Thread: Kobo H2O: Need SD Image
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Old 03-30-2018, 11:17 PM   #218
davidfor
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Originally Posted by Teddzz View Post
My Aura H20 will let me do a factory reset and will also let me do a double finger tap manual reset. It tells me it's restoring and goes through the correct procedure and the squares,
By "correct procedure" you mean it shows the message for resetting the device and the installing the firmware finishing with a restarting message. Then it reboots and shows the dancing squares?
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but it doesn't actually change anything - the same books showing on the home page with "x %age" read etc everytime I do it.
That is very unusual. I'm sure someone has reported this in the past, but I don't remember the circumstances or fix. What firmware does the device show when this is finished? Is it the same as before you started? Have you tried updating the firmware?
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I really don't want to open this one up and reinstall the image (I have it already) onto the SD card but does it look like I've no other choice?
Why were you doing the factory reset? If the database is corrupt, then you can try signing out of the Kobo account. This will reset the internal database and reload the books.

But, if the factory reset is failing, it makes me think the internal SD card is failing. The factory reset should be rewriting the uboot partition and kernal as well as formatting the root and book partitions. If that isn't happening, long term, I wouldn't be trusting the card. But, I mightn't hurry to open the device if everything else was working.

And I have sent a PM with the link in case you decide to use it.
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