Touch Bricked Kobo Touch N905B

Cemre · 11-09-2019, 10:30 AM

Hello mates,

I have a Kobo Touch N905B e-reader from 2012 or 2013 with a 4 GB memory. When I was trying to update it in 2017 it shut off and never turned on again. After a little tinkering I let it go. This week I wanted to have a go at trying to revive it. However, no matter what I did, It wouldn't boot. I got a black blank screen. I tried soft reset, hard reset. When these didn't work. I kind of figured that its image might have become corrupted. I flashed N905B image to original micro sd card via Win32DiskImager (thanks to @davidfor from the forum). Then, I put the micro sd car back in the device and now I get a blinking green light and black blank screen.

Do you guys have any idea about how I can repair my device. Also the battery probably must have been drained during idle years. Could this be the reason for not booting up even after I flashed the image?

Thank you for your help.

Platypus123 · 02-28-2023, 04:22 PM

Did you ever figure this out? I have the same model and issue.

11-09-2019, 10:30 AM	#1
Cemre Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2017 Device: Kobo Touch	Bricked Kobo Touch N905B Hello mates, I have a Kobo Touch N905B e-reader from 2012 or 2013 with a 4 GB memory. When I was trying to update it in 2017 it shut off and never turned on again. After a little tinkering I let it go. This week I wanted to have a go at trying to revive it. However, no matter what I did, It wouldn't boot. I got a black blank screen. I tried soft reset, hard reset. When these didn't work. I kind of figured that its image might have become corrupted. I flashed N905B image to original micro sd card via Win32DiskImager (thanks to @davidfor from the forum). Then, I put the micro sd car back in the device and now I get a blinking green light and black blank screen. Do you guys have any idea about how I can repair my device. Also the battery probably must have been drained during idle years. Could this be the reason for not booting up even after I flashed the image? Thank you for your help.

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02-28-2023, 04:22 PM	#2
Platypus123 Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2023 Device: Kobo Touch N905B	Did you ever figure this out? I have the same model and issue.

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