![]() The Kindle DX leverages an Amazon wireless service called Whispernet, provided in partnership with AT&T (i.e. Now for the “rest of the story.” Although I’d previously done the “ emergency update” widely reported back in early 2016 as necessary to retain Kindle Store and account access, and although I was subsequently still able to access the Kindle Store just fine, my Kindle DX refused to sync with my account, and I also couldn’t download new content to it: Reverse the prior disassembly steps, and to quote another memorable movie (1974’s Young Frankenstein): You might already be able to tell that it’s unnaturally swollen (which I find curious, given that I thought such things generally happened when the device containing them was constantly charging, not after the battery had drained after extended non-use, your thoughts?), and taking it out makes the deformity even more obvious: Here’s a closeup of the 3G transceiver module and companion SIM (which I’ll discuss in more detail in a bit):Īnd here’s the subject of primary attention, the presumed-failed battery (along with the two speakers at bottom and, above them, their curiously exposed connectors): Sliding away the remainder of the back panel caused the volume toggle switch on the side to fall away, but it was easily put back in place during subsequent reassembly: The 3G antenna is on the right in this image orientation: The power switch assembly remains attached: ![]() Whenever I see a back panel containing a mix of metal and plastic pieces, I always assume the wireless connectivity antenna is behind the latter: Is it just me, or do you also find it a bit odd that the video’s creator chose Maurice Ravel’s Boléro as the accompanying soundtrack (I realize my age is showing, but I always think of the 1979 movie 10 when I hear it)? Nevertheless, it did the trick! That’s right, instructions! Fortunately, YouTube came through: Mine cost $10.35 (plus tax) on Ebay, and came with a set of tools: Here’s the top edge, exposing the headphone jack and power switch and here’s a wider-angle shot of the bottom edge (this time with the Kindle DX still charging, thereby the amber-vs-green status of the LED next to the micro USB connector) showcasing the “stereo” speaker pair: Next, here’s a closeup of the model number (D00801), FCC certification ID (XDZ-1013, with the manufacturer curiously listed as “Daron LLC” in the relevant FCC database entries, although the applicant was the expected “ Services LLC”), and other relevant marking details: I suspected a bad battery, and pursued this mini-teardown in attempting to rectify the situation.īefore proceeding, however, here are a few more overview shots of our patient, beginning with its underside: But even though it still reported it could be fully charged and worked fine (sort of more on that in a bit) when tethered to a charger it’d inevitably revert to “empty” in a matter of seconds after I disconnected the charging cable. When I pulled it out of storage after a lengthy period of non-use a few months ago, its empty-battery status (as reported in the above photo) wasn’t a surprise. And perhaps obviously, the Kindle DX’s larger screen is tailored for reading digital newspapers, magazines and the like, although it also works just fine with the ebooks that the Kindle Keyboard is targeted for. Therefore, DXG cannot display international fonts, like Cyrillic, Chinese, or any other non-Latin font, and PDF support and the web browser are limited to matching the Kindle 2’s features.īut they certainly had differing price tags the Kindle DX “Graphite” originally cost $379 when released in 2010. Due to these differences, the DXG runs the same firmware as Kindle 2. The CPU has the same speed as Kindle Keyboard’s CPU, but the DXG has only half the system memory, 128MB. The DXG is a mix of third-generation hardware and second-generation software. The two products are siblings of a sort quoting from Wikipedia: Connectivity is 3G-only (plus USB for manual content transfers from a tethered computer), its dimensions are 10.4 x 7.2 x 0.38 inches (264 × 183 × 10 mm) and it weighs 18.9 ounces (536 grams). ![]() ![]() It also makes improvements to the first-generation model’s E-ink screen contrast ratio. It’s referred to as the “Graphite” model because it only comes in one color, versus its white-or-graphite-case-option predecessor. PowerUP Asia 2023 (May 24-26): Conference & Expo is Ongoing, Enter to Win $50 Amazon Gift Cardīack in December 2011, however, I’d also bought a different (and much large) Kindle product, this one a refurbished second-generation “Graphite” Kindle DX for $199.99 from Woot:
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