Kindle 7th Generation Battery Replacement

Written By: Abby Roulier
  • Comments: 23
Kindle 7th Generation Battery Replacement

Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

7

Time Required

15 - 20 minutes

Introduction

Having battery issues that require replacement? Well you're in the right place. You're also in luck: the battery is the easiest internal component of the Kindle 7th generation to replace. Follow this guide and your Kindle should be working in no time.

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    • Power off your Kindle before beginning disassembly.

    • At each corner, use the blue plastic opening tool to unhook and separate the front panel from the adhesive.

    • Run the tool along the seams to pry open the front panel.

    i had a battery that wouldn't even last a full day in the end. by accident i let the battery fall below 10% charge and when turned on it only showed the battery icon. I fully charged it and now i am having no problems with it. what i think happened is it reset the batteries memory and that was the problem. worth trying anyway before buying a new battery.

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    • Peel the front panel off to remove it from the Kindle.

    • If this is the first time the front panel has been removed, the adhesive may require a significant amount of force to undo.

    • To prevent damaging the front panel, peel the panel from the corners towards the middle of the Kindle.

    • When reassembling your device, if you are replacing the front panel, additional adhesive may be required.

    What is the adhesive you are using resecure the screen? Would Tesa 61395 Tape work (4mm) or would this create protrusion?

    Camble Scott -

    Did that option work for you? I'm about to try and change my battery and don't have any idea on what backup adhesive to have

    Lagroth -

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    • Remove the ten 5.0 mm T5 Torx screws.

    • A magnetized screw mat can help you keep track of your screws.

    You will break the newer vision of kindle just like this. there is a peg that connect the top center of the screen to the back case. Remove the black double sided tape in the center and push this peg back .

    Kyle Darnell -

    If you see black double sided tape at the top of your Kindle, as the commenter above did, you are on the wrong model—have a look here to see if this is your model: Kindle Paperwhite 3rd Generation Screen/Display Touch Panel Replacement

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    • Working evenly along the corners and edges, separate the internal contents from the back panel.

    • There are many clips securing the screen to the back panel. Force will be required to remove the back, but you should never feel that the Kindle may break.

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    • Flip the Kindle over, exposing the battery and motherboard.

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    • Use the blunted precision tweezers to pinch the ends of the clip securing the battery cord to the motherboard.

    • Gently slide the cord from the motherboard connection.

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    • Use the plastic opening tool to pry the battery from the backside of the screen.

    • Set the battery aside.

    • The battery has excessive adhesive so this may take some extra effort.

    • If replacing your battery, safely dispose of your damaged battery and use adhesive to insert the new battery.

Conclusion

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

Author

Abby Roulier

Member since: 08/02/15

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18 comments

Where can I purchase the battery?

Boon -

Fairly easy to do. Saves a lot of money compared to buying a whole new Kindle :) Thank you for this! A note: I've never seen batteries as...soft as these. Take care when using the removal tool. I could be easy to puncture the battery which could cause a big mess and possibly injury.

Joshua -

Where do I get a new battery from please?

Tracy Armstrong -

The link to buy a replacement battery on amazon is dead. Ideas on an alternate source?

Yagoth -

You can get the batteries on Ebay.

Mike Rayner -

This looks more like an 8th gen battery replacement. The 7th gen battery has screws that hold it in place.

Jeff G -

Does replacing the battery reset the Kindle 7 to factory defaults?

Howard Marshall -

No. I just replaced my battery, and it booted with my settings and content.

stefanhubbard -

I have a 7'th gen kindle paperwhite, and inside the screws look nothing like the pictures here! :(

1. There are way more screws, but none of them a torx.

2. The battery is screwed down, and is in a hard black plastic package

3. the main board is edge-to-egde, and with 3 ribbon connectors goring around the sides

4. main board has 4 metal housings hiding all the chips

Jeppe Rishede Thomsen -

Thanks for this! But as others have said, this doesn't look like my 7th generation Kindle Paperwhite (I'm in the UK – I guess it’s possible there might be regional differences?).

But the principle is just the same. Be prepared for 11 crosshead screws instead of ten Torx. The nice thing about the 7th gen is that the battery is in a rigid carrier held down by three screws instead of glue. I’m impressed with the repairability of this Kindle, and the build quality too.

Charles Butcher -

Comment savoir si la batterie est à remplacer ? merci

Gilles Morysse -

You could have mentioned that this is not a Kindle Voyage 7th Generation! Your instructions have had me trying to prise the back off one of those when it just needs the top panel removing and 4 screws undoing. Thanks to ifu##it.com, I have ruined a Kindle. Thanks very much, I won't be ordering any more tools from you!

Tony Winter -

Hello @tonywinter47915

i understand that your situation is really unsettling. The Kindle and the Kindle Voyage are completely different devices, even if they are both Kindles and they are both black. It is absolutely unsatisfying, I understand that, but you cannot blame iFixit for buying the wrong sparepart or using a wrong guide.

If you still need to contact the support, feel free to contact them at support@ifixit.com

In case you need some more support fixing your Kindle Voyage, we have some guides to fix issues with it: Kindle Voyage

BenZ78 -

Be careful when separating the bezel. It is glued. Make sure that you separate it gently from the body but also from the screen.. Bear in mind that if you do it too quickly, it can tear off the edges of the thin layer that covers the entire screen. Lessons learned, unfortunately.

Tom J. -

"i understand that your situation is really unsettling. The Kindle and the Kindle Voyage are completely different devices, even if they are both Kindles and they are both black. It is absolutely unsatisfying, I understand that, but you cannot blame iFixit for buying the wrong sparepart or using a wrong guide."
Don't you think that adding a clarification to the Kindle 7 guides that it is not the Kindle 7 Voyage would be more helpful than telling me they are both Kindles and both black?

Tony Winter -

What is the type of adhesive used?

DyOB -

Carful around the power switch & the micro USB port I think I have killed my ability to connect & recharge my paperwhite :/

GeekonaBike -

the battery is super fragile, even more so than other internal Li-Po batteries. I punctured mine during removal as the adhesive is so strong, even after covering it with Isopropyl alcohol.

Matthew Stevenson -