Bricked Sweex - How to do a hard reset

Stoste · 11-30-2010, 08:15 AM

Hi, a friend of mine have a Sweex ebook reader but it froze and now is stuck in the in the first page (with the logo SWEEX). She already tried a soft reset (the device just retarts and stop in the same place). Anyone knows how to do a hard reset with this model?
Any other suggestions will be appreciated, because I couldn't find many information about this reader.

Cyberman tM · 11-30-2010, 02:54 PM

Warning: a lot of what I say is speculation! Don't take it for a fact! I do try to be accurate, but I'm not the one losing the device if I err.

Did you try to connect it to the PC and restart it? Perhaps you can access the memory that way and save/remove your files.
(My device sometimes hangs on a specific book - removing it helps.)

Do you know if the Sweex is also an EB600 from Netronix? I found some evidence suggesting it is - and the pictures certainly look like it.

Last resort if it is a EB600: get a firmware update from one of the other devices (CoolEr, Kobo, etc...) and try to do that.

Since it still shows a logo and restarts, it's likely the bootloader still works. But somehow the actual system might be broken.
If that is the case, a reinstall should be possible.

Doing so would probably void any warranty, though. However, it did help me, with my Elonex. But it's a risk you need to think about.

Stoste · 11-30-2010, 05:38 PM

Thank for your reply, but the device isn't being recognized by the PC, so they can try that.

11-30-2010, 08:15 AM	#1
Stoste Member Posts: 13 Karma: 92 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Azores - Portugal Device: Palm Tx; Sony reader prs-300	Bricked Sweex - How to do a hard reset Hi, a friend of mine have a Sweex ebook reader but it froze and now is stuck in the in the first page (with the logo SWEEX). She already tried a soft reset (the device just retarts and stop in the same place). Anyone knows how to do a hard reset with this model? Any other suggestions will be appreciated, because I couldn't find many information about this reader.

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11-30-2010, 02:54 PM	#2
Cyberman tM Evangelist Posts: 439 Karma: 2248782 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Austria Device: Inkbook Prime; Icarus Illumina;ImcoV6l;EB600;Kobo	Warning: a lot of what I say is speculation! Don't take it for a fact! I do try to be accurate, but I'm not the one losing the device if I err. Did you try to connect it to the PC and restart it? Perhaps you can access the memory that way and save/remove your files. (My device sometimes hangs on a specific book - removing it helps.) Do you know if the Sweex is also an EB600 from Netronix? I found some evidence suggesting it is - and the pictures certainly look like it. Last resort if it is a EB600: get a firmware update from one of the other devices (CoolEr, Kