Glo Kobo Glo problem

Corbino · 02-09-2016, 05:22 AM

Hi, I have a kobo glo that has a problem. It's is stuck at "battery is almost dead", 0% battery remain. I've tried all reset and I've charge it for days, nothing changed, the display is stuck at this pop-up....
So, I've tried to follow this guide, an user gave me his .img and I've written it to the formatted micro sd (I've used the original 2gb micro sd card that was in the kobo, is it a problem?).
Then there is a problem with this passage:

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Next load up “MiniTool® Partition Wizard Home Edition 7.8”.Right click it and select Extend.
From here move the slider all the way to the right. You should see a total of both the unallocated space and the KOBOeReader partition.

I can't extend the kobo ereader partition. It says: "The last operation will create an overlapping partition.It's a tool of MiniTool Partition Wizard. And your last operation will be cancelled". I've tried with 3 Notebook but always I received the same error. So I've tried to put the micro SD into the kobo but anyway it doesn't work.
So, what I have to do? I have to buy a new sd? I could try with Ubuntu? Or probably is it not a problem of the micro sd but of the kobo?
HELP ME PLEASE, sorry for my bad english!

meeera · 02-09-2016, 06:30 AM

Are you sure the original problem was an SD card problem, not a charging or cable problem or a broken screen?

Corbino · 02-09-2016, 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by meeera

Are you sure the original problem was an SD card problem, not a charging or cable problem or a broken screen?

I'm not sure of anything

How could I test if were these problems?

oren64 · 02-09-2016, 06:57 AM

Is the LED flashing, when you connect the USB cable or paperclip button or holding the power switch for 20 sec twice.

If the LED flash and the screen stay the same "battery is almost dead", you probably have a broken screen, can you post a picture of screen.

Corbino · 02-09-2016, 07:19 AM

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Originally Posted by oren64

Is the LED flashing, when you connect the USB cable or paperclip button or holding the power switch for 20 sec twice.

If the LED flash and the screen stay the same "battery is almost dead", you probably have a broken screen, can you post a picture of screen.

I notice that the usb connector is disconnected, now I've formatted the sd and I have the problem to extend the unallocated partition, is it a problem?

oren64 · 02-09-2016, 09:03 AM

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I notice that the usb connector is disconnected

What do you mean? as USB port broke off?

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now I've formatted the sd and I have the problem to extend the unallocated partition, is it a problem?

ln the original 2gb micro sd card you can't extend the partition, because there is nothing extend.
just write the image to the sd card, you dont need MiniTool.

Corbino · 02-09-2016, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by oren64

What do you mean? as USB post broke off?

ln the original 2gb micro sd card you can't extend the partition, because there is nothing extend.
just write the image to the sd card, you dont need MiniTool.

I've formatted the three partitions of the original micro sd card with ubuntu. When I wrote the new .img file appears an unallocated partition of 10mb and I'm unable to extend it.
But there is a bigger problem. The problem was that the usb connector was broken (I'll post a pic). So, what could I do?

Corbino · 02-09-2016, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Corbino

I've formatted the three partitions of the original micro sd card with ubuntu. When I wrote the new .img file appears an unallocated partition of 10mb and I'm unable to extend it.
But there is a bigger problem. The problem was that the usb connector was broken (I'll post a pic). So, what could I do?

Here it is:

Spoiler:

I tried to solder it but probably I did only a bigger damage. What could I do?

GeoffR · 02-09-2016, 05:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Corbino

I've formatted the three partitions of the original micro sd card with ubuntu. When I wrote the new .img file appears an unallocated partition of 10mb and I'm unable to extend it.

There is a 10MB area at the beginning of the card that appears unallocated, but the device actually uses this area directly, so don't overwrite it. The only reason to extend the user data partition is if you have written the image to a larger card and there is unused space at the end of the card.

oren64 · 02-10-2016, 07:05 AM

You can solder USB cable, cut the cable in half and solder the wires
Or use micro-USB port.

Spoiler:

V-Red(+)
Grounding-Black(-)

RX TX are the data, i almost certain that TX is green (d+), RX is white(d-).

Make sure that the wires don't touch each other or the board.

Ken Maltby · 02-10-2016, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by oren64

You can solder USB cable, cut the cable in half and solder the wires
Or use micro-USB port.

Spoiler:

V-Red(+)
Grounding-Black(-)

RX TX are the data, i almost certain that TX is green (d+), RX is white(d-).

