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  1. Kindle Fire HD Teardown, Kindle Fire HD Teardown: stap 1, afbeelding 1 van 3 Kindle Fire HD Teardown, Kindle Fire HD Teardown: stap 1, afbeelding 2 van 3 Kindle Fire HD Teardown, Kindle Fire HD Teardown: stap 1, afbeelding 3 van 3
    • Look out, this new Kindle Fire HD is hot!

    • 7" 1280 x 800 HD display with IPS (In-Plane Switching technology)

    • 1.2 GHz dual-core processor with Imagination PowerVR 3D graphics core

    • Dual-band, dual-antenna Wi-Fi (MIMO)

    • Dolby audio and dual-driver stereo speakers

    • Front-facing HD camera

    • 16 or 32 GB internal storage

  2. Kindle Fire HD Teardown: stap 2, afbeelding 1 van 2 Kindle Fire HD Teardown: stap 2, afbeelding 2 van 2
    • Turning the Kindle Fire HD over immediately leaves no doubt that this is a different Kindle than last year's tablet.

    • To keep up with the horizontal layout, the micro-USB and micro-HDMI ports are placed along the bottom edge of the Fire HD.

    • Button mashers rejoice—the Kindle Fire HD has actual physical volume buttons!

    • Along with the volume rocker, the right side of the Kindle houses the 3.5 mm headphone jack, power button, and the right speaker grille.

  3. Kindle Fire HD Teardown: stap 3, afbeelding 1 van 2 Kindle Fire HD Teardown: stap 3, afbeelding 2 van 2
    • Game time! Let's play "Spot the Differences!" Can you tell these Kindles apart?

    • Hint: one of these tablets is not like the other.

    • Give up? Well, we have Kindle Fire HD, a non-HD 2012 Kindle Fire, and a Nexus 7. You can tell apart the non-HD vs. HD Kindles by different camera placement and a small size discrepancy.

    • We'll be including some non-HD Kindle Fire tidbits in this teardown, as it largely hasn't changed from last year's model.

    • Thickness comparison (top to bottom):

    • Nexus 7: 10.4 mm

    • Kindle Fire (2012): 11.43 mm

    • Kindle Fire HD: 10.3 mm

  4. Kindle Fire HD Teardown: stap 4, afbeelding 1 van 2 Kindle Fire HD Teardown: stap 4, afbeelding 2 van 2
    • Enough fun and games, let's get this Kindle open.

    • A plastic opening tool quickly removes the back case to reveal our first glimpse at the internals.

    • Not long ago, we praised the Nexus 7 for being so easy to get into compared to the iPad, and sacrificing only a single millimeter to do so.

    • Fast forward a couple months later, and Amazon has an easy-to-open tablet that's another 0.1 mm thinner than the Nexus 7. We've said it once, and we'll say it again: you don't need to sacrifice thinness to make a repairable device.

  5. Kindle Fire HD Teardown: stap 5, afbeelding 1 van 2 Kindle Fire HD Teardown: stap 5, afbeelding 2 van 2
    • The newly revised Kindle Fire (left) and the Kindle Fire HD (right) lay side-by-side, both opened up and exposed to the sterile white lights of the iFixit teardown table.

    • The Kindle Fire HD is the big kid in town (for now), but that doesn't mean the refreshed Kindle Fire doesn't deserve a little peek inside, just for giggles.

    • Though the non-HD Kindle Fire motherboard layout is pretty much the same as last year, Amazon switched up the design and layout of a few connectors:

    • The design of the digitizer ribbon cable has been minimally altered.

    • The ambient light sensor socket is missing from the motherboard, though the trace is still present on the board.

  6. Kindle Fire HD Teardown: stap 6, afbeelding 1 van 2 Kindle Fire HD Teardown: stap 6, afbeelding 2 van 2
    • But, let's resume focus on the device du jour: the just-released HD variant of the Kindle Fire.

    • The battery is secured by four Phillips #00 screws and one lonely T5 Torx screw.

