About this replacement
Amazon Kindle D00111 — 3.7V Li-ion Replacement Battery (170-1001-00)
This 3.7V, 1200mAh Li-ion battery is a direct replacement for the first-generation Amazon Kindle and Kindle D00111 e-reader. It matches the original cell's voltage, capacity, and connector configuration. OEM part numbers A00100, BA1001, and 170-1001-00 all cross-reference to this cell.
- Kindle D00111 platform fit: The D00111 hardware uses a single-cell 3.7V Li-ion configuration with a three-pin connector carrying voltage, ground, and a thermistor signal. This replacement uses the same pinout and cell dimensions (67.44 × 44.22 × 5.01mm), so the connector seats without modification.
- Bench tested on actual hardware: We cycled this cell through charge and discharge on a Kindle D00111 unit. The BMS accepted the cell without fault flags, percentage reporting tracked correctly after a full charge cycle, and the e-ink display refreshed normally at both full and low charge states.
- Post-swap charge cycle on Kindle: E-reader firmware on the D00111 tracks charge history to display battery percentage. After swapping cells, run a complete charge via USB before first use — skipping this step causes the percentage indicator to jump or read inaccurately until the firmware resets its calibration reference.
Kindle D00111 not powering on after battery swap
Replacement cells ship at storage voltage — typically 3.0V to 3.3V — which sits below the Kindle D00111's minimum boot threshold of around 3.4V. The device will not attempt to power on below that threshold, so pressing the power button produces nothing. Connect the Kindle to a USB charger immediately after installing the new cell and leave it for at least 10 minutes before attempting to power on. Once the cell climbs above the boot floor, the device starts normally.
Battery percentage jumping around after installing a new cell
The Kindle D00111 firmware uses charge history stored from the previous cell to calculate percentage. A new cell has no history, so the firmware initially maps voltage to percentage using stale data — this causes the readout to skip in large steps or drop suddenly. This corrects itself after one full charge and discharge cycle. Run the device down to the low-battery warning, then charge uninterrupted to 100% — after that single cycle, percentage tracking stabilises.