Clara HB upper screen acting out

fabricalado · 02-17-2026, 11:53 PM

It's not really acting out, but I didn't know how else to describe it

Anyway, I
1)charged it for about one hour
2)changed the SD card
3)reflashed the firmware that @DNSB kindly provided
4)installed KOReader on it to see if it'd work, and it did.

The only problem are those lines on the upper part of the screen (which were already there before I reflashed the firmware).

The top area is still responsive, by the way; when I click the buttons on KOReader and stock OS, they still do what is expected of them.

So, any ideas of where should I go from here? I suppose I can still do some margin-fu on KR to skip that upper area, but that would kill a third of my read estate

meeera · Yesterday, 12:19 AM

That's a broken substrate.

fabricalado · Yesterday, 12:33 AM

Hmmm. Would a screen from Ifixit solve this, then?

Apollyon202 · Yesterday, 07:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fabricalado

Hmmm. Would a screen from Ifixit solve this, then?

No, those for the Clara BW.
Unfortunately the best you can do is to buy a new ereader.

fabricalado · Yesterday, 10:57 AM

Bummer. Oh well, it was good while it lasted. Thanks for the help, everyone.

02-17-2026, 11:53 PM	#1
fabricalado Connoisseur Posts: 68 Karma: 11535964 Join Date: Oct 2016 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, iRiver Story, Kobo Forma, Pocketbook Inkpad X	Clara HB upper screen acting out It's not really acting out, but I didn't know how else to describe it Anyway, I 1)charged it for about one hour 2)changed the SD card 3)reflashed the firmware that @DNSB kindly provided 4)installed KOReader on it to see if it'd work, and it did. The only problem are those lines on the upper part of the screen (which were already there before I reflashed the firmware). The top area is still responsive, by the way; when I click the buttons on KOReader and stock OS, they still do what is expected of them. So, any ideas of where should I go from here? I suppose I can still do some margin-fu on KR to skip that upper area, but that would kill a third of my read estate Attached Thumbnails Last edited by fabricalado; 02-17-2026 at 11:59 PM.

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Yesterday, 12:19 AM	#2
meeera Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,895 Karma: 71370116 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Libra 2, iPadMini4, iPad4, MBP; support other Kobo/Kindles	That's a broken substrate.

Yesterday, 12:33 AM	#3
fabricalado Connoisseur Posts: 68 Karma: 11535964 Join Date: Oct 2016 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, iRiver Story, Kobo Forma, Pocketbook Inkpad X	Hmmm. Would a screen from Ifixit solve this, then?

Yesterday, 10:57 AM	#5
fabricalado Connoisseur Posts: 68 Karma: 11535964 Join Date: Oct 2016 Device: Kindle Paperwhite, iRiver Story, Kobo Forma, Pocketbook Inkpad X	Bummer. Oh well, it was good while it lasted. Thanks for the help, everyone.

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