Kobo µSD Card Image Requests

[marcoramos888]

Could I please get the SD card image for a Kobo Libra 2 N418, motherboard 37NB-E70K1M+6E0 or E70K1M+6F0?

many thanks once again!!

[CorisMorri]

Where to find or get the Kobo_Aura_H2O.zip file?

[bigmike22]

I Need Kobo Clara HD (N249) SD Image, if that is possible, much appreciated. thanks

[karyoca]

Hello everybody,

Please I would like the firmware image for a Kobo N236 Aura Edition 2 V2.
Display is frozen and don`t do anything.

Thank you very much

[Bastilla]

Hello,

I need a Firmware for Kobo Glo N613.

Thank you

[Vulture051]

May have an image to try to rescue my bricked og Clara HD? (37NB-E60K00+4A4) Seems like the old 8gb card is done, Rufus has been attempting to format it for the past 40+min.

[art123]

Hi, can I please have the image for Kobo Clara HD N249? Thank you so much!

[krusty79]

Hello, I would like the firmware image for a Kobo Clara HD N249, Please.
Thank you

[chaerries]

Originally Posted by DNSB

I've mentioned this in PMs to a couple of people and had it suggested that I should add this to the start of this thread so here it is:

With the number of small block read/writes Linux does, it's not that greatest match for a SD card. The newer one do have an improved write life but some of the earlier ones had a write life lower than 10,000 cycles. The new units with improved electronics, built-in wear levels and a lot of techniques intended to improve their lifespan can hit at least 100,000 write cycles. Add in a larger card so more blocks to use which extends the lifespan.

One oddity is when your issue is that your ereader still works but you can't send new books to it. This happens since most µSD cards when their write lifespan is exceeded will fail back to being read-only. You can actually create an image from that failed card, write it to a new card and you're back in business. This would involve Windows users not hitting format when Windows complains about the ext4 partitions on the µSD card.

I'm also adding my workflow for creating an image (doing this from memory since I haven't actually written it as a step by step list before and I am trying to add in the steps to allow imaging a Kobo that is having issues:

1. If your Kobo ereader is not bootable, skip to step 4
2. Connect over USB and save the current contents of your USB exposed storage.
3. Do a factory reset (preferably the first level that does not change the firmware version.
4. Remove the µSD card from your ereader.
5. Mount the µSD card on your computer. If on Windows, do not format the card. Windows doesn't like ext4 partitions. If you didn't do a factory reset, skip to step 7
6. Copy the contents of the FAT32 partition to your computer.
7. Do a full format on the FAT32 partition. This will remove any information such as books that are not removed during the quick format. Skip to step 9 if a factory reset wasn't done.
8. Copy the contents of the FAT32 partition from step 5 back to FAT32 partition.
9. Create an image of the card. If the image will not create, stop and request an image. If you are planning on sharing the image, use a hex editor to remove the serial number located at 0x200 in the image. I use HxD.
10. Create an archive of the image. With the FAT32 partition cleaned up, the image will be a lot smaller.
11. If your Kobo was not booting, image a new µSD card from your image.
12. Re-install the µSD card into your Kobo, connect it to your computer. If it doesn't power on automatically, power it on.
13. When the connect/cancel popup pops up, tap connect
14. Copy the saved contents of the FAT32 partition from step 1(factory reset) or step 6 (no factory reset) back to your Kobo.
15. Share the image with others.

Hi! I requested an image for Kobo Clara HD and was able to revive my Kobo. Thank you very much!

Regarding instruction 9 quoted above, is it possible to edit back my device's original serial number into the image? If yes, would you kindly help me with how to do it? I installed HxD and tried to find 0x200, but I'm pretty much lost.

[chienpro]

Hello,

Could I please get an SD card image for a Kobo Libra 2 (N418)?

Motherboard revision: 37NB-E70K1M+6E0

The internal microSD appears to have failed.

Thank you very much!

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by chaerries

Hi! I requested an image for Kobo Clara HD and was able to revive my Kobo. Thank you very much!

Great to hear that you have revived your Clara HD!

Originally Posted by chaerries

Regarding instruction 9 quoted above, is it possible to edit back my device's original serial number into the image? If yes, would you kindly help me with how to do it? I installed HxD and tried to find 0x200, but I'm pretty much lost.

0x200 is not findable. It is a location/offset in the file. I've attached an image showing the location. The serial number is basically the 9 characters after the model. For a Clara HD, the line would start with SN-N249. When modifying the serial number, make sure HxD is in overwrite mode (see bottom line of image).

[El xaby]

Hi! Could you please send me the SD card image for a Kobo Clara HD N249? Thanks in advance

[SlightlyTooLate]

Hi there, could i get the image for the N437 Glo? Thanks!

[Sadrarin]

Hi, the microsd card of my Kobo N236 Aura Edition 2 V2 is dead.

Could you send me the image to repair it please? Thank you very much.

[betelg483]

Hi, I need an SD card image for a Kobo Clara HD N249 please.

Thanks you so much!