Kobo µSD Card Image Requests

[burankudot]

Hi,
My Kobo Clara HD suddenly stopped working and I tried to remove the sd card to create an image but it was corrupted. May I get an image of it. Thank you so much

[Betis24]

I would like the firmware image for a Kobo N249 Clara HD. Thanks.

[cagria]

Hi
I would like the firmware image for a Kobo N249 Clara HD.

Thank you.

[warpinginbalance]

Hi, could anyone give me an image for a kobo NIA model N306? Thank you

[tahphallus]

Originally Posted by DNSB

The µSD internal to the Clara HD has the operating system on it. A new µSD card is not going to have that operating system partition so will not boot or do anything useful.

The image I've sent you is an image of the entire µSD card (the free space which is used for serial number, etc., the first Linux ext4 partition which is where your Clara HD boots from, the second Linux ext4 partition which is used for the recovery boot and the FAT32 partition which is the one exposed over USB.

Note that Windows out of the box does not read ext4 partitions and wants to reformat the card which will destroy it's contents when the card is connected directly to a Windows computer.

Once you have the image use BalenaEtcher or USB Duplicator Image Writer to write the image to a new µSD card.

The image has firmware 4.38.21908 already installed. Once your Clara HD is working again, you can upgrade to 4.38.23171 either over the air or by downloading the firmware from the links on Patrick Gaskin's Kobo Firmware Downloads page.

Hi David,

thank you for sending the link to the new image.
I have flashed the image with USB Duplicator image writer to a new sandisk ultra 32gb card.
Now when I turn on the Kobo, I still have a blank screen, and the white led is also still just white without blinking.
Based on the led I would assume that it is working now, but still nothing is visible on screen.
I'm wondering whether the screen might have died.

Since there are few linux partitions on the sd card, is there then also some sort of linux version running on the Kobo?
And can I, through the USB port, maybe connect to it and get to a terminal of some sorts and run some diagnostiscs to check if it actually booted up but I just can't see it because it has a dead screen?
Because when the screen is broken, I can order a new screen and fix it that way.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by tahphallus

Hi David,

thank you for sending the link to the new image.
I have flashed the image with USB Duplicator image writer to a new sandisk ultra 32gb card.
Now when I turn on the Kobo, I still have a blank screen, and the white led is also still just white without blinking.
Based on the led I would assume that it is working now, but still nothing is visible on screen.
I'm wondering whether the screen might have died.

Since there are few linux partitions on the sd card, is there then also some sort of linux version running on the Kobo?
And can I, through the USB port, maybe connect to it and get to a terminal of some sorts and run some diagnostiscs to check if it actually booted up but I just can't see it because it has a dead screen?
Because when the screen is broken, I can order a new screen and fix it that way.

Kobo ereaders do run a version of Linux. One item to try is to remove the µSD card, insert it in your computer and on the FAT32 partition, browse to the /.kobo/Kobo directory. Open the Kobo eReader.conf file with a Linux line end aware editor (I use Notepad++) and look for a heading [DeveloperSettings].

If you see the heading, insert AutoUsbGadget=true under it.

If you don't see the heading, insert the following two lines:

[DeveloperSettings]
AutoUsbGadget=true

Re-insert the µSD card in your Clara HD, power it up and then connect it to your computer. If it has booted properly, you should see KOBOeReader as a mounted USB drive.

This will allow your Kobo to connect to your computer over USB without needing to tap on Connect in the pop-up.

[DNSB]

PMS sent.

[AirRaven]

Hi, could I possibly get the image for the Kobo N506 Clara 2E, please?

[mapi17]

Hello,

I need the factory image for a Kobo N249 Clara HD.

Thanks in advance.

[luma69]

Hi
I would like the firmware image for a kobo clara hd.

Thanks for all your work !!

[AlbSos]

I would like the firmware image for a N249 Kobo Clara HD

Thanks for your work!!

[wouter]

I would like the firmware image for a N249 Kobo Clara HD,

Thank You for Your effort and work, have a nice day!

[DNSB]

PMs sent.

[dwmill]

I would like the firmware image for a Kobo N647B WiFi. Thanks!

[DNSB]

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