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xtine · 02-03-2015, 08:23 AM

I took a picture of the darkening vertical lines before prying the H2O open. After opening, I didn't know what to do so I just removed and reattached the flex cable connecting the screen to the board. I also pressed on the IC's in hopes that whatever was loose would reattach themselves. From lack of anything else to do, I also removed and reseated the micro SD card and pressed the reset button several times. The vertical lines seemed to rearrange themselves once more but the part with the text still remained as is.

Attaching pictures in case anyone wants to see what the H2O's insides look like but at this point I'm stumped. If the H2O is even still reparable, it's probably beyond me.

On a side note, it's kind of amazing (and a little frightening) to know that a little glue is the only thing that's keeping this device waterproof. To think that I've swum laps with this in the pool!

02-03-2015, 08:23 AM	#7
xtine Addict Posts: 355 Karma: 1432252 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Kobo Forma	I took a picture of the darkening vertical lines before prying the H2O open. After opening, I didn't know what to do so I just removed and reattached the flex cable connecting the screen to the board. I also pressed on the IC's in hopes that whatever was loose would reattach themselves. From lack of anything else to do, I also removed and reseated the micro SD card and pressed the reset button several times. The vertical lines seemed to rearrange themselves once more but the part with the text still remained as is. Attaching pictures in case anyone wants to see what the H2O's insides look like but at this point I'm stumped. If the H2O is even still reparable, it's probably beyond me. On a side note, it's kind of amazing (and a little frightening) to know that a little glue is the only thing that's keeping this device waterproof. To think that I've swum laps with this in the pool! Attached Thumbnails Last edited by xtine; 02-03-2015 at 08:40 AM.