Make sure that the wires don't touch each other or the board.

Are you sure that is a USB port? most of those on my Aura HD are TTL Serial ports.

Luck;
Ken

Corbino · 02-10-2016, 10:37 AM

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Originally Posted by GeoffR

There is a 10MB area at the beginning of the card that appears unallocated, but the device actually uses this area directly, so don't overwrite it. The only reason to extend the user data partition is if you have written the image to a larger card and there is unused space at the end of the card.

In the guide it says to extend it, but if no necessary it's not a problem. Thank you.

Quote:

Originally Posted by oren64

You can solder USB cable, cut the cable in half and solder the wires
Or use micro-USB port.

Spoiler:

V-Red(+)
Grounding-Black(-)

RX TX are the data, i almost certain that TX is green (d+), RX is white(d-).

Make sure that the wires don't touch each other or the board.

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Originally Posted by Ken Maltby

Are you sure that is a USB port? most of those on my Aura HD are TTL Serial ports.

Luck;
Ken

Not understand what I could do, I don't think that I could buy a mini-usb connector and solder it to the main board, from the state you can see from my pic you think is it possible? P.S I don't understand what your pic means, the usb connector in my kobo is in the back of the mainboard, not in the front. Thank you!

Ken Maltby · 02-10-2016, 11:17 AM

You could use something like this. And connect it to the port in the spoiler. But those TTL Serial ports are mostly connected to IC devices (like power management IC, IO IC, ect...) They often provide error out for the functional components. There should be one on the board that should work though.

Luck;
Ken

Corbino · 02-10-2016, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Ken Maltby

You could use something like this. And connect it to the port in the spoiler. But those TTL Serial ports are mostly connected to IC devices (like power management IC, IO IC, ect...) They often provide error out for the functional components. There should be one on the board that should work though.

Luck;
Ken

So here are the pic of the front of the mb, hope it helps.

Spoiler:

I have bought a new Glo but if possible I would like to repair this.

frostschutz · 02-10-2016, 04:23 PM

Maybe you can find someone in your area who has soldered such USB ports before... phones use the same kind of port so maybe some repair shop that actually does soldering work? Not sure if it can be saved, it looks rather cooked in your picture.

As long as the device itself still works you could ignore the port, find some external means to re-charge the battery and copy books through wifi or SD-card...

Or you could just sell it to someone who likes to tinker.

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02-09-2016, 06:30 AM	#2
meeera Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,803 Karma: 68407974 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Libra 2, iPadMini4, iPad4, MBP; support other Kobo/Kindles	Are you sure the original problem was an SD card problem, not a charging or cable problem or a broken screen?

02-09-2016, 06:57 AM	#4
oren64 I need a chapter break Posts: 4,042 Karma: 56058267 Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Israel Device: Kobo Glo	Is the LED flashing, when you connect the USB cable or paperclip button or holding the power switch for 20 sec twice. If the LED flash and the screen stay the same "battery is almost dead", you probably have a broken screen, can you post a picture of screen.

02-10-2016, 07:05 AM	#10
oren64 I need a chapter break Posts: 4,042 Karma: 56058267 Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Israel Device: Kobo Glo	You can solder USB cable, cut the cable in half and solder the wires Or use micro-USB port. Spoiler: V-Red(+) Grounding-Black(-) RX TX are the data, i almost certain that TX is green (d+), RX is white(d-). Make sure that the wires don't touch each other or the board.

02-10-2016, 11:17 AM	#13
Ken Maltby Wizard Posts: 4,466 Karma: 6900052 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: The Heart of Texas Device: Boox Note2, AuraHD, PDA,	You could use something like this. And connect it to the port in the spoiler. But those TTL Serial ports are mostly connected to IC devices (like power management IC, IO IC, ect...) They often provide error out for the functional components. There should be one on the board that should work though. Luck; Ken

02-10-2016, 04:23 PM	#15
frostschutz Linux User Posts: 2,282 Karma: 6123806 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Heidelberg, Germany Device: none	Maybe you can find someone in your area who has soldered such USB ports before... phones use the same kind of port so maybe some repair shop that actually does soldering work? Not sure if it can be saved, it looks rather cooked in your picture. As long as the device itself still works you could ignore the port, find some external means to re-charge the battery and copy books through wifi or SD-card... Or you could just sell it to someone who likes to tinker.