Hi all, and especially @DNSB: thanks for sharing the image via PM + instructions!
Especially which image to use, since there are 5 different versions for the Kobo Libra 2.
Since my Kobo completely died (no response whatsoever) I never expected it never to work again but... it did :-)
What I did:
1. Replace battery => don't do this! first try the new SD card image, replacing the battery (10 euro @ aliexpress) probably was not neccesary
2. Removed the SD card, which could not be formattted due to some vague error. But this indicated that the SD card was the cause of the problem
3. Flashed a fresh 64GB micro SD card with the image i got from @DNSB. This installs a 32GB image onto it. Which works fine.
4. Did hard reset: nothing
5. Plugged in power: reset process started
6. Reset process got stuck in loop!: select wifi - OK => download update - OK => installing update NOK => reset process started again. and so on.
7. Googled: suggestion was to download
Kobo Desktop
8. Downloaded it
here and not from
official site because it is not available in europe anymore!
9. Installed and ran the program, logged in using google account
10. Connected ereader by USB - C cable. And the program detects it and starts the udpate again.
11. And this time, the update went through and it came back to life!
Good luck to all of you reviving yours :-)