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rmgvs · 09-09-2016, 03:14 AM

I had a H2O that became less responsive, some fields on the screen were hard to get response of. After some time I got the message 'water on the screen, try to wipe it off' (something along that lines). Switching to sleeping mode and back to normal solved the case.

But it got worse. I did a factory reset and after that I only got the 'water on front' message immediately after start-up and the screen is totally dead. Everthing else works: leds on, turn on-off works etc. But I couldn't get past the error message.

Putting the H2O into the PC wouldn't work either. I gave the message 'PC recognized, tab ...' but of course I couldn't give permission to link because of the non-responsiveness of the screen. So no possibility to read the memory card.

That's why I suspected the SD-card was bad. And I replaced it with a new one with new image (from Davidfor). This went okay because I now got the opening screen (with the choose language page). But again, straight to the 'Water on front' error and a dead screen.

So I gave up. Don't know what to do. The screen seems to have no scratches or marks on visual inspection. Nothing else to see with the naked eye either.

Have a spare battery now, that's all I can say.

Any ideas?

09-09-2016, 03:14 AM	#64
rmgvs Member Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2016 Device: kobo aura h20	Image works but problem stays I had a H2O that became less responsive, some fields on the screen were hard to get response of. After some time I got the message 'water on the screen, try to wipe it off' (something along that lines). Switching to sleeping mode and back to normal solved the case. But it got worse. I did a factory reset and after that I only got the 'water on front' message immediately after start-up and the screen is totally dead. Everthing else works: leds on, turn on-off works etc. But I couldn't get past the error message. Putting the H2O into the PC wouldn't work either. I gave the message 'PC recognized, tab ...' but of course I couldn't give permission to link because of the non-responsiveness of the screen. So no possibility to read the memory card. That's why I suspected the SD-card was bad. And I replaced it with a new one with new image (from Davidfor). This went okay because I now got the opening screen (with the choose language page). But again, straight to the 'Water on front' error and a dead screen. So I gave up. Don't know what to do. The screen seems to have no scratches or marks on visual inspection. Nothing else to see with the naked eye either. Have a spare battery now, that's all I can say. Any ideas?