Greetings,
A friend asked me to look at her Kobo Mini. It doesn't power up anymore. She indicated that she did damage it so she figures it won't be covered under the warranty but I can only see one small gouge on the front bezel.
The screen shows the powered off icon only. When you try to start it, the led goes green, then blue, and then blinks green for a while then stops. Same result if the reset button is pressed.
I have tried various combinations of holding the power button for 20 seconds or depressing the reset and holding the power button but nothing changes. It has been plugged into my computer and into a wall charger.
Opening up the unit, the video and battery connections look okay. I popped the sd card out and can see the directories in Linux but I have no idea whether there is any issue with corrupted file.
Any other suggestions to try? I am leaning towards a hardware problem but are there anythings I could do with the SD card ensure the problem isn't there?
Thanks, James
A friend asked me to look at her Kobo Mini. It doesn't power up anymore. She indicated that she did damage it so she figures it won't be covered under the warranty but I can only see one small gouge on the front bezel.
The screen shows the powered off icon only. When you try to start it, the led goes green, then blue, and then blinks green for a while then stops. Same result if the reset button is pressed.
I have tried various combinations of holding the power button for 20 seconds or depressing the reset and holding the power button but nothing changes. It has been plugged into my computer and into a wall charger.
Opening up the unit, the video and battery connections look okay. I popped the sd card out and can see the directories in Linux but I have no idea whether there is any issue with corrupted file.
Any other suggestions to try? I am leaning towards a hardware problem but are there anythings I could do with the SD card ensure the problem isn't there?
Thanks, James