Kindle's screen is partially frozen with the screensaver, the rest of the screen works normally. Already reset it and factory reset it, does anyone know if I can save it somehow?

posted 2 months ago

First of all, I know this is not the kind of questions that usually are done in asklemmy but I don’t know where to ask, sorry folks.

It’s a 5th generation kindle and I really loved reading on it. :(

Bonus question if the kindle is doomed: best e-ink reader on the cheaper side? I don’t want anything super powerful or fancy, I just want to load my collection with calibre and read on it. - bonus points if it’s a libre and or open source friendly.

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witheyeandclaw@lemmy.sdf.org

6 points

2 months ago

I have the same model and I just replaced the battery. There are videos on YouTube to get it open. It’s very achievable for someone without a lot of experience repairing their own electronics.

There is also a jailbreak for this model’s latest firmware which allows you to read your books with Koreader if you don’t want to wait to upgrade to a FOSS friendlier device.

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linucs@lemmy.mlOP

5 points

2 months ago

Yeah I’ve already jailbroken this one. I’ll probably replace the screen as someone else suggested, there’s a very nice ifixit tutorial

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