MobileRead Forums
Register Guidelines E-Books Today's Posts Search

Go Back   MobileRead Forums > E-Book Readers > Kobo Reader
Reload this Page Dropped kobo - garbage?

Notices

Reply
Page 2 of 2 1 2
 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 09-06-2016, 06:21 AM   #16
booklover6
Grand Sorcerer
booklover6 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.booklover6 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.booklover6 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.booklover6 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.booklover6 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.booklover6 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.booklover6 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.booklover6 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.booklover6 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.booklover6 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.booklover6 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
booklover6's Avatar
 
Posts: 6,545
Karma: 14008730
Join Date: May 2008
Location: PA (USA)
Device: Kobo Clara, 2E, Libre 1, PW4, PW5, 2022 Kindle, Kobo Libre Colour
Since the device has been opened, the power slider might not ever work again. (I know this from personal experience).
booklover6 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-06-2016, 09:59 AM   #17
joelones
Member
joelones can read faster than his screen refreshesjoelones can read faster than his screen refreshesjoelones can read faster than his screen refreshesjoelones can read faster than his screen refreshesjoelones can read faster than his screen refreshesjoelones can read faster than his screen refreshesjoelones can read faster than his screen refreshesjoelones can read faster than his screen refreshesjoelones can read faster than his screen refreshesjoelones can read faster than his screen refreshesjoelones can read faster than his screen refreshes
 
Posts: 19
Karma: 14206
Join Date: Apr 2009
Device: none
Tried hard reset. Don't think the battery is dead. Like I said, the led tends to alternate form blue to green for a couple of seconds and then stops. Screen does not change. Although the screen looks visibly okay, I'd probably wager something like a broken substrate as suggested. What else could it be? The rest of the electronics are all solid state circuity which should withstand a fall, nothing moving or mechanical. Darn...
joelones is offline   Reply With Quote
Advert
Old 09-06-2016, 10:21 AM   #18
rtiangha
Evangelist
rtiangha ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.rtiangha ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.rtiangha ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.rtiangha ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.rtiangha ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.rtiangha ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.rtiangha ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.rtiangha ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.rtiangha ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.rtiangha ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.rtiangha ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 495
Karma: 356531
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: 'burta, Canada
Device: Kobo Glo HD
Re-seat the sd card, if you haven't already. Literally, pull it out and then push it back in. Not much to lose at this point, and you never know. And/or try charging it for an hour before trying again (I'm really guessing it's just that something came loose but not noticeably loose when it hit the ground, either card or battery connector).
rtiangha is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-06-2016, 10:37 AM   #19
joelones
Member
joelones can read faster than his screen refreshesjoelones can read faster than his screen refreshesjoelones can read faster than his screen refreshesjoelones can read faster than his screen refreshesjoelones can read faster than his screen refreshesjoelones can read faster than his screen refreshesjoelones can read faster than his screen refreshesjoelones can read faster than his screen refreshesjoelones can read faster than his screen refreshesjoelones can read faster than his screen refreshesjoelones can read faster than his screen refreshes
 
Posts: 19
Karma: 14206
Join Date: Apr 2009
Device: none
Quote:
Originally Posted by rtiangha View Post
Re-seat the sd card, if you haven't already. Literally, pull it out and then push it back in. Not much to lose at this point, and you never know. And/or try charging it for an hour before trying again (I'm really guessing it's just that something came loose but not noticeably loose when it hit the ground, either card or battery connector).
Thanks, but I really wish it was as simply as a re-seat of the sd card. Also removed the battery / screen connectors and reconnected when I had it opened No change.
joelones is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-06-2016, 12:49 PM   #20
jackastor
Wizard
jackastor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.jackastor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.jackastor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.jackastor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.jackastor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.jackastor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.jackastor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.jackastor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.jackastor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.jackastor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.jackastor ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
jackastor's Avatar
 
Posts: 1,847
Karma: 3212428
Join Date: Jun 2011
Device: iphone stanza, kobo touch,ASUS TF300,KOBO GLO, Kobo Aura HD, Kobo Mini
Have you tried to just charge it?
jackastor is offline   Reply With Quote
Advert
Old 09-06-2016, 01:49 PM   #21
joelones
Member
joelones can read faster than his screen refreshesjoelones can read faster than his screen refreshesjoelones can read faster than his screen refreshesjoelones can read faster than his screen refreshesjoelones can read faster than his screen refreshesjoelones can read faster than his screen refreshesjoelones can read faster than his screen refreshesjoelones can read faster than his screen refreshesjoelones can read faster than his screen refreshesjoelones can read faster than his screen refreshesjoelones can read faster than his screen refreshes
 
Posts: 19
Karma: 14206
Join Date: Apr 2009
Device: none
Quote:
Originally Posted by jackastor View Post
Have you tried to just charge it?
Yeah, for an hour at least.
joelones is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-06-2016, 02:01 PM   #22
oren64
I need a chapter break
oren64 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.oren64 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.oren64 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.oren64 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.oren64 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.oren64 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.oren64 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.oren64 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.oren64 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.oren64 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.oren64 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
oren64's Avatar
 
Posts: 4,042
Karma: 56058267
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: Israel
Device: Kobo Glo
Is the light button works?

See this thread https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=268148
oren64 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 09-06-2016, 02:17 PM   #23
frostschutz
Linux User
frostschutz ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.frostschutz ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.frostschutz ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.frostschutz ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.frostschutz ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.frostschutz ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.frostschutz ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.frostschutz ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.frostschutz ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.frostschutz ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.frostschutz ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
frostschutz's Avatar
 
Posts: 2,282
Karma: 6123806
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Heidelberg, Germany
Device: none
We've had cases of broken displays with no visible artifacts before. It's unusual but not impossible.

If the display is broken, the touchscreen might still work, and the device itself might still boot fine. If you can make a USB connection with the PC (requires the device to be powered on, USB cable connected, and you blindly hitting the "Connect" button [instead of Cancel button], which is somewhere in the lower third, center of the screen)... if you get that far then that only leaves the display [or displaycable, displaycontroller...]

If you had Wifi enabled and have a router where you can see online devices you could also check if it's still logging into Wifi. If it does then again, proof that device booted fine, only the display not working...
frostschutz is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply
Page 2 of 2 1 2

« Previous Thread | Next Thread »

Forum Jump

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Kobo Mini dropped to $40 in Kobo Webstore MR. Pockets Kobo Reader 48 07-06-2013 11:34 PM
Kobo price dropped (at least for a while) sabredog Kobo Reader 16 05-16-2011 07:00 AM
The screen have imagen garbage amungar Amazon Kindle 9 09-06-2010 10:46 PM
Garbage in Garbage out Novasea Workshop 3 10-23-2008 12:27 AM


All times are GMT -4. The time now is 10:33 PM.

Contact Us - FAQ - Guidelines - Privacy - Top

MobileRead.com is a privately owned, operated and funded community.