*tl;dr*: I need an original Kobo SD card image, and all the links are dead.
Hello,
I have spent the past 2 hours or so reading through a ton of posts on this forum because I wanted to make sure I couldn't find what I was looking for before posting.
Here's the problem. I got the google drive hack to work on my Kobo Original with WiFi (N647) for a while. Then it stopped working.
I did a factory reset a few times, and it never worked again, and kept creating the .grive-sync on the kobo, even after the factory reset. I guessed
So, I got the brilliant idea to try to upgrade the firmware to 1.9.16 from this thread
Bad Idea! :smack: So, now the kobo sits on the loading screen.
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I have tried every kind of reset, the paper clip, paper clip plus dpad, power, power plus home, etc. nothing worked.
I think I can do an recovery from an SD card using this method: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=111181
And I all I need is an SD card image I can use, the problem is all the links are dead:
the 1.4 links: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=94133
and the 1.8 link: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=111475
are all dead
So if anyone knows another way to get it out of this loop or if anyone has an sd image laying around somewhere, please let me know!
Thanks so much!
Hello,
I have spent the past 2 hours or so reading through a ton of posts on this forum because I wanted to make sure I couldn't find what I was looking for before posting.
Here's the problem. I got the google drive hack to work on my Kobo Original with WiFi (N647) for a while. Then it stopped working.
I did a factory reset a few times, and it never worked again, and kept creating the .grive-sync on the kobo, even after the factory reset. I guessed
So, I got the brilliant idea to try to upgrade the firmware to 1.9.16 from this thread
Bad Idea! :smack: So, now the kobo sits on the loading screen.

I have tried every kind of reset, the paper clip, paper clip plus dpad, power, power plus home, etc. nothing worked.
I think I can do an recovery from an SD card using this method: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=111181
And I all I need is an SD card image I can use, the problem is all the links are dead:
the 1.4 links: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=94133
and the 1.8 link: http://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=111475
are all dead
So if anyone knows another way to get it out of this loop or if anyone has an sd image laying around somewhere, please let me know!
Thanks so much!