Uses for a bricked Echo Show?

[nblack1251]

I have an Echo Show that is effectively bricked (not registered because the post office screwed up and delivered it super late after a replacement had already been delivered). Amazon can re-activate it for a charge, but I don’t really need a second one, and they don’t want it back.

My question - is there anything else I can do with it as an un-registered item? It seems a shame to waste all of the cool hardware in it. I didn’t know ITV you could hack or root it (I’m not super tech-savvy...)

[tthoben]

You could search online for a tear-down guy and send it to him for dissection. He/she will have a nice time to break it down into components and tell you what's the cost price of the show based on the components used.

[dragon123]

I'm presuming the reactivation charge costs less than a new Show, so, give it to a family member/friend or sell it..?

[asianrocker]

Interesting. Didn't know you can't just register any echo now? You have to pay? While it is good news it's theft deterrent, I am sure I would be happy to accept it as a challenge.

That's my kind of thing. To find out how to work around those 'locked' device.

[renegade600]

Interesting. Didn't know you can't just register any echo now? You have to pay? While it is good news it's theft deterrent, I am sure I would be happy to accept it as a challenge.

That's my kind of thing. To find out how to work around those 'locked' device.

it could be only because it was not paid for to begin with.