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pst · 07-22-2020, 06:54 AM

I tried to revive my old Opus for my son, sadly enough it does not work reliably. Initially, it didn't even boot up fully, meanwhile it sometimes does, but then it gets stuck during reading. What works reliably is connecting it to the Mac, restarting it and then it mounts properly as a drive. So I wanted to re-install the latest firmware, but it's not available anymore. I have also found some hints that there is a way to factory reset it with the help of Bookeen, but the simply refuse to give any support anymore. So does anybody have

* The latest firmware or maybe even several versions?
* Instructions for the secret full reset?

I find it a bit odd that Bookeen doesn't even provide old files and instructions anymore. It's just some files on the web server. And my ticket was closed as "resolved" after over a week, which it clearly is not...

07-22-2020, 06:54 AM	#1
pst Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2018 Device: Kobo Aura One	Reviving an old Opus I tried to revive my old Opus for my son, sadly enough it does not work reliably. Initially, it didn't even boot up fully, meanwhile it sometimes does, but then it gets stuck during reading. What works reliably is connecting it to the Mac, restarting it and then it mounts properly as a drive. So I wanted to re-install the latest firmware, but it's not available anymore. I have also found some hints that there is a way to factory reset it with the help of Bookeen, but the simply refuse to give any support anymore. So does anybody have * The latest firmware or maybe even several versions? * Instructions for the secret full reset? I find it a bit odd that Bookeen doesn't even provide old files and instructions anymore. It's just some files on the web server. And my ticket was closed as "resolved" after over a week, which it clearly is not...