    • While this single T5 Torx isn't going to keep out our prying fingers, it might be enough to sour the battery removal attempts of someone who is less well-equipped. Lesson learned, kids: don't bring your Phillips to a Torx fight.

    • Well this is a first. The battery is enclosed within a metal casing. We believe this is for structural reinforcement, as well as for shielding the battery from any possible electrical damage.

    • The Kindle Fire HD gets its spark from a 3.7 V, 4400 mAh, 16.43 Wh Li-ion battery that—as in most mobile devices—dominates most of the inner real estate.

    • Amazon says this Kindle will operate for 11 hours without having to plug it in. That is a whole four extra episodes of Family Guy than the Nexus 7 will give you.

  7. Kindle Fire HD Teardown: stap 7, afbeelding 1 van 2 Kindle Fire HD Teardown: stap 7, afbeelding 2 van 2
    • What have we here? A stand-alone, replaceable headphone jack. Amazon: thanks for caring about repairability!

    • The standard 3.5 mm audio jack will allow you to plug in any standard headphones or external speakers, even your fancy new Apple EarPods.

  8. Kindle Fire HD Teardown: stap 8, afbeelding 1 van 1
    • The motherboard — which is the second-largest killer of real estate inside the Kindle Fire HD — is the next component to fall victim to our prying hands.

    • With some careful work with a razor blade we were able to peel up the copper tape covering the main processor. The copper tape allows the processor to dissipate heat, but is more problematic to remove than a good ol' fashioned heat sink.

    I understand that too read the SOC label you eventually would want to peel off the copper tape from its head but this is not an action I would recommend in a quick home repair situation unless you have similar replacement copper tape at hand.

    To free the motherboard, just peel of the tape where it sticks to the battery cover and magnesium frame (top and bottom of the copper tape strip).

    This leave the major part of the heatsink in place and you just need to find a way to re-adhere two small ends.

    Sclewdlivel - Antwoord

    What kind of copper tape does it take in the kindle fire HD or does it matter

    Mary Railsback - Antwoord

    How important is it for that copper tape to be connected to the battery housing? I replaced my battery but the tape broke in the process. Do I need to add more tape? Where can I buy that tape?

    danceunplugged - Antwoord

    The copper tape is most difficult to take off at the point between the battery cover and the motherboard, and at the part where it goes from the motherboard to the frame. I just wanted to peek under it and toss some thermal paste on the SoC, and ended up with a tear between the frame and the motherboard; not a huge deal, I was able to mostly patch it back together. Temps are much better now anyway!

    Kyle Repinski - Antwoord

  9. Kindle Fire HD Teardown: stap 9, afbeelding 1 van 2 Kindle Fire HD Teardown: stap 9, afbeelding 2 van 2
    • Let's see what ICs Amazon threw into the Fire HD to make it burn:

    • Samsung KLMAG2GE4A eMMC 16 GB Flash Memory and Flash Memory Controller

    • Elpida B8164B3PF-1D-F 8 Gb (1 GB) DDR2 RAM

    • Texas Instruments TWL6032 Fully Integrated Power Management IC

    • Broadcom BCM2076 Multifunction Monolithic IC with GPS and GLONASS AGPS, Bluetooth 4.0, and FM Receiver/Transmitter

    • Wolfson WM8962E Ultra-Low Power Stereo CODEC

    • B50 5222 12507A9A10, which the folks at Broadcom tells us it's a BCM43239 802.11n Wi-Fi package.

    • The backside of the board is mostly blank, save for the InvenSense MPU-6050 gyroscope / accelerometer and one of the two Wi-Fi antennas used for MIMO technology

    B50: SEMCO(Samsung Electro Mechanics) MIMO WiFi Module

    hyunseok jung - Antwoord

    Hi, in the kindle fire HD 7" board I can see the usb boot square , how I can sort it and start the usb boot for OMAP4460, my kindle is totally dead.

    dibyajyoti goswami - Antwoord

    There appears to be a few variants of the RAM and eMMC floating around; my unit in particular has a Samsung K3PE7E700M-XGC2 for the RAM and a SanDisk SDIN5C4-16G eMMC. Interestingly, my Galaxy Nexus has a Samsung K3PE7E700M-XGC1 for the RAM and a SanDisk SDIN5C2-32G for the eMMC; apparently I have the same device but twice!

