H2O not booting

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by boriar

Well, may be i do more test. Corss fingers!

I think crossing your fingers would make it harder to do

[boriar]

Originally Posted by davidfor

I think crossing your fingers would make it harder to do

You are right

[frostschutz]

Hey - it works.

In the 100th attempt I got it to firmware reset. And it wasn't a fluke - deleted the rcS script entire beforehand so it would not trigger the reset of the rcS itself by accident.

When it works, it resets without further asking, so you better be prepared to lose all your data on this thing.

What I did (same as everyone else said already, but for some reason it took a whole lot of attempts for me to make it work):

1. Turn off the device (wait a few seconds after it says "Powered off")

If your device is in a bricked state (blinking LED), you have to keep the button pressed for a while. It has to stop blinking when you let the button go.

2. Press and hold the power button to turn it on. Screen will flash black-white twice.

3. At the same time as 2), give the screen a massage at the bottom of the screen. (it probably doesn't matter, but when it worked I actually used three fingers, bottom left, middle, right.)

If the LED goes blinky instead you failed and have to start over.

Great! Wonder why they bothered to implement the reset button firmware reset at all, when they had this failsafe one. Probably because it's harder to use?

[karamasova]

Manual factory reset processes:

Reset #1 - For use on a device that can be powered on
1.Ensure that the device is turned on
2.Straighten a paper clip
3.Open the water proof door at the bottom of the device
4.Very quickly perform 4 basic resets by clicking the internal reset button 4 times
5.A screen will appear asking if you want to perform a factory reset
6.Tap the checkmark icon. You may have to put the device to sleep then back on in order for the screen to respond to touch
7.Complete the device setup after the reset completes

Reset #2 - For use on a device that can or cannot be powered on
1.Press and hold the power button for 5 to 6 seconds to turn it off
2.Press and hold the power button
3.With two fingers, simultaneously and repeatedly tap the bottom corners of the touch screen
4.Continue to tap the corners repeatedly until the device begins to reset
5.Complete the device setup after the reset completes

[davidfor]

karamasova: Reset #1 works for all the Kobo ereaders. For #2, I recommend holding the power button down for 20 seconds. If the device has hung and is not responding to anything, this will force the power off.

[tshering]

Originally Posted by frostschutz

In the 100th attempt I got it to firmware reset.

Great! They just wanted to test how serious you were about it!
Did you by chance try again after your first success, in order to see whether you became better at it?

Originally Posted by frostschutz

3. At the same time as 2), give the screen a massage at the bottom of the screen. (it probably doesn't matter, but when it worked I actually used three fingers, bottom left, middle, right.)

How did you do this? High frequency nervous tapping? ...?

[frostschutz]

Originally Posted by tshering

How did you do this? High frequency nervous tapping? ...?

One thousand hands...

Maybe like this

or this

or this

I don't know, just keep at it, eventually it should work...

[boriar]

Originally Posted by frostschutz

Hey - it works.

In the 100th attempt I got it to firmware reset. And it wasn't a fluke - deleted the rcS script entire beforehand so it would not trigger the reset of the rcS itself by accident.

When it works, it resets without further asking, so you better be prepared to lose all your data on this thing.

What I did (same as everyone else said already, but for some reason it took a whole lot of attempts for me to make it work):

1. Turn off the device (wait a few seconds after it says "Powered off")

If your device is in a bricked state (blinking LED), you have to keep the button pressed for a while. It has to stop blinking when you let the button go.

2. Press and hold the power button to turn it on. Screen will flash black-white twice.

3. At the same time as 2), give the screen a massage at the bottom of the screen. (it probably doesn't matter, but when it worked I actually used three fingers, bottom left, middle, right.)

If the LED goes blinky instead you failed and have to start over.

Great! Wonder why they bothered to implement the reset button firmware reset at all, when they had this failsafe one. Probably because it's harder to use?

Originally Posted by karamasova

Manual factory reset processes:

Reset #1 - For use on a device that can be powered on
1.Ensure that the device is turned on
2.Straighten a paper clip
3.Open the water proof door at the bottom of the device
4.Very quickly perform 4 basic resets by clicking the internal reset button 4 times
5.A screen will appear asking if you want to perform a factory reset
6.Tap the checkmark icon. You may have to put the device to sleep then back on in order for the screen to respond to touch
7.Complete the device setup after the reset completes

Reset #2 - For use on a device that can or cannot be powered on
1.Press and hold the power button for 5 to 6 seconds to turn it off
2.Press and hold the power button
3.With two fingers, simultaneously and repeatedly tap the bottom corners of the touch screen
4.Continue to tap the corners repeatedly until the device begins to reset
5.Complete the device setup after the reset completes

:t hanks: :t hanks:
And finally I say : THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And the winner method is.....
Reset #2 - For use on a device that can or cannot be powered on
1.Press and hold the power button for 5 to 6 seconds to turn it off
2.Press and hold the power button <--- THIS IS THE MORE IMPORTANT
3.With two fingers, simultaneously and repeatedly tap the bottom corners of the touch screen. <---- YOU CAN DO THIS QUICKLY WITH POWER BUTTON HOLD
4.Continue to tap the corners repeatedly until the device begins to reset
5.Complete the device setup after the reset completes

I get my restoration at FIRST attempt!!!!

[frostschutz]

Originally Posted by boriar

2.Press and hold the power button <--- THIS IS THE MORE IMPORTANT

You might be right...

Originally Posted by boriar

I get my restoration at FIRST attempt!!!!

I have two left hands.

Congratulations to you, glad it worked.

[boriar]

frostschutz was your deep analysis of code what give hope but I can't forget the help from tshering with his ideas and attempts.
Definitely that's one of the best communities! Sure!

[mementomori]

Originally Posted by frostschutz

I posted my experience opening it:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=248214 (#40-#46)

Feel free to read the entire thread.

If you open it, the device will no longer be waterproof in any way. Still I think it's preferable to cutting a hole in the back directly which is what I attempted (and failed) to do. If you cut it while the device is closed and you cut too deep, the device is broken for good.

If you have the card in a cardreader, and booted a Linux CD, the commands are something like this:

cat /proc/partitions # find the device with sdx1 sdx2 sdx3 - for example sde
mkdir /mnt/kobo
mount /dev/sde1 /mnt/kobo
chmod +x /mnt/kobo/etc/init.d/*
umount /mnt/kobo

After that put the card back into the device and hit the reset button again...

Hello frostschutz, what happened to your H2O? Is it still working?

[frostschutz]

Sure, it works fine...