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readerdm · 07-15-2010, 03:06 PM

My Gen3 was having problems so I tried to reload the firmware. It got halfway through the firmware reload and stopped, I'm afraid the battery might have been too low. Now I just get the first splash screen and the green LED stays on forever (or until I push the reset button). I can't get back to the bootloader by pressing ENTER on power-up either. Battery charging works and battery is now full, but still nothing. It doesn't show up via USB interface either. I sent some e-mails to Bookeen, but no response.

So, does anybody know how to restore the bootloader on a Gen3? I am reasonably technical, so I will try anything to get it back from it's current brick status. I saw some mention of connections to the internal serial port on the motherboard, can anything be accessed from there to restart it? How about any help from the OpenInkpot or the Netronix EB-100 side of things?

07-15-2010, 03:06 PM	#1
readerdm Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Cybook Gen3	Can't Get to Bootloader My Gen3 was having problems so I tried to reload the firmware. It got halfway through the firmware reload and stopped, I'm afraid the battery might have been too low. Now I just get the first splash screen and the green LED stays on forever (or until I push the reset button). I can't get back to the bootloader by pressing ENTER on power-up either. Battery charging works and battery is now full, but still nothing. It doesn't show up via USB interface either. I sent some e-mails to Bookeen, but no response. So, does anybody know how to restore the bootloader on a Gen3? I am reasonably technical, so I will try anything to get it back from it's current brick status. I saw some mention of connections to the internal serial port on the motherboard, can anything be accessed from there to restart it? How about any help from the OpenInkpot or the Netronix EB-100 side of things?