Touch Kobo Touch 905C Bricked

image3333 · 07-04-2019, 05:22 PM

Hello All,

My Kobo Touch not responding. I don't know if baterry is full. PC not recognize Kobo. Factory reset and soft reset it does not bring results. When I try power on device, blue led is on 10 seconds. I don't idea what else can I do. Please help.

davidfor · 07-05-2019, 02:54 AM

The blue LED turning off after a few seconds and nothing else happening can be sign the battery is flat. Charge if for a couple of hours and see what happens. And if that is all that the problem is, then it will probably turn itself on after a few minutes.

The alternative is that there is something wrong with the internal SD card. If it was missing, or corrupt in some way that the device couldn't boot from it, again, the power LED would flash a few times and then stop. Nothing would change on the screen. The Touch N905C has an internal SD card. This can be reimaged or replaced. I can supply an image if you want to try.

The worse alternative is that the screen has broken. It can be obvious with fracture lines on the screen. But, sometime it is in the corner not visible, or whatever is displayed hides it. In this case, the device could be running perfectly well except that the screen isn't updating.

image3333 · 07-05-2019, 10:58 AM

Thank you for reply.
On the screen i see "powered off". so I think it works ...
I was charging him all night - his not turning on.
If you can please send SD image. SD image can I load on old card or new card?

davidfor · 07-05-2019, 10:48 PM

PM sent.

BobNobody · 10-10-2022, 05:26 AM

Hi, I am having a similar problem - Touch device had an update, device stayed on blank screen with flashing green light and eventually screen with exclamation mark and refresh logo. Got it to start and saying connect to pc, go through set up only for the process to loop through this each time.
Could I please get the SD image so I can try and fix this because Kobo support's answer is to buy a new device.

DNSB · 10-10-2022, 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BobNobody

Hi, I am having a similar problem - Touch device had an update, device stayed on blank screen with flashing green light and eventually screen with exclamation mark and refresh logo. Got it to start and saying connect to pc, go through set up only for the process to loop through this each time.
Could I please get the SD image so I can try and fix this because Kobo support's answer is to buy a new device.

Which flavour of Kobo Touch do you have? The original N905, the N905B or the N905C?

07-04-2019, 05:22 PM	#1
image3333 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2019 Device: Kobo Touch	Kobo Touch 905C Bricked Hello All, My Kobo Touch not responding. I don't know if baterry is full. PC not recognize Kobo. Factory reset and soft reset it does not bring results. When I try power on device, blue led is on 10 seconds. I don't idea what else can I do. Please help.

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07-05-2019, 02:54 AM	#2
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	The blue LED turning off after a few seconds and nothing else happening can be sign the battery is flat. Charge if for a couple of hours and see what happens. And if that is all that the problem is, then it will probably turn itself on after a few minutes. The alternative is that there is something wrong with the internal SD card. If it was missing, or corrupt in some way that the device couldn't boot from it, again, the power LED would flash a few times and then stop. Nothing would change on the screen. The Touch N905C has an internal SD card. This can be reimaged or replaced. I can supply an image if you want to try. The worse alternative is that the screen has broken. It can be obvious with fracture lines on the screen. But, sometime it is in the corner not visible, or whatever is displayed hides it. In this case, the device could be running perfectly well except that the screen isn't updating.

07-05-2019, 10:58 AM	#3
image3333 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2019 Device: Kobo Touch	Thank you for reply. On the screen i see "powered off". so I think it works ... I was charging him all night - his not turning on. If you can please send SD image. SD image can I load on old card or new card?

07-05-2019, 10:48 PM	#4
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	PM sent.

10-10-2022, 05:26 AM	#5
BobNobody Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2022 Device: Kobo Touch	Hi, I am having a similar problem - Touch device had an update, device stayed on blank screen with flashing green light and eventually screen with exclamation mark and refresh logo. Got it to start and saying connect to pc, go through set up only for the process to loop through this each time. Could I please get the SD image so I can try and fix this because Kobo support's answer is to buy a new device.

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