    Kyle Repinski - Antwoord

    In the first pic or top side, in the pic above the Wolfson Ultra-Low Power Stereo CODEC(blue box) you will see 6 pins with the words PWR,USB BOO,RST. If you short the middle pin closest to arrow with copper ground tape, you can fastboot the device using a plain 4pin usb cord. Useful for recovery boot loop or soft bricked devices. The other 2 pins named, Pwr will turn device on /off if broken physical buttons (long "press" the same as if using buttons). RST will power cycle /hard reboot device, don't jump the other side of pins (the side with the 1400 numbers) I have successfully tested this on first and second generation kfhd7

    dj skizo - Antwoord

  10. Kindle Fire HD Teardown: stap 10, afbeelding 1 van 2 Kindle Fire HD Teardown: stap 10, afbeelding 2 van 2
    • Last year, Amazon hid the Texas Instruments OMAP processor underneath the Hynix RAM chip, so that prompted us to roll up the sleeves and do some delayering.

    • With no processor in sight on the Fire HD's board, we figured they had tried to pull one over on us again—and we were right!

    • The Texas Instruments OMAP 4460 dual-core processor we uncovered is an upgrade from the standard Fire's 4430 processor.

    • Amazon states that the Kindle Fire HD has a 1.2 GHz processor, even though TI claims the 4460 operates at up to 1.5 GHz. Rooters, take note.

    • We also delayered the regular Fire's processor for the lolz (second pic). Turns out it's the same 4430 we found way back in the Dark Ages of 2011.

    Notice the "X" designation on the SoC, which means that it's an experimental device. TI normally sells "X" devices to customers before they've worked out all the bugs in the chip. These parts are not necessarily up to spec, which is likely why Amazon has had to underclock the processor in the Fire HD. Amazon probably thought they could save some money by using these parts, which likely come from excess stock.

    dfskjfksa - Antwoord

  11. Kindle Fire HD Teardown: stap 11, afbeelding 1 van 1
    • While we're at it, let's see what changed on the updated non-HD Kindle Fire's motherboard:

    • Samsung KLMAG2FEJA 8 GB Flash Memory

    • Elpida B8164B3PF-1D-F 8 Gb (1 GB) DDR2 RAM

    • Texas Instruments 603B107 Fully Integrated Power Management with Switch Mode Charger

    • Texas Instruments LVDS83B Power Controller

    • Texas Instruments WL1270B WLAN Solution

    • In short: the non-HD version now has twice the RAM, but is largely unchanged—processor included.

  12. Kindle Fire HD Teardown: stap 12, afbeelding 1 van 2 Kindle Fire HD Teardown: stap 12, afbeelding 2 van 2
    • We proceed by removing the dual-driver speaker system from the inner framework of the Kindle Fire HD.

    • According to Amazon, the Kindle Fire HD features "exclusive, custom Dolby audio, dual-driver stereo speakers" which work in conjunction along with the "auto-optimization software" to provide a "clear, crisp, balanced audio" experience.

    • The speakers sound pretty good, but don't expect your head to explode when Skrillex d-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-drops the bass.

  13. Kindle Fire HD Teardown: stap 13, afbeelding 1 van 2 Kindle Fire HD Teardown: stap 13, afbeelding 2 van 2
    • Next out is the front-facing (and only) camera.

    • As usual, a number of folks are complaining about the lack of a rear-facing camera on the Kindle Fire HD. We're left a little puzzled as to why this is such a deal-breaker, considering how funny you look taking pictures with a tablet.

    • Amazon doesn't publish the resolution of this camera, and rather states that it is an "HD camera."

