Amazon Kindle Replacement Battery (for 1st Generation Kindle)
by Amazon.com
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Customer Review: I Am Not Alone--Battery Gave Up The Ghost
Summary: 1 Stars
My Kindle 1st generation had been getting glitchy lately after charging the battery. The Kindle would not turn on. A couple of times, after hitting different buttons, and turning off/on, the Kindle came alive, but I noticed I was charging the battery quite often as the battery croaked in short order. The last time I used it, the Kindle seemed to have a psychotic break, blowing its gasket-mind and leaving a dead Kindle shell.
Therefore, I looked up the replacement battery online and thought $20 wouldn't be so bad, until I read the reviews here declaring the battery life was very short. So, I thank all of you who wrote your reviews, as I found them informative and have decided not to buy a new battery.
What a waste of a great product, though. Like buying a fine working machine (the Kindle), propelled by a tin metal heart (the battery).
I think the Kindle needs to take a walk down the yellow-brick road and ask the wizard for a new heart.
Customer Review: Kindle Battery Life
Summary: 4 Stars
I absolutely love my Kindle, but I, too, am not 100% pleased with the battery life. My husband gave me my Kindle for Christmas. I immediately charged it up and played with it for an hour or so, but I had just started a "paper" book and wanted to finish it before reading on my Kindle. By the time I got back to using my Kindle, the battery was already dead. I charged it up again, bought a few new bestsellers, and proceeded to read. The second charge seemed to last forever..probably 16 to 20 hours of usage over the course of 3 days...so I thought the first experience was a fluke. The next charge lasted a long time also. But, I charged it up this past weekend, read for a few hours, shut it off at 50% power and the next day when I turned it on, the battery power was almost at zero. At this rate, my battery won't last the 3 months everyone else seems to be getting. I'm definitely going to get in line for a replacement battery or two.Customer Review: Ordered 36 Days Ago Still not here
Summary: 1 Stars
OK so I received my kindle with a battery that never really worked well. I would charge it up get it all ready to go with me on my travels and load a book or two to take with me, I get on the airplane get the go ahead to use our electronic devices and ta da . . . no power. Would not turn on. This happened I'm not joking every trip, I travel for business so I'm on the go a lot. So I figure I should try this thing with a fresh brand new battery. I ordered one mid January. It's now late February (35 days ago) and the battery has still not shown up. You would think that Amazon would be able to supply replacement batteries for an item they are making out to be so great. That they are proprietary with! Something they make themselves you would think they would support it better than this. Good thing I always had my knitting with me too and I hadn't loaded the patterns onto the kindle which I had thought would be cool to do.Customer Review: ASK QUESTIONS......REALLY!
Summary: 3 Stars
I'm not really certain how these batteries work. Amazon sent them to me by mistake. Oddly enough, after spending about 15 minutes online with an Amazon Rep looking at my account, the Rep determined that I needed a battery that I could install. I ordered two batteries for my Kindle. They came with NO INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS!!! NONE!!! NOT ONLINE, NOT IN THE BOX, NOWHERE WERE THERE ANY INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS!!! Upon calling Amazon, another Rep told me that I in fact could not replace the battery in my Kindle myself. It would need to be returned to Amazon to "determine" if I "needed a new battery". SO! Let's see, I got wrong info from the people in charge. I was sold something I don't need, can't use and must return. I also will be without a Kindle for God knows how long.
My advice? BUY AN iPad!!! This Kindle BS is frustrating, archaic and leaves you empty-handed.
Customer Review: Great Amazon Customer Service
Summary: 5 Stars
I could not get my Kindle battery to charge. I contacted your very responsive and helpful Kindle customer service person (one that spoke clear english), who thought I needed a new battery since the Kindle batteries do not a have a good record for a log life. I ordered a Amazon Kindle 1 Replacement Battery and received it 2 days earlier than promised, great service. To my embarrassment I found later that I was trying to charge the Kindle with wrong the wrong plug and cord. The original battery is still good but I will keep the new battery as a backup. Thank you Amazon again for your the great service that I have received from your company in this instance and on many other orders over the past several years. Keep up the good work. R Badger Amazon Kindle 1 Replacement Battery