Touch Need Help Reviving a Kobo Touch N905A

valflt · 02-09-2025, 10:44 PM

Need Help Reviving a Kobo Touch N905A

Hi everyone,

I recently found my dad’s old Kobo Touch N905A. He bought it a long time ago, but I had never used one before. When I turned it on, it powered up and seemed to work, but it was stuck and wouldn’t update.

Since I wasn’t sure what to do, I tried updating it, but that didn’t work. Then, I decided to reset it, thinking that would fix the issue. However, while it was rebooting, I saw a symbol telling me not to turn it off. Unfortunately, I got impatient and powered it off anyway. Now, I think I may have bricked it.

I’ve already tried a regular reset and a hard reset, but nothing seems to work. I also searched through different threads online but couldn’t find a solution that helped.

Does anyone have any advice on how to fix this? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

DNSB · 02-09-2025, 11:22 PM

Sorry but not much that can be done. The N905A does not have removable internal storage so re-imaging is not possible.

eddie.t.h · 02-11-2025, 12:26 PM

First of all, make sure the battery is charged. The best way to check this is with a voltmeter.
If you have BGA soldering skills then I have a dump of the internal memory, I happened to replace the memory chip in such. Nowadays it is rather unprofitable because the value of the reader is very small, it is better to look for a broken 905b or 905c, for example.

02-09-2025, 10:44 PM	#1
valflt Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2025 Device: Kobo Touch n905 A	Need Help Reviving a Kobo Touch N905A Need Help Reviving a Kobo Touch N905A Hi everyone, I recently found my dad’s old Kobo Touch N905A. He bought it a long time ago, but I had never used one before. When I turned it on, it powered up and seemed to work, but it was stuck and wouldn’t update. Since I wasn’t sure what to do, I tried updating it, but that didn’t work. Then, I decided to reset it, thinking that would fix the issue. However, while it was rebooting, I saw a symbol telling me not to turn it off. Unfortunately, I got impatient and powered it off anyway. Now, I think I may have bricked it. I’ve already tried a regular reset and a hard reset, but nothing seems to work. I also searched through different threads online but couldn’t find a solution that helped. Does anyone have any advice on how to fix this? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance! Attached Thumbnails

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02-09-2025, 11:22 PM	#2
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 43,345 Karma: 165170674 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Sorry but not much that can be done. The N905A does not have removable internal storage so re-imaging is not possible.

02-11-2025, 12:26 PM	#3
eddie.t.h Addict Posts: 201 Karma: 123456 Join Date: Jan 2018 Device: Too Much Kindle :-)	First of all, make sure the battery is charged. The best way to check this is with a voltmeter. If you have BGA soldering skills then I have a dump of the internal memory, I happened to replace the memory chip in such. Nowadays it is rather unprofitable because the value of the reader is very small, it is better to look for a broken 905b or 905c, for example.

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