Finally, I have good news to write about. After about 18 hours of updating offline [to Dingo 1.10, I just checked; better looking screen than the previous one, I should say], my eDGe came back from its frozen state. So patience is really a virtue when it comes to dealing with the eDGe.

However, I have a couple of question.

1) What does this step in the offline software update procedures mean:

9. Check that the update.zip file is no longer on the USB storage device. It must not be present when you try to download a normal update from the Internet in the future

Do I unmount the USB and delete the update.zip file from the USB using a PC? From what I know, once the USB is unmounted the update.zip file will no longer be in the eDGe, or is there a cache in the eDGe that stores this file without my intentionally storing it there?

2) Is it not advisable to have an SD card in the eDGe when booting up or shutting of? Might this not be the reason why the LCD froze and thus the need for an offline software reload?

Sorry if these questions belongs to another thread. But I'm not over my trauma yet of having the eDGe going into a cryo state with all my work in it.