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You could be right about the tape, and it being white(more reflective) doesnt help with the situation. Just to be sure, wipe the shiny part in the inner edge of the bezel with a cotton cloth as some dust/debree could be causing that warning. You can also disable the warning in settings, going from memory it was named something like "detect water droplets" or similar. Edit: Also wipe the ridges on the bezel that go inside and near the ir leds. Last edited by ReaLx3m; 04-23-2019 at 05:29 AM. |
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![]() As for the white tape, that's actually just covering the other sticky side of the double-sided tape which I removed when I stuck the front bezel back on. Thanks for the reminder about disabling the "water droplets detection" though, I'd forgotten about that ![]() The front bezel actually is still sticking up around the corners despite the double-sided tape. I'm wondering if super glue would be a better solution although I'm a bit wary of such a "permanent" solution in case I need to open it up again. Last edited by xtine; 04-23-2019 at 06:01 AM. |
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Dont do that, you might need to open it again, or decide to waterproof it, you never know. I wouldnt have even put new tape, had mine opened and closed probably for more than 20 times, and even scraped with a fingernail most of the glue residue so there are no bumps, and it still holds. Its in a case though, which probably also helps with holding the bezel in place as the case has tiny notches just above it. The ir leds are those gray pimples on the sides. |
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Which gray pimples? Are they on the front bezel side or on the main board?
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The ridge on the bezel which i also marked is what reflects the beam. |
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In case it helps anyone, here are the steps I took to replace my Kobo Aura H2O Screen
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The replacement screen looks a little washed out to me, even more so when compared to the original Kobo screen. I'm not sure if all replacement screens sold by the seller I got it from are like this or if I just got a dud. It appears especially washed out at the top, a little darker in the middle, and again lighter at the bottom (although not as light as the top). I also get the "water on your screen?" message a lot although ReaLx3m has very helpfully pointed out that this can be disabled in settings. Touch screen functionality is a little spotty in the H2O with the replacement screen, maybe because of the double-sided tape I've added onto the existing adhesive (which already wasn't very sticky due to 4 years of accumulating dust). A newly opened H2O may fare better. Update: I just realized my bezel lifting up may also be part of the reason for the unreliability of the touch screen. Something about the bezel not lying flat may be interfering with the infrared beams. I find that the touch screen functionality behaves better when I try to press down gently on the the bezel to get it to lie flat. A bit of a hassle but I'll live with it until I figure out a way to get the bezel to stick properly. One more problem I've noticed is that I can connect to wifi but none of my Pocket articles are updating. I'm still on software 3.11.0 (10/16/14). Maybe I need to update the firmware manually to get Pocket to sync again? Another problem for another day. Anyway, I made this post because of how nice and helpful everyone has been in this forum, especially ReaLx3m and frostschutz and hope to pay it forward. Hope this might be useful to others hoping to revive their H2O's ![]() Last edited by xtine; 04-24-2019 at 10:58 PM. |
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Glad you made it work, finally some good news on the thread ![]() Btw what are you planning to do with the old screen, specifically the led strip? |
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out of curiosity, and this differently is not the case, but worth trying nonetheless. have you tried a hard reset?
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