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Kindle screen replacement
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This ^^
I have 2 screen failures this year.
If its out of warranty your screwed though
Kosmik
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WTH? My Kindles about 2 years old now and never had a damaged screen, what are you folks doing?
Sinbad
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Heavy reading apparently
+1 I have a K2, close to 3y old and no problems. It does live in an Amazon leather cover though, and my cat has walked on it several times.
Bismuth
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Yeah, mine has lived in its' cover since it arrived from Amazon, had no issues so far. But yeah, if it's still under warranty, Amazon will replace it, otherwise think you might have to buy a new one.
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R13...
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Mine kindle is on the fritz too, the screen will ink up (completely black) every few days and I'd have to turn a page the return to be able to continue. Odd issue.
Terencek
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Amazon is really great with its replacement policy, even when out of warranty. Quite often in that case you will be offered a refurbished unit at a very attractive price.
Don't even THINK about trying to get one of the local agents (e.g. Incredible) to replace the screen; they even threw up their hands in horror when I asked if they could replace a Kindle Keyboard battery -- something which even amateurs can do in the US with kits easily available online.
Don't even THINK about trying to get one of the local agents (e.g. Incredible) to replace the screen; they even threw up their hands in horror when I asked if they could replace a Kindle Keyboard battery -- something which even amateurs can do in the US with kits easily available online.
Hmm. Mine is doing a similar thing, although it seems to happen when I use the dictionary feature. It's very rare, but sometimes when moving the cursor up/down the page, any lines it goes over become black boxes, and gets worse and worse until I move the page forward/back, which seems to fix it. I hope it's not on its way out
It sounds like you're highlighting??Hmm. Mine is doing a similar thing, although it seems to happen when I use the dictionary feature. It's very rare, but sometimes when moving the cursor up/down the page, any lines it goes over become black boxes, and gets worse and worse until I move the page forward/back, which seems to fix it. I hope it's not on its way out
No, I'm just moving the cursor to activate the dictionary feature (not clicking to activate highlighting). The lines it passes over become solid black squares (ie. the text disappears, and gets replaced by the black squares, and eventually starts washing out).
R13...
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Hmm. Mine is doing a similar thing, although it seems to happen when I use the dictionary feature. It's very rare, but sometimes when moving the cursor up/down the page, any lines it goes over become black boxes, and gets worse and worse until I move the page forward/back, which seems to fix it. I hope it's not on its way out
Yeah mine started that small now the entire page will go completely black. I just hope amazon get their **** together and ship the white here. I'm replacing mine with the white whether it's stuffed or not as soon as they ship here. Or I will import if I find it at non rip off prices
I would definitely contact Kindle support (not Amazon's general support). I have heard about folks getting their Kindles, as old as K3, replaced for display problems.