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My Clara 2E is dying, very much exactly what happened to my old Clara HD - failing to recognize when a cable is plugged in to charge. The cables work just fine on other equipment, like my Pixel 7 Pro. They will work occasionally but it takes a bunch of tries to connect and/or charge.

I've learned my lesson and backed up everything on the reader to a folder on my PC.

Amazon says my new Clara BW will be here tomorrow.

My question is really about repairability.

If possible, I'd like to have them repaired (the 2E and the HD) and then donate them to some kid in my neighborhood. I could probably fix them myself (I was a senior field tech support for an elevator electronics manufacturer) but I'm far too lazy and old to mess with that stuff.

Does anyone have good experiences with having their Kobo's repaired? Is it worth it?

I have a feeling that it's something that I keep doing to the USB ports, and maybe just refreshing the solder joints will work...but. I remember the same thing happening to my Kobo Aura HD.

Other than the USB issue, they seem to work great, I'm just not willing to take a chance.