Kobo µSD Card Image Requests

[alex.gunarson]

Hi, everyone!

Is it possible to send me the image and firmware for the Kobo Aura HD (n204b)? I think my micro SD card has “died”...

Thank you very much!

[wearebob]

Hello, I would like to request the SD card image for my Kobo Libra 2 N418.

Thank you very much.

[Okané14]

Bonjour

Clara KOBO HD - N249

Merci

[Olipic]

Hello

Is it possible to send me the image and firmware for the Kobo Clara HD please ? It seems my reader is stuck and the SD Card is broken

Thank You

[DNSB]

PMs sent.

[alexisaoki]

Hi there!

My kobo glo n613 is stuck on a white screen while updating. Could someone please send pm me the sd image for it?

Much thanks!

[Ah1203]

Hi, requesting image for KoboLibra 2 N418. Thank you!

[foxside]

Hi, possible to get an image for the 1st gen Aura H20 please? Much appreciated

[vacusito]

Hi! I would like to request a firmware/SD card image for a Kobo Clara HD N249. My SD card was accidentally formatted and the eReader is now stuck in a boot loop. Could you please send me the correct N249 image? Thank you!

[Lorwe95]

Buenas necesito la imagen de Kobo N236 Aura Edition 2 V2 si es posible, un saludo de antemano y muchas gracias.

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.

[Unbroken]

Can someone help me? I need the firmware for the Kobo N506 Clara 2E.

[seacksnor]

Hello,
I managed to get stuck in a bootloop with my kobo nia N306 during an update.
I have a N06 with 16 gb sd card.
Can you please help me with a software image for this model, as nothing else seems to work.
Many thanks in advance,
Seacksnor

[bigice]

Kobo N249 Clara HD, I'm in trouble and need a new image, please.

[alex.gunarson]

Hi, everyone!

Private messages are enabled, but I didn't receive the PM with the image of the Kobo Aura HD (n204b). Could you send it to me again?

Thanks!

[nio]

Hello.
I would like the firmware image for a Kobo N506 Clara 2E.
Thanks a lot,
Anto