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ivyfox · 02-17-2016, 05:32 PM

I had a virtually identical situation, save my Kobo Mini was stuck on the load screen but could be turned on and off.

Thanks to this thread, I - as a computer literate person but not a coder - was able to fix it.

Here's how:

1. I downloaded the Kobo_Mini.img and unzipped it, as linked here
2. I used an 8GB micro SD card (as that's all the local shop had)
3. I found Win32 Disk Imager from here and installed it to my elderly PC running XP Pro
4. I opened the unzipped image file in Win32 Disk Imager and saved it to the micro SD card plugged into drive E: NOTE: it takes about 20 minutes to copy.
5. I put the new micro SD card back into the Kobo Mini and switched it on, then did a soft reset when nothing happened. The setup screen appeared and I am so happy.

Thank you to everyone who made this possible: you empowered me to fix it myself. I don't have the money to buy a new Kobo and it was just 6 weeks past the guarantee's expiry. I paid £8 for a new micro SD card, not £80 for a new device.

02-17-2016, 05:32 PM	#5
ivyfox Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: High Wycombe, Bucks, GB Device: Kobo Mini	A straightforward fix simplified I had a virtually identical situation, save my Kobo Mini was stuck on the load screen but could be turned on and off. Thanks to this thread, I - as a computer literate person but not a coder - was able to fix it. Here's how: 1. I downloaded the Kobo_Mini.img and unzipped it, as linked here 2. I used an 8GB micro SD card (as that's all the local shop had) 3. I found Win32 Disk Imager from here and installed it to my elderly PC running XP Pro 4. I opened the unzipped image file in Win32 Disk Imager and saved it to the micro SD card plugged into drive E: NOTE: it takes about 20 minutes to copy. 5. I put the new micro SD card back into the Kobo Mini and switched it on, then did a soft reset when nothing happened. The setup screen appeared and I am so happy. Thank you to everyone who made this possible: you empowered me to fix it myself. I don't have the money to buy a new Kobo and it was just 6 weeks past the guarantee's expiry. I paid £8 for a new micro SD card, not £80 for a new device.