Aura ONE What is this stuff clinging to the top protective layer of the screen? - Page 2

JSWolf · 04-18-2022, 11:48 AM

The answer to the question is it's GUNK.

frostschutz · 04-18-2022, 01:12 PM

That looks like the touchscreen/light layer and it's not supposed to be pulled off at all... if you do this with a Nintendo Switch you can buy a new digitizer from aliexpress, it doesn't even cost much money (under $10) but I doubt there is such a replacement part available for Kobo...

I guess you could still use the reader without it, but then you'll lack touch controls and everything.

You could try search Ebay and places to find an Aura One with broken display and then just put your board/display into it, but I don't know if that can be done at all (not possible if the touch/light layer was originally laminated to the eink layer, as your case looks like such glued layers were forcibly pulled apart).

MonsteraPeru · 04-18-2022, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

The answer to the question is it's GUNK.

I would agree with you, but it can't be scraped off. Gunk can be scraped off surfaces.

Quote:

Originally Posted by frostschutz

That looks like the touchscreen/light layer and it's not supposed to be pulled off at all... if you do this with a Nintendo Switch you can buy a new digitizer from aliexpress, it doesn't even cost much money (under $10) but I doubt there is such a replacement part available for Kobo...

I guess you could still use the reader without it, but then you'll lack touch controls and everything.

You could try search Ebay and places to find an Aura One with broken display and then just put your board/display into it, but I don't know if that can be done at all (not possible if the touch/light layer was originally laminated to the eink layer, as your case looks like such glued layers were forcibly pulled apart).

Actually, the touch screen works! When the screen refreshes in the video, it's because the top panel was touching something and it triggered an action.

If I try to get a broken one, I'll have the same exact problem. This panel was glued to the screen.

04-18-2022, 01:12 PM	#17
frostschutz Linux User Posts: 2,282 Karma: 6123806 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Heidelberg, Germany Device: none	That looks like the touchscreen/light layer and it's not supposed to be pulled off at all... if you do this with a Nintendo Switch you can buy a new digitizer from aliexpress, it doesn't even cost much money (under $10) but I doubt there is such a replacement part available for Kobo... I guess you could still use the reader without it, but then you'll lack touch controls and everything. You could try search Ebay and places to find an Aura One with broken display and then just put your board/display into it, but I don't know if that can be done at all (not possible if the touch/light layer was originally laminated to the eink layer, as your case looks like such glued layers were forcibly pulled apart). Last edited by frostschutz; 04-18-2022 at 01:15 PM.

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04-18-2022, 11:48 AM	#16
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,846 Karma: 150249631 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	The answer to the question is it's GUNK.