About this replacement
Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 2013 — 3.7V Li-ion Replacement Battery (MC-354775-05)
This 3.7V, 1350mAh Li-ion cell replaces the original battery in the Kindle Paperwhite 2013, Kindle Touch 6" 2013, Kindle Touch 3G 6" 2013, and DP75SDI. It matches OEM part numbers MC-354775-05, S13-R1-D, S13-R1-S, and 58-000049. Install it when the original cell no longer holds a charge and the e-reader shuts down mid-use or fails to boot.
- Kindle Paperwhite 2013 and Touch 6" compatibility: These models share the same 3.7V cell footprint, connector pinout, and BMS handshake protocol. The same physical dimensions — 91.32 × 57.89 × 4.00mm — fit all listed variants without modification.
- Bench tested on actual hardware: We ran this cell through charge and discharge cycles on the Paperwhite 2013 platform. The BMS accepted charge via USB without fault flags, and battery percentage reporting stabilised after one full cycle.
- First-charge calibration after cell swap: The Kindle Paperwhite firmware recalibrates its fuel gauge to a new cell only after a complete charge cycle from low to full. Connect USB immediately after installing and let it charge uninterrupted — do not boot the device mid-charge during this first cycle.
Battery percentage jumping after a cell swap on the Paperwhite 2013
The Kindle Paperwhite uses a coulomb-counting fuel gauge that tracks charge state relative to a learned cell profile. A new cell resets that profile, so the firmware has no baseline to work from immediately after installation. The percentage display will jump — sometimes showing 80%, then 20%, then 60% — during the first use session. This is expected behaviour and resolves after one complete charge cycle from near-empty to 100%.
E-reader showing low battery warning immediately after installing a new cell
Replacement cells ship in storage-safe state, typically around 3.0–3.3V. The Paperwhite's low-battery threshold sits at roughly 3.5V, so the device flags a warning the moment it reads the resting cell voltage. This is a voltage issue, not a fault with the cell. Connect the Kindle to a USB charger and leave it for at least 30 minutes before attempting to power it on — once the cell climbs above 3.5V, the warning clears and the device boots normally.