I thought I could give it a try since if the android didn't work, I could still use the power button alone and get into the nickle. Unfortunately, I was wrong.
I followed step by step the instructions on Angor's blog. Not to blame him for sure! I decided to take the risk without necessary knowledge and experience. Just a warning for others who are tempted.
At first the Kobo nickle still worked after the treatment. Then I tried pressing the light button and then the power button, nothing happened or the nickle started. I thought I might not press them the right way so tried a few times. The device is useless since then. It does not power up, the light does not turn on - not when I use the power button alone, not when I use the combination of both light and power buttons, not when I connect it to the computer with USB.
I am expecting the worst scenario. Any advices are welcome. I did back up the internal system on the sd card but not sure it will help at all. The SD card partition looks exactly as it should be. With a 32G card, I rearranged the sizes, the order of the partitions are the same as that is the image. Only the KOBO 32FAT is larger.
And a lesson for others: don't try it. It could be because I did something wrong - guess I don't know how to press buttons! Or the new kobo firmware does not work with the modification? I have no idea.
Update: since the device was "dead", I started to abuse the two buttons and magically turned it on. However, no luck with android, which never starts. I watched 3:09-3:17 of this video many times but still can't get it work. Following another blog: I press the light button and hold it, then move the power slide, when the write light is on, I release the power button. According to the tutorial, the light should turn red - I should release the light button - then the light turn green and android will be started. The light on my device never turns red.
I followed step by step the instructions on Angor's blog. Not to blame him for sure! I decided to take the risk without necessary knowledge and experience. Just a warning for others who are tempted.
At first the Kobo nickle still worked after the treatment. Then I tried pressing the light button and then the power button, nothing happened or the nickle started. I thought I might not press them the right way so tried a few times. The device is useless since then. It does not power up, the light does not turn on - not when I use the power button alone, not when I use the combination of both light and power buttons, not when I connect it to the computer with USB.
I am expecting the worst scenario. Any advices are welcome. I did back up the internal system on the sd card but not sure it will help at all. The SD card partition looks exactly as it should be. With a 32G card, I rearranged the sizes, the order of the partitions are the same as that is the image. Only the KOBO 32FAT is larger.
And a lesson for others: don't try it. It could be because I did something wrong - guess I don't know how to press buttons! Or the new kobo firmware does not work with the modification? I have no idea.
Update: since the device was "dead", I started to abuse the two buttons and magically turned it on. However, no luck with android, which never starts. I watched 3:09-3:17 of this video many times but still can't get it work. Following another blog: I press the light button and hold it, then move the power slide, when the write light is on, I release the power button. According to the tutorial, the light should turn red - I should release the light button - then the light turn green and android will be started. The light on my device never turns red.