Secondhand Oasis Issues

iamthelizardkng · 11-12-2025, 10:01 PM

Gifted a Kindle Oasis, charged up and turned on. Every thing was working on previous's owners account. Reset to factory, and now it boots kindle splash, no loading bar, goes to white. Have tried multiple USB ports and cables. Verified my existing Kindle connects to PC, shows up at drive. Secondhand Oasis shows up in Explorer as USB drive, but no media on it "please insert disk into USB Drive: F"

Uninstalled device, updated drivers, rebooted, restarted, nothing.

Former owner was Mac user, doing this on PC cause nothing at all showed up when I plugged into MacOS.

Is the hard drive fried from the factory reset? It was just working! Have spent a few hours on this already, what do I try next? Thank you!

iamthelizardkng · 11-12-2025, 10:07 PM

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Quoth · 11-13-2025, 08:47 AM

Which Oasis?
1: 6″ original
2: 1st 7″
3: 2nd 7″ and maybe last version.

I had no problem with S/H #2 (Linux & Calibre) and passed it to person who had no problem re-registering (Windows user), but that was a while ago.

iamthelizardkng · 11-13-2025, 06:28 PM

Best I can tell its the latest 7" Oasis. From 2019?
I don't think I can even get Calibre on it, its reading as empty media. I'm stumped.

Quoth · 11-13-2025, 06:47 PM

Leave on charge and try the whatever is magic sequence for absolute reset the next day.

I've had the K3 go like that and recover.

Quoth · 11-13-2025, 06:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iamthelizardkng

I don't think I can even get Calibre on it, its reading as empty media. I'm stumped.

No point in Calibre till it boots and you can see files.

iamthelizardkng · 11-13-2025, 06:55 PM

Thanks. Will give that a shot.

Frogm4n · 11-14-2025, 01:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iamthelizardkng

I don't think I can even get Calibre on it, its reading as empty media. I'm stumped.

FWIW, you don't "get" Calibre on a Kindle. You use Calibre to put media on it. Calibre runs entirely on your computer.

11-12-2025, 10:01 PM	#1
iamthelizardkng Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2025 Device: Kindle	Secondhand Oasis Issues Gifted a Kindle Oasis, charged up and turned on. Every thing was working on previous's owners account. Reset to factory, and now it boots kindle splash, no loading bar, goes to white. Have tried multiple USB ports and cables. Verified my existing Kindle connects to PC, shows up at drive. Secondhand Oasis shows up in Explorer as USB drive, but no media on it "please insert disk into USB Drive: F" Uninstalled device, updated drivers, rebooted, restarted, nothing. Former owner was Mac user, doing this on PC cause nothing at all showed up when I plugged into MacOS. Is the hard drive fried from the factory reset? It was just working! Have spent a few hours on this already, what do I try next? Thank you!

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11-12-2025, 10:07 PM	#2
iamthelizardkng Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2025 Device: Kindle	screenshot of drive details https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...it?usp=sharing Last edited by pdurrant; 11-13-2025 at 03:25 AM.

11-13-2025, 08:47 AM	#3
Quoth Still reading Posts: 15,116 Karma: 111120239 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	Which Oasis? 1: 6″ original 2: 1st 7″ 3: 2nd 7″ and maybe last version. I had no problem with S/H #2 (Linux & Calibre) and passed it to person who had no problem re-registering (Windows user), but that was a while ago.

11-13-2025, 06:28 PM	#4
iamthelizardkng Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2025 Device: Kindle	Best I can tell its the latest 7" Oasis. From 2019? I don't think I can even get Calibre on it, its reading as empty media. I'm stumped.

11-13-2025, 06:47 PM	#5
Quoth Still reading Posts: 15,116 Karma: 111120239 Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Ireland Device: All 4 Kinds: epub eink, Kindle, android eink, NxtPaper	Leave on charge and try the whatever is magic sequence for absolute reset the next day. I've had the K3 go like that and recover.

11-13-2025, 06:55 PM	#7
iamthelizardkng Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2025 Device: Kindle	Thanks. Will give that a shot.