10-09-2012, 02:00 PM | #46 |
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Can you clarify what you mean please by a "Kobo Desktop"..
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11-30-2013, 08:01 PM | #47 |
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I bought a kobo mini for someone but the screen broke and she was upset so I decided to fix it. She really loves it and they're pretty much out of stock everywhere I looked (or $80). While it's under warranty, Kobo said it was user caused damage so they refused to repair or replace it. Found a kobo mini on craigslist for $25 that only worked when plugged in after being dunked in water but the screen was fine. Something up with the battery.
So I opened up the broken screen kobo mini (let's call it KM1) and the broken battery kobo mini (KM2) using these instructions: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=193321 I decided to move the entire internals from KM1 into KM2 (battery + PCB + SD card) to save the books. The battery was glued in place so I got a plastic knife and carefully removed both batteries and swapped them. Got a little bent up at the edges but seemed fine. Then I put the PCB in place (watch for the switch at the top of body to align properly with the one on the PCB), re-attached the ribbon for the screen (they had different numbers on them but that didn't seem to matter), and attached the battery's plug. The battery plug was actually very, very finicky. Even when it appeared to be seated properly, it needed to be pushed down more towards the USB plug edge. So be careful to make sure the metal contacts actually touch each other. Also be careful with those cause they break easily. I broke the battery's plug on KM2 without even trying. Got really lucky that KM1's battery didn't break when I was removing it, otherwise I may have had to pay for a new battery as well. KM1 seems more recently made (has the 4GB microsd card) so maybe they improved the design. Anyhoo, be careful with that plug and also with the other end. Some more tips: https://www.sparkfun.com/tutorials/241 Replaced the screws for PCB and then for the back cover and it seems to be working fine. So it is possible to swap the PCB and battery from a kobo with a broken screen to one without a broken screen. I'm gonna make sure she gets a damn case this time. I hate to grave-dig but this thread came up in google searches and I thought I'd contribute my experience for any future googlers. Cheers! |
12-01-2013, 09:56 AM | #48 |
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@RT Wolf: Thanks for your contribution, and for resurrecting this important thread! Whether the battery could be replaced was an aspect I was completely unaware of when I bought my Kobo. (It might have been a deal breaker if I had seen this thread back then)
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12-01-2013, 09:58 AM | #49 |
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None of the "mainstream" reading devices have batteries which are designed to be user-replaceable. All can be replaced, but some make you work a lot harder to do so (eg by having a glued-in battery) than others. It can vary even between different models in the same range - eg a "Basic" Kindle has a glued-in battery which is extremely difficult to replace, while a Kindle Paperwhite has a battery which isn't glued, and is very easy to replace.
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12-01-2013, 10:29 AM | #50 |
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I would cut battery wires and solder replacement battery wires with battery to old connector wires. Easier for me with solder skills and equipment. Poke wires through sheet of paper to shield circuit board from solder drips.
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12-01-2013, 02:44 PM | #51 |
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Ah.. the Jetbook Lite makes a great backup reader that uses 4ea AA batteries.
In three years there may be a much improved battery that could replace the existing internal kobo battery. It is just glued in place and connected with two wires into a connector on the PCB. If nothing else you would be able to just strip and solder the new battery leads to the old battery leads, with the connector. Luck; Ken |
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If you know a safe glue solvent, adding that to the floss might make it even easier. Luck; Ken |
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12-02-2013, 12:58 AM | #56 |
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When I bought my Kobo Wifi a Canadian company sold replacement battery for it. Have not seen this recently.
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12-02-2013, 01:17 AM | #57 | |
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12-02-2013, 11:54 AM | #58 |
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This is a problem across the consumer-electronics industry. It will take legislation in the US or the EU or Japan requiring consumer-replaceable batteries (as a way of combating the ever-growing problem of otherwise usable electronics ending up in landfill) before manufacturers will address this issue, I think.
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12-02-2013, 12:24 PM | #59 | |
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Perhaps these recycling companies would be selling the "toner" for 3D printers that could recreate the devices recycled, or many other devices. Luck; Ken Of course for the EU and Canada, appointing a new set of bureaucrats to hamper production would be the way to go. Last edited by Ken Maltby; 12-02-2013 at 12:51 PM. |
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12-03-2013, 07:20 AM | #60 |
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In the EU the bureaucrats seem that far removed from everyday life that they only function as a real-life soap.
I am a bit surprised that your nanite-SF still wants to rely on companies. Shouldn't an everyday household generate enough of waste materials to produce whatever the kids think of printing? Isn't the real hamper on production that consumers and producers are geographically separated? The real money is still in trade and distribution. That is because they are, especially in nanite-SF superfluous. They have to get the money, when the getting is still good. |
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