Thread: Kobo E_Reader wifi upgrade gone bad
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Old 11-12-2018, 06:20 AM   #844
davidfor
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Originally Posted by jean.jordaan View Post
I bought a Kobo Aura H2O, original edition. After startup it requested a timezone, connected to wifi, and downloaded an update. Then it announced it was going to restart and bricked itself.
Reset does nothing.
The only sign of life is an occasional white/black flash after leaning on the power button or paperclip reset.
Any hope to resurrect this?
Have you tries a factory reset? See https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kobo_Reset:_Aura_H2O for instructions.

Otherwise, you can open the device and restore an image. I have sent you a PM with the link to the image.
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