Kindle Voyage Wifi Antenna Replacement

Written By: Sean Yap

Comments: 9

Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

Time Required

No estimate

Introduction

If you are unable to connect to the internet with your Voyage there is likely a problem with your WiFi antenna. This guide is here to help you locate and remove it.

Tools

Step 1

Insert a plastic opening tool between the plastic panel shown on the device.
Use the tool to pry the plastic away from the device.
There will be adhesive holding this piece of plastic to the device. You may have to pull pretty hard to get it separated.

This is not the best way to do this. The plastic panel snaps in on the lower/center part and slides into notches in the top. When you do as this instructs it breaks the tabs that connect on the top. If you can slide a few of the guitar picks into the lower part and get all the glue disconnected and get it to get past the snaps on the bottom you can then slide it upward and remove it without damaging the panel.

sam -

Thank you for a very helpful hint

baggins -

Step 2

Use an aluminum driver attached with a Phillips head size #00 to remove the four 3mm screws shown in the picture. For reassembly, note that the top two and bottom two screws are different sizes.

Step 3

Once the screws are removed, the back panel can slide off the device.

Why is step 4 needed? The magnetic component doesn’t appear to be in the way of the battery replacement. Is the magnetic component just sitting on the posts (without screws attaching)? Will any magnet work to remove it? Is there any electrical connection to this component?

John - 26/04/18

There is no electrical connection, it is just sitting there. It should be removed so that it doesn’t fall out during the rest of the repair.

Merlin04 - 25/06/19

I’ve tackled apparently more complicated jobs on iMac, MacBook and iPhone, but this one has defeated me! I can’t complete step 3 the panel simply will not slide off.

Graham Miles - 13/10/20

Correction, tried some more. After one and a half hours of struggling I finally managed to slide the cover off. Now tht it’s been done once, it slides on and off easily.Just putting this here in case others have the same problem - persevere. In principle the job’s an easy one.

Graham Miles - 13/10/20

If the old battery swells, as mine did, the board will not slide out of the case. Too much pressure exerted on the case from the swollen battery.

I had to separate the two halves of the case.

Robert Sauve -

Step 4

Remove the magnetic component with the magnetic head of the aluminum driver.

This instruction confused me. There is a component above the battery. It’s not held there by anything (no adhesive or fasteners), so you can just take it off. They’re saying to use anything magnetic to pick it up, but you can just use your fingers.

moec - 07/10/20

Step 5

Use an aluminum driver with Phillips head #00 to remove the four 3 mm screws shown in the picture.
Use the same driver to remove the two 2.5 mm screws.

Step 6

Using the tweezers, undo the attached clip.
Remove the three 3 mm screws holding down the rest of the antenna with an aluminum driver and the Phillips #00 head.
You should now be able to simply take the WiFi bar off of the device.

Conclusion

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

Author

Sean Yap

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One comment

Re Kindle Voyage Wifi Antenna Replacement guide: I cannot find the WiFi antenna bar on your website to purchase a replacement. Do you sell it?

carol cooper - 28/01/21