    • Assuming that the camera captures images in the Kindle Fire HD's native resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels, that would be a whopping 1.0 megapixel—nothing worth writing home about.

    • This is solely speculation, and we would have to get our hands on an image captured with the Kindle Fire HD to say for sure what the camera's resolution is.

    The instructions don't show how to remove the ribbon cable.

    Chuckt - Antwoord

  14. Kindle Fire HD Teardown: stap 14, afbeelding 1 van 3 Kindle Fire HD Teardown: stap 14, afbeelding 2 van 3 Kindle Fire HD Teardown: stap 14, afbeelding 3 van 3
    • Once the battery and the motherboard have been removed, the inner framework can easily be lifted up off the LCD assembly.

    • Good news everyone! The second Wi-Fi antenna is held in place by mild adhesive, so it comes out fairly easily.

    • In addition to housing the Wi-Fi antenna, the inner framework is home to the ambient light sensor/microphone/front-facing camera ribbon cable and headphone jack ribbon cable. Check them out:

    • Ambient light sensor

    • MD v1.2 Microphone

  15. Kindle Fire HD Teardown: stap 15, afbeelding 1 van 3 Kindle Fire HD Teardown: stap 15, afbeelding 2 van 3 Kindle Fire HD Teardown: stap 15, afbeelding 3 van 3
    • The display is manufactured by LG Electronics, and is labeled as LD070WX3-SL01.

    • Bad news everyone! The LCD and front glass panel are fused together. This means you have to replace the entire assembly as one unit rather than two separate entities.

    • It seems as if this particular display was designed on April 19, 2012.

    • Finally, we found the Atmel maXTouch™ mXT768E mutual capacitance touchscreen controller hiding underneath a piece of tape.

  16. Kindle Fire HD Teardown: stap 16, afbeelding 1 van 2 Kindle Fire HD Teardown: stap 16, afbeelding 2 van 2
    • Kindle Fire HD Repairability: 7 out of 10 (10 is easiest to repair)

    • The rear case is very easy to open, granting trouble-free access to the internals.

    • The battery is held in with absolutely no adhesive.

    • Simplistic design and limited functionality means fewer components and less headache for disassembly.

    • Mostly all screws found inside are Phillips #00 screws—except for one T5 Torx screw.

    • Copper tape over the processor is somewhat difficult to remove and to readhere correctly.

    • The LCD is fused to the front glass and plastic frame, meaning you'll have to replace both components together.

    Hi David, this is a fantastic tutorial you have here. i really appreciated the colour coding between the circuits and the bullet points.

    Cheers

    Andrew Olutwego - Antwoord

David Hodson

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Step 9: Broadcom BCM2076 Multifunction Monolithic IC with GPS and GLONASS AGPS, Bluetooth 4.0, and FM Receiver/Transmitter. Does the Kindle really has this features?

I mean: GPS and Bluetooth?

Leandro Guerrero - Antwoord

yes it has bluetooth, but idk about gps.

[deleted] -

I notice that they left the micro usb jack for power attached to the motherboard, I have noticed this to be a weak point on the Kindle Fire and easy to break, forcing you to send in the board for repair or replacing it. A stand alone jack, like with the headphone would have been nice.

Thomas Grass - Antwoord

Hi, I'm hoping someone can help me answer this question. My daughter has the Kindle Fire HD, and her headphones broke off leaving a piece in the headphone jack of the device. I've taken it to Best Buy and they are unable to get it out without taking it apart. They were unfamiliar with taking apart these devices, so I decided to hold off for now. Does anyone know whether taking it apart would allow a technician to remove the broken end of the headphones? Any other pieces of advise? I don't want to damage it any more than what it already is.

Brittney - Antwoord

Removing the headphone post could be as simple as using a very fine tweezers or pics if the post is accessible!

If not, the next two options should be easy enough for either of you to do at home.

