Hello y'all
So I've got a Kobo Nia that my dad gave to me.
When he did, it was stuck in a boot loop after an update gone wrong. It also had a semi functional power button, this model has a weird full rubber soft material on top of the switch.
So I turned it off, I opened it and got the SD card out to see if i could either reflash it or change it or whatever.
This is where it started to go sideways, literally.
So i plug the SD in my new(ish) computer and lo and behold, the SD socket was a tad bit low with relation to the PC frame. Long story short the SD is stuck in there. It is stuck between the frame of the computer and the top of the SD socket.
This was just to relate my woes and does not really affect my questions.
I got a new SD card after a while. During that time the Nia without SD card is staying in a drawer.
I finally get the SD card but no Nia image can be found. So i look up the specs and whatever i can find about the hardware and realize that it is very close design to the Clara.
I get the Clara image and flash it to the new SD, plug it into the Nia.
And the thing doesn't want to turn on. The screen is a white slate at this point.
The switch for power up is busted beacuse the rubber is coming apart. So I cleanly take it out and unsolder the switch itself. This goes smoothly (it is my job after all, I'm an electronics technician).
I figure the switch is a NO switch, and pressing down creates contact. I jerry rig an outside switch but still no power no nothing.
The LED next to the power button has not made any light.
Question: Am I shit out of luck and the hardware is fried somehow, or is the Clara image not working at all and keeps the soft from recognizing the switch press ?
I have evidently charged it up for a long time after taking it out of the drawer.
Is it worth it for me to keep chasing the Nia image in the hope that this is the issue? I guess it doesn't hurt.
I'd be curious if anyone has had something similar happen.
So I've got a Kobo Nia that my dad gave to me.
When he did, it was stuck in a boot loop after an update gone wrong. It also had a semi functional power button, this model has a weird full rubber soft material on top of the switch.
So I turned it off, I opened it and got the SD card out to see if i could either reflash it or change it or whatever.
This is where it started to go sideways, literally.
So i plug the SD in my new(ish) computer and lo and behold, the SD socket was a tad bit low with relation to the PC frame. Long story short the SD is stuck in there. It is stuck between the frame of the computer and the top of the SD socket.
This was just to relate my woes and does not really affect my questions.
I got a new SD card after a while. During that time the Nia without SD card is staying in a drawer.
I finally get the SD card but no Nia image can be found. So i look up the specs and whatever i can find about the hardware and realize that it is very close design to the Clara.
I get the Clara image and flash it to the new SD, plug it into the Nia.
And the thing doesn't want to turn on. The screen is a white slate at this point.
The switch for power up is busted beacuse the rubber is coming apart. So I cleanly take it out and unsolder the switch itself. This goes smoothly (it is my job after all, I'm an electronics technician).
I figure the switch is a NO switch, and pressing down creates contact. I jerry rig an outside switch but still no power no nothing.
The LED next to the power button has not made any light.
Question: Am I shit out of luck and the hardware is fried somehow, or is the Clara image not working at all and keeps the soft from recognizing the switch press ?
I have evidently charged it up for a long time after taking it out of the drawer.
Is it worth it for me to keep chasing the Nia image in the hope that this is the issue? I guess it doesn't hurt.
I'd be curious if anyone has had something similar happen.