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davidfor · 06-26-2021, 05:12 AM

Firstly, the original description sounds like something was blocking the IR beams/sensors. The parrot might have damaged these, or pushed something out of place or under the bezel. The touch not responding after disassembling isn't that uncommon. Everything has to fit together properly to work.

Have you charged it? The LED turning on and then off can be a symptom of a flat battery. And it is worthwhile plugging it in to the charger and leaving it overnight. There has been a lot of people have done this and found the device working the next morning.

Did you check the connector the screen? The LED should flash something like that. At least it is similar to my Touch. E-ink screens to not need power to maintain an image, so it will be showing whatever was the last showing when it last worked.

I would also usually suggest factory reset at this point, but the pinhole button inside the Mini should do that. The only other thing to try is a reimaging the internal SD card. These do fail, and while it would be a coincidence for it to happen now, it could be the issue. I can supply an image if you want to try it.

06-26-2021, 05:12 AM	#2
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	Firstly, the original description sounds like something was blocking the IR beams/sensors. The parrot might have damaged these, or pushed something out of place or under the bezel. The touch not responding after disassembling isn't that uncommon. Everything has to fit together properly to work. Have you charged it? The LED turning on and then off can be a symptom of a flat battery. And it is worthwhile plugging it in to the charger and leaving it overnight. There has been a lot of people have done this and found the device working the next morning. Did you check the connector the screen? The LED should flash something like that. At least it is similar to my Touch. E-ink screens to not need power to maintain an image, so it will be showing whatever was the last showing when it last worked. I would also usually suggest factory reset at this point, but the pinhole button inside the Mini should do that. The only other thing to try is a reimaging the internal SD card. These do fail, and while it would be a coincidence for it to happen now, it could be the issue. I can supply an image if you want to try it.