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Originally Posted by emilyceratops
I purchased a second hand Kobo Mini two weeks ago and it's been working like a dream! Until this morning, when I went to turn it on and it did not respond at all. I've done the soft reset (slide and hold power button for 15 seconds) and nothing happened. I've also plugged it in to charge on both my laptop USB ports as well as into the wall, and I've left it charging for about an hour now. The orange charging LED light doesn't come on at all, and it still won't turn on.
Any ideas of what I can try next?
Thanks in advance!
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I wonder if your battery failed. The motherboard could have failed as well, but considering it was working recently, then stopped, the battery failing first is a good place to start. But it means buying a battery to see if that’s the problem, when maybe something else is wrong.
Have you popped off the back and put a paperclip in the pinhole? Just work a credit card or stiff fingernail around the edge to free the back from the Kobo Mini. Then press the reset button in the pinhole with the paperclip. Push until you feel a gentle click. This is called a manual reset, and it restores your Kobo back to its factory installation. Your books and settings won’t survive the reset. If your Kobo mini is a goner, pressing the reset button won’t have any affect, unfortunately.
Read more about manual resetting here:
https://help.kobo.com/hc/en-us/artic...your-Kobo-Mini