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Originally Posted by rgeorg
@PeterT
If the Reset Hole has no purpose, why is on the device, and explained in the Users Guide? This is a BIG flaw in the Kobo brand case. The main suggestions are to drill my own access hole -- really!!!?
Perhaps some of the undocumented uses of the Power ON/OFF switch may work, but my experience (Glo) is that sometimes you just need to press the Reset with a paper clip.
You seem to have some line to access the Kobo folks - what were they thinking?!
I am livid as I passed up on less expensive options to buy this case, options that were correctly designed.
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I am not PeterT and I hope he doesn't mind that I answer.
The undocumented reset works, when you use only the on and off switch it is like a soft reset.
The mention with the on and off set than tapping both corners is a factory reset so then everything is gone.
The needle in the hole works as soft reset (like the power on/off mode I described).
The covers are not so handy, my previous Kobo cover for the Glo sealed of the external card reader, it was not reachable.
If you want/need to use the reset pin there are 2 options, make a hole yourself with a hot paperclip (leaves almost no damage) or get the device out of the cover.
That seems "dangerous" but in order to reach the external reader in my case, it was needed to get it out every time.
It does softly bend,if you do it easy you will not break anything (think I got my glo out a 50 times before I had to replace it because my cat was chewing on the main flap.) and there will be no damage at the reader.
If you just turn it off holding the on/off button for 15 seconds, then put it on while holding for 15 seconds and then a fast press like you would normal do, then that is in 9 times efficient.
Try it out, it will not damage anything.
There are more triggers to let it do a reset, if the device is not well responding but still active you can connect it to the computer and put on the patch file again. (doesn't matter if it is already patched)
After that the device will reboot and reset by itself.
No fuzzy button sequence thing needed.