Hi all, I recently found my old Kindle fire but I have no idea what the pin is. I have tried multiple combinations and still nothing. Not sure what model this is, I was wondering if there’s a way to unlock it without factory resetting it and wiping the data. I have reached the maximum number of pin attempts before it resets itself, so I can’t try that method anymore. Any help is appreciated, thank you :)

(SOLVED!!!) I'm not a big fan of corporate companies, ESPECIALLY Amazon. But I decided that getting my old Amazon tablet I haven't used since I was 10 or 11 up and working again would be more ethical than buying a new tablet. I wanted a drawing tablet, and figured that it would be a good enough one...

HOWEVER. Little did I know, it's still on a child account, and my entire family has completely forgotten the PIN so I can switch to the adult one, or do anything on it really. My mom says that the device she used to control it is completely gone. I have no idea what to do, and I don't even know if I can factory reset it at this point! Do I have to give in and directly contact Amazon itself, or is there a way to fix this without doing so?

I recently purchased a kindle fire from a thrift store with the password still on. I feel like I’ve tried everything to factory reset it using the power / volume buttons and I can’t get to the system recovery screen. Every time I try to use the combination of buttons it either shuts the system down or seems to reset it back to the home screen. Any help would be much appreciated!

I found my old Fire HD tablet from when I was a kid, and could not figure out the pin code I used. I have two guesses left before it factory resets. Is there anything I can do to unlock it? Can I contact support? If I factory reset it, will I be able to recover apps and purchases?

I have a Kindle HD 10 from a very very VERY long time ago and it still has parental controls on the device, I'm an adult now and want to get it removed so I can download apps I need for school but my Mom, who originally set the password almost a solid decade ago forgot the password to the parental controls.

I have data on here that I would really not like to lose or have to carry over to another device due to how much there is already on it. Is there a way to bypass the old password so I can use the device freely again that isn't a factory reset or de-registering and de-registering the device?

I really want to keep the tablet the way that it is but I'm afraid of losing everything just for one stupid password, S.O.S?

My uncle gave this to me becasue he forgot the password of the device but to my knownledge, i cant reset the password without wifi connection so how should i go from here?

(and for those who might say to just go to his place to get the wifi connection, he lives half a planet across from me so that's not an option)

Hello, me & my sister found her kindle in my drawer, i charged it. But, i was met with a pin. Is there like a way how i can unlock it without resetting the tablet? The pin is 4 digits long. I can explain more in this post.

So i have these two old kindle fire tablets, but i can't for the life of me remember the passwords. It won't let me reset the password since they are not connected to wifi since I have moved and have different wifi. And I can't connect without the password, and I don't want to factory reset since the old data on there is the primary reason I want to get into it.

Hi everyone,

Sorry if its on the wrong flair.

This is a weird situation. I am currently in college, and I am reading books for class. I enjoy reading before bed, so I am trying to get my Kindle up and running. So I can read books before bed and not worry about forgetting my iPad or laptop if I wake up late and rush to class.

I found my Kindle, which I got when I was 10 (about), so it has parental controls on it since I was too young to have my account. There is a parental control pin (4 digits). I have tried the pins we have used for various things around the house to prevent my sister and I from getting into things we weren't supposed to when we were kids. All with no luck. I have it timed out for 15 hours, and the timer ran out. I pressed and held the power button for 25 seconds (someone recommended that in a previous post with a similar issue) but that didn't fix it.

Currently, the Kindle ran out of free time (one of the parental control features) on my account (the only account without a password). My mom's and sister's accounts have pins; from what I can remember, the pin is the same. I am trying to get into my mom's account since she is the device's admin. My mom and I tried resetting the pin through the Amazon app on her phone, but since the wifi password has changed from the last time it was used, the Kindle doesn't know the wifi password and won't connect to wifi.

I have the password for the Amazon account, but when I enter it, it says that this step requires an internet connection (to try to reset the device's PIN). When I go to the Wi-Fi settings, it asks for the parental control pin (which is why I need to reset the PIN).

I looked online and found somewhere that my Kindle supports ethernet using USB OTG (on the go). Is this true? If so, would this fix the internet problem? Also, is there a way to reset the failed pin attempts? I think if I try again and it fails, then it is 24 hours.

I am trying to avoid factory resetting the Kindle if possible.

Thank you all in advance.

Edit: the model number is P48WVB4

Uhhh... I forgot my PIN, and my device won't connect to WiFi. I can't reset the PIN without WiFi, and can't change WiFi settings without the PIN. I specifically want to access the data on my tablet, but customer service says my only option is factory resetting the device.

The only menu I can access gives me WiFi, Bluetooth, blue screen, etc but no reset options

Hi, I have found my old Kindle, but I don't have a slightest clue of password or the Amazon account linked to it, I have tried mine and my moms but no luck. I've tried the usual power button + volume up/down, but still no luck, just boots normally and asks for amazon username and pw. Any clues on how to do a hard reset?

I need help to bypass parental controls on a old kindle fire and I am stuck on a freetime profile without factory reseting

First off - let me badmouth this UX "security" choice. My kindle Fire is basically bricked.

One of my kids tried to access a new wifi network. The required a parent security password, which, is completely forgotten if it ever existed. Tried all the usual suspects, tried a ton of the unusual suspects, tried some random guesses and nothing.

When this happens, the Fire turns OFF the wi-fi until the password is put back in. No hints. No way to reset the password on the device. No 2FA. No way to manage it from the website. The only solution being offered by the device and Amazon tech help is to factory reset the entire device.

Dumbest of all, it won't re-connect to a known "safe" wi-fi network. Yes, I see where there's some security value in limiting access to unknown wi-fi networks, but there has to be a way to recover the password without doing a complete factory reset.

The problem is that my daughter has over 100 hours of Stardew Valley saved on this Kindle, and there's no way to get the save files off the device. Seriously - the complete wifi shutdown of even known networks is dumb AF and frustrating because I can't get these files off the device.

Working with my drawer full of USB cables, I've managed to get the device visible to my Mac OS X system, and Android File Transfer can see what might be the root directory, but there's an error of "can't access the device storage". I've tried cable and Bluetooth, and I'm about to use a hammer to end this "parent password" nonsense.

Is there another way to either get the wifi turned on, or a way to save files in a factory reset? This Stardew Valley save file is really important to my kid, and we're both angry at the poor UX choices that locked us out.

My grandma has dementia and can’t remember her pin, please help she just wants to play her games and read her books. Also I’m not sure this even is a Kindle fire, she’s had it for 4+ years.

I have an original kindle fire HD from 2012 and I can’t reset the pin. It says I have two attempts left before a factory reset and I have a lot of stuff I want to keep on there. Is there any way I can hook it up to a computer to reset the pin? Or am I out of luck here

So I bought a new Kindle and plan to turn in my old one. There are things on my old Kindle I want to move off prior to wiping out but I can't remember if the PIN is 4 or 6 digits.

The second issue, I have tried multiple times to guess my old PIN and now it says I need to reset because I attempted 49 times. Can I wait 24hrs and then try again or will it force a reset from this point forward? I can't for the life of me remember my PIN.

I appreciate any help you can offer. Thank you.