![]() ![]() Unless at the top you disable the simple numeric PIN. There is a wee bit of confusion here, tho: it says “at least 4 characters” but in fact you can only enter numbers. Tap on “Change Password”, enter your current PIN, then set it to whatever you’d like, something long and complicated: Tap on “Security” at the bottom of the list and you’ll see a number of options from which you can choose: Pull down the top system menu (drag your finger from the top edge), then tap on the “+” symbol for all settings. Of course, regardless of which Kindle you have, setting an unguessable password is an easy solution to regain control of the system, so let’s have a look at just how that can be accomplished. ![]() It’s important to note that the earlier generation of the Kindle operating system (or “firmware”) didn’t have much in the way of parental controls, so unless you have a new Kindle Fire HD, Kindle Fire, paperwhite, or similar more recent device, you might be out of luck with the better parental controls. No Internet access, no app store, no apps. The first is to block the Kindle entirely, which I’ll show in a bit, but the second possibility is to simply use the parental controls to lock the system down so that the only thing your kids could do is read books on the device. There are two ways you can deal with this.
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