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davidfor · 12-03-2015, 05:09 PM

The things I can think of are:

- The serial number 13 characters long. For a Mini, it will always start with "N705". Exactly as specified in the other thread. If you changed characters after this, you might have changed something important. But, it is safe to restore the image without setting the serial number. Or at least no-one who has done this has complained.

- As you are restoring a 4GB image to a 4GB card, restoring it is all you need to do. Any further fiddling is likely to cause problems. Hence you should skip step 7.

What I would recommend is starting again. Unpack the image, fix the serial number and then restore it. If it doesn't boot properly, do a factory reset.

For a Mini, the factory reset is:
- Charge the device for at lease an hour.
- Hold the power switch in the off position for 20 seconds. This is to make sure it off.
- Hold the power switch in the on position and tap both bottom corners of the screen. Keep tapping until something happens.

If you get the timing right, the device will install the factory firmware from the recovery partition. If you don't try again but add a little extra time everywhere.

12-03-2015, 05:09 PM	#2
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	The things I can think of are: - The serial number 13 characters long. For a Mini, it will always start with "N705". Exactly as specified in the other thread. If you changed characters after this, you might have changed something important. But, it is safe to restore the image without setting the serial number. Or at least no-one who has done this has complained. - As you are restoring a 4GB image to a 4GB card, restoring it is all you need to do. Any further fiddling is likely to cause problems. Hence you should skip step 7. What I would recommend is starting again. Unpack the image, fix the serial number and then restore it. If it doesn't boot properly, do a factory reset. For a Mini, the factory reset is: - Charge the device for at lease an hour. - Hold the power switch in the off position for 20 seconds. This is to make sure it off. - Hold the power switch in the on position and tap both bottom corners of the screen. Keep tapping until something happens. If you get the timing right, the device will install the factory firmware from the recovery partition. If you don't try again but add a little extra time everywhere.