REPAIR NIGHTMARE – Jon Fingas looks at the issues with the Kindle Fire HDX the result makes most Android tablets look positively easy as pie to repair.
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Amazon Kindle Fire HDX (7-inch) Teardown Finds Few Easily Repairable Parts
We hope you weren’t planning to repair the 7-inch Kindle Fire HDX yourself; a new iFixit teardown has revealed that Amazon’s tablet isn’t very serviceable. While it’s easy to replace minor components like the headphone jack, major elements are fused together. You’ll have to remove the motherboard to replace the battery, for instance. There aren’t many surprising part choices inside the HDX, either, although we now know that LG supplies the 1,920 x 1,200 display. If you’re still determined to fix Amazon’s tablet — or are just curious as to how it works — you’ll want to visit the source link.
So do any of you Kindle Fire HDX owners have any gruesome repair stories – not only that we are happy to hear about Android tablet repairs. See the original article at EnGadget – let us know your repair stories if they’re interesting….
