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Old 12-20-2017, 07:01 AM   #1
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Hello,

I bought a second hand (looking like new). It arrived bricked I think. When i press the button, sometimes nothing happens, sometimes the light will come up for a few seconds and the screen will flash black and white twice. I got a SD image from here and flashed that, still the same thing. Anyone knows whats wrong here?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erj5...ature=youtu.be

Thanks in advance
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Old 12-20-2017, 07:13 AM   #2
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Hello,

I bought a second hand (looking like new). It arrived bricked I think. When i press the button, sometimes nothing happens, sometimes the light will come up for a few seconds and the screen will flash black and white twice. I got a SD image from here and flashed that, still the same thing. Anyone knows whats wrong here?

Thanks in advance
Do you had try to connect the device USB to charge it and press the On button until the red light blinks?

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Old 12-20-2017, 09:47 AM   #3
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Do you had try to connect the device USB to charge it and press the On button until the red light blinks?

Good luck.
To the computer? I pressed the on button for about a minute, nothing happened.
(I charged the Kobo for several hours with a wall charger)
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Old 12-20-2017, 06:29 PM   #4
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To the computer? I pressed the on button for about a minute, nothing happened.
(I charged the Kobo for several hours with a wall charger)
jcn363 was suggesting you try a factory reset. The full instructions for the Aura Second Edition are https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kob...Aura_Edition_2. You will need to follow the second set of instructions.
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jcn363 was suggesting you try a factory reset. The full instructions for the Aura Second Edition are https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kob...Aura_Edition_2. You will need to follow the second set of instructions.
I tried that before/after the sd card image. But never got a red light coming up.
Only a white light and two times a flashing screen after, then blank.
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Ok, maybe some progress. When I connect the usb cable to pc and press the on button on the Kobo, I hear the computer make a sound of a new device, after a few seconds a sound of disconnecting. Nothing comes up in "my computer".
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Oké, flashed again, now the kobo works! Thanks again for the image.
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