Do you have the Kindle 2 Global Edition? The one with GSM Sim Card? Do you know how to disassemble your Kindle 2? If so, then you can install the Kindle Global Edition Sim Card to your iPad and it will work. If it works on the iPad 3G, it will work on the iPhone 4 as well. Read more below to find out how.
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- 1. How it looks before it is cut to Micro Size
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- 2. Cut the GSM Chip
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- 3. Kindle 2 GSM Chip cut
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- 4. Kindle 2 GSM Chip Executed
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- 5. Double Check it’s size
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- 6. Kindle 2 GSM Chip Comparison to ATT
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- 8. Insert Kindle 2 GSM Chip in iPad 3G Slot
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- 9. Automatic Data Provider Selection after insert Kindle 2 GSM Chip
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- 10. Exploring Other GSM Carrier Selection
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- 11. Manually Switched GSM Provider to Telkomsel
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- 12. Enable Data Roaming
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- 13. Set APN to Broadband if it’s not Automatically Set
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- 14. (Optional) Manual Selection APN Settings (Not Recommended)
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- 15. App Store Will Not Connect in Manual Selection Mode
The Final Verdict: If you leave the settings the way it is, which is set it to Automatic and leave the APN settings as is, which is set to Broadband, it will be fine. However, the data provider will be at a snail GPRS Speed. Which is fine in the Kindle since it’s WAP based and can only surf Mobile Websites rather than the full version on the iPad. So, is it worth it? Maybe if the GPRS isn’t as slow as Jakarta, but if you are in the states, the GPRS speed is faster.
If I travel to Singapore and use it there, I haven’t test it yet, maybe the speed will be faster. Maybe.
Test it at your own risk, be sure to have a Micro Sim Card Adapter before you cut the GSM Chip from the Kindle 2 Global Edition, otherwise your Kindle will be wireless-less.
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For me, emergency situations, this is excellent! Works great on my unlocked Nokia e71.
It does volatile Terms of Service with Amazon. (so does using thepiratebay I kid you not!) Remember its linked with the account you bought it with (credit card billing info) So Amazon can figure it out (highly unlikely). So I recommend getting a Kindle 3G off of Craigslist and pay in cash (or trade) like I did. Or buy it from Target it CASH.
Being you can tether via the USB to your iPhone/iPad 3G/Nokia e71 (unlocked) to your PC/Mac, what have you, then BAM, entire network gets slow as hell free internet!
For us out here, in the middle of rural America its about EDGE speed. (I use a cellphone range extender that is 15 feet and only been hit by lightning once (good to have it GROUNDED with 24 gauge wiring). With the cellphone extender off, its GPRS. 3G will never work out let alone 4G here being its not in AT&T’s financial interest anyways)
Works well we we loose our Wildblue because of major storms/snow/incompetence and/or no reason at all.
You people who don’t understand why this is useful? GUESS WHAT, Everyone in the United States DOES NOT EVEN HAVE EVEN BASIC ACCESS TO HIGH SPEED INTERNET
IT IS 2011, I LIVE IN WISCONSIN ST CROIX RIVER VALLY! 38 MILES FROM MINNEAPOLIS, MN!. Its either 56K dial-up or Wildeblue 8GB cap (google Wildblue Satellite Internet and see how GREAT it works for 90 bucks a month *sarcasm)
So THANK YOU to Amazon for using 12 year old Chinese Girls slaving in a humid and hellish factory to making a shitty product that comes apart easily and THANK YOU to the poster of this guide!
Does this still work? I bought a Kindle 2 and put its SIM into a Nokia e71-2, set APN to “broadband”, no data connection. If I set APN to “kindleatt1.amazon.com”, then I can open “www.amazon.com”.
Yeah, they changed the APN basically routes you can only use “Amazon’s” services.
Free ride’s over. I guess it was fun while it lasted.
I like your idea of getting free Internet for lifetime
I like the idea, however, the speed is snail speed at GPRS speed. Not even EDGE. It’s ok just to check email, but don’t expect too much surfing the Internet with it.