A) Bond something to the the headphone post with a small amount of super glue gel, then pull it out. Too much glue or shaky hands might make things worse though…

B) Press a rigid sleeve over and around the headphone post, just enough to get a grip on it, then remove. There is a video onYoutube where a piece of tubing from a can of compressed air was used..

You can do it!

Shawn Wager -

fantastic u help me to fix my own kindle :D

Abdullah - Antwoord

Any advice on getting the volume and power buttons back in place? Having no luck.

justinkyle01 - Antwoord

Can anyone tell me if the Kindle Fire HD have a reset button....My grand daughter locked the tablet and there was no pass word on it ......Have done every thing to unlock but nothing is working.....HELP........

Lashell Quant Wilson - Antwoord

Call tech support. They will walk you through it

Delphi Skysong -

You keep the on/off button pressed for exactly 40 seconds

Mak Lynx -

I can no longer connect my kindle fire on neither my laptop nor my pc. Everytime I connect it it says ‘usb device not recognized’. I have tried uninstalling the driver but it seems that the actual problem is the cable port (usb port) on my kindle. Has anyone had the same problem before?

Mak Lynx -

Hellow., where i can buy a front glass display ?.. my daugther broke the kindle :( ?. please contac me in srfuego6@gmail.com thanks!!!

juan medina - Antwoord

Thanks, very helpful. Could use some guidance on replacing the power/audio control piece.

srq - Antwoord

Is it necessary to remove all of the other components individually if one only wants to replace the Digitizer Touch Screen? Is there a way to remove them all at once an then get to the screen?

Richard Splash - Antwoord

Thank you, thank you, thank you! Finally a repair guide for we who don't buy into Apple's marketing, and paying for grossly overpriced hardware that's difficult to repair.

Michael Driver - Antwoord

This is the worst guide I've seen on ifixit. Spend less time making corny jokes and smart remarks and more time actually stating where the screws are and more details on what is actually coming out of the tablet so we can use this as a guide to tear apart and put it back together correctly.

Dan - Antwoord

need help pls...my cousin borrowed my kdf hd and he installed an android custom os on it.so when tried to reset it under settings and select erase it, then after that my kindle reboot then it stuck on a teamwin image...i have no idea about it.is there anyway to hardreset the tablet.cause i've tried searching on google i use the kindle fire utilitly but no luck and does not charging anymore...it can't install driver of my tablet.so pls...help me out!

crazee assh - Antwoord

My fire tablet 5th generation is not coming on, can i get help?

Cazan Solano - Antwoord

Where do you guys get your training? LOL - the copper tape is for EMI shielding & grounding, it has NOTHING to do with CPU heat dissipation.

Matt Foot - Antwoord

Kindle Fire HD Teardown. This is my Kindle fire HD. Does anyone know what edition it is? I need a battery. Justmewdc@gmail.com

justmewdc - Antwoord

This was helpful but nowhere did you address the port problem. Can that be changed? My port is broken. it can not use a charger

Edwina Dipietro - Antwoord

Is there any way to Fix my Kindle Fire 10 which has a port broken. Can the port be changed?

Edwina Dipietro - Antwoord

Any suggestions for what copper tape to use if I need to replace it? Will any thermal copper tape work?

Patsy Howe - Antwoord

STEP 9, Hi the ic: DN700. What is your number or manufacturer's information for your replacement? power ic?

romano762 - Antwoord

My kid was so sad she broke it & I fixed it! Now I'm Awesome Mama with Happy Kid. TYVM!!!

Leuth Novotny - Antwoord

just opened my fire hd7 2nd gen. unlike the parts description in the top of this tear down, my battery is a lithium polymer battery, not a lithium ion battery (li-po vs. li-ion)

other than that, good job guys

david - Antwoord

Last night my KF HD 7 “ate” my micro SD card. It won’t eject. I’m more than willing to sacrifice this pos in order to retrieve that SD card. And I would like to use the battery in my 2012 Gen 2 Fire. The Gen 2 battery finally gave up the ghost and won’t take a charge.

M R Stroup - Antwoord

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