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Sic Semper Goon
Mar 1, 2015

Eu tu?

:zaurg:

Switchblade Switcharoo
I've had this happen to me, and I replaced the screen about 3 times, and eventually decided to cut my losses and abandon my Kindle keyboard for a new Paperwhite.

The actual e-paper screen would have cracks in the back of it, which for some reason permanently imprints the image that was on the screen at the time, as your images show.

Maybe it was just my habitable incompetence, but the tiny brass screws that hold the motherboard to the case came loose when I was sealing it up again post-repair, and ended up rolling around the case, short-circuiting the connections and largely making the actual letter keys activate by themselves, meaning that I eventually had to open up the case to remove them until I abandoned the Kindle in question.

Tl;dr: The e-paper display has cracked, and need to be replaced. I have grave doubts about amateur repairs, as those other screens eventually ended up cracking as well in my case.

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Sic Semper Goon
Mar 1, 2015

Eu tu?

:zaurg:

Switchblade Switcharoo
Well enough for the previous nine months, but I invested in the largest, bulkiest and most rigid armoured case I could find in order to make sure that it couldn't be damaged.

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