shorter screws are the ones on the top edge. Long live the Voyage, Amazon’s best kindle model to date!

Eric Bostrom -

What adhesive is recommended to use when putting device back together? A certain size tape or the adhesive glue?

Kyle Allevato -

I just received my replacement battery of eBay and I noticed some small dents in the new battery. Should I proceed with installation or ask for a new battery?

Sleetui -

Step 3:

If the old battery swells, as mine did, the board will not slide out of the case. Too much pressure exerted on the case from the swollen battery.

I had to separate the two halves of the case.

Robert Sauve -

I would not rate this repair easy, the original battery is glued like hell to the device, either you use a heat pad to heat it up or try to get it out via a plastic card, but even then you have to be very careful, the battery bends easily and does while doing so. I was sweating the entire time doing it because i could see the battery lightly bending and was prepared to rush outside and throw the device out while doing it.

Thankfully I got it out without fire, but removing the battery is not without risk in this case.

Using a heatbed, is also a good question, normal lcds are fine if you heat them up to 60c, which is usually the temperature to weaken the battery, not sure how an electronic paper display behaves, but preheating the device to 60c if the display can survive it might ease the process.

I had smartphone repairs which were less risky in the fire department!

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