Mini Help please! Kobo mini unresponsive and green and blue light

yellowdandelion · 11-16-2024, 12:44 AM

Hello everyone,

First post to this forum as I was suggested to come here for help with my possibly bricked kobo mini. Sorry if anything of this sort was already asked and resolved.

I found my old kobo mini that I probably haven’t used in years. Plugged it in and the LED light at the top turned green and I let it charge for a day or so but the screen stayed blank and didn’t display whether it was charging or not.

I tried booting it up and the light turned green then blue before the screen flashed black a couple times before becoming blank once more. Repeated that a couple more times to the same result. I then removed the back plate and tried a had reset by sticking a paper clip in the little reset hole. Still, nothing happened and the blank screen remained. Connecting it to my laptop has not worked as my laptop doesn’t even detect it, though the LED still turns green so I know the kobo at least has a functional battery. I’m kind of at a loss of what to do.

Any suggestions on how to fix it? Is it even repairable? Any and all help is welcomed. Thanks for your time.

DNSB · 11-17-2024, 12:22 AM

The suggestion would be to request an image in the Kobo µSD Card Image Requests.

However I've sent you a link to the image and will close this thread.

11-16-2024, 12:44 AM	#1
yellowdandelion Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2024 Device: Kobo mini N705	Help please! Kobo mini unresponsive and green and blue light Hello everyone, First post to this forum as I was suggested to come here for help with my possibly bricked kobo mini. Sorry if anything of this sort was already asked and resolved. I found my old kobo mini that I probably haven’t used in years. Plugged it in and the LED light at the top turned green and I let it charge for a day or so but the screen stayed blank and didn’t display whether it was charging or not. I tried booting it up and the light turned green then blue before the screen flashed black a couple times before becoming blank once more. Repeated that a couple more times to the same result. I then removed the back plate and tried a had reset by sticking a paper clip in the little reset hole. Still, nothing happened and the blank screen remained. Connecting it to my laptop has not worked as my laptop doesn’t even detect it, though the LED still turns green so I know the kobo at least has a functional battery. I’m kind of at a loss of what to do. Any suggestions on how to fix it? Is it even repairable? Any and all help is welcomed. Thanks for your time.

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11-17-2024, 12:22 AM	#2
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 46,181 Karma: 168983734 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	The suggestion would be to request an image in the Kobo µSD Card Image Requests. However I've sent you a link to the image and will close this thread.

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