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skootles · 04-23-2014, 10:08 PM

A friend of mine tossed his old Kobo Mini my way because it wasn't working. He mentioned something about maybe the SD card being messed up but otherwise couldn't tell me why it wouldn't work.

I brought it home and when I boot it up it takes at least 5 minutes on the 'loading' screen (the happy-faced Kobo with the squares) before it gets to the setup page with the option of either setting up over wifi or through USB.

When I tried using wifi it periodically froze for a few minutes at a time and the first time gave me some generic error. The second time I tried it eventually brought me to a page where I could sign into my Kobo account but there was a javascript error popup that I couldn't dismiss (again, it had frozen).

When I trued USB various times it just got to various points in the process before freezing. The latest attempt froze when it asked me to connect the USB cable.

Not quite sure how to troubleshoot this one as it's my first time even using a Kobo. Anyone have any suggestions?

Edit: I'm comfortable opening the device up and accessing the microSD card to possibly reload the firmware if that's an issue, I'd just need a little bit of instruction. As of right now I can see the microSD card has 3 partitions on it but I can't mount them.

04-23-2014, 10:08 PM	#1
skootles Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2014 Device: Kobo Mini	Kobo Mini takes absolutely forever to set up and freezes randomly A friend of mine tossed his old Kobo Mini my way because it wasn't working. He mentioned something about maybe the SD card being messed up but otherwise couldn't tell me why it wouldn't work. I brought it home and when I boot it up it takes at least 5 minutes on the 'loading' screen (the happy-faced Kobo with the squares) before it gets to the setup page with the option of either setting up over wifi or through USB. When I tried using wifi it periodically froze for a few minutes at a time and the first time gave me some generic error. The second time I tried it eventually brought me to a page where I could sign into my Kobo account but there was a javascript error popup that I couldn't dismiss (again, it had frozen). When I trued USB various times it just got to various points in the process before freezing. The latest attempt froze when it asked me to connect the USB cable. Not quite sure how to troubleshoot this one as it's my first time even using a Kobo. Anyone have any suggestions? Edit: I'm comfortable opening the device up and accessing the microSD card to possibly reload the firmware if that's an issue, I'd just need a little bit of instruction. As of right now I can see the microSD card has 3 partitions on it but I can't mount them. Last edited by skootles; 04-24-2014 at 07:54 AM.