is it broken ?

markiehill · 02-13-2007, 11:39 PM

got a sony reader today, it worked fine.

then i plugged into laptop did firmware update, it hung on restart and now it just wont start , it gets as far as saying starting up ... and then all i get is a little blinking yellow and red light on the side.

any ideas ???

markiehill · 02-13-2007, 11:39 PM

btw it said it did not update the firmware because device failed to restart.

and yes i charged it for over 1 hour on the mains charger.

markiehill · 02-14-2007, 12:54 AM

hard reset does not work, seems like the firmware update told the device to restart and then whatever mode it is stuck in it cant get out

.

Spoke to Sony support, none the wiser ...

markiehill · 02-14-2007, 08:08 AM

have also tried instructions for recovering a bricked device , as found here.

just not having it,

https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Sony_Reader_hack

oh well back to Borders it goes.

markiehill · 02-15-2007, 05:48 AM

for those interested i have my second unit which works perfectly, so must have been a faulty unit.

NatCh · 02-15-2007, 08:53 AM

Good news, markiehill!

02-13-2007, 11:39 PM	#1
markiehill Connoisseur Posts: 94 Karma: 192 Join Date: Jul 2006	is it broken ? got a sony reader today, it worked fine. then i plugged into laptop did firmware update, it hung on restart and now it just wont start , it gets as far as saying starting up ... and then all i get is a little blinking yellow and red light on the side. any ideas ???

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02-14-2007, 12:54 AM	#3
markiehill Connoisseur Posts: 94 Karma: 192 Join Date: Jul 2006	hard reset does not work, seems like the firmware update told the device to restart and then whatever mode it is stuck in it cant get out . Spoke to Sony support, none the wiser ...

02-14-2007, 08:08 AM	#4
markiehill Connoisseur Posts: 94 Karma: 192 Join Date: Jul 2006	have also tried instructions for recovering a bricked device , as found here. just not having it, https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Sony_Reader_hack oh well back to Borders it goes.

02-15-2007, 05:48 AM	#5
markiehill Connoisseur Posts: 94 Karma: 192 Join Date: Jul 2006	for those interested i have my second unit which works perfectly, so must have been a faulty unit.

02-15-2007, 08:53 AM	#6
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Good news, markiehill!