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Old 08-26-2017, 08:07 AM   #1
Clouds
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Device: Kobo Aura One
Nickel doesn't start anymore

Hi all,

I've been lurking here for a while, appreciating all the info and work done on KSM and Koreader.

Inspired by a thread around here about syncing the device with Google Drive, I was attempting to create some sort of sync (either with Gdrive or a local http server). Didn't succeed yet.

My problem:
I managed to break Nickel : it doesn't start anymore.
Not from within KSM nor when booting by itself. The 5-boxes loading indicator is on forever.

KSM start fine, but wifi doesn't work anymore (it did before).
Which means I can't connect with SSH either now (afaik).

Device is a KA1, with KSM 8 + the patch for KA1 installed.

Possible causes:
  • I messed around with /usr/bin/wget, replacing it with a different version. Already replaced it back before the problem occurred.
  • Created and removed some symlinks in /usr/lib/ linking to libssl and libcrypto.
  • Tried to run this script to update to ssh-enabled wget. Script doesn't run properly since AR applet is missing from busybox.
  • As far as I recall I have rebooted (into Nickel) successfully several times after the things mentioned above. Didn't do any other dangerous things that I know of.

My questions:
  • Can I safely try a (hard) reset or would that remove KSM & koreader?
  • Would sideloading the current firmware help?
  • Any other way to fix this?

Right now I can at least read books in koreader. I'd rather not brick the device completely

Any suggestions and info would be greatly appreciated!

Last edited by Clouds; 08-26-2017 at 08:53 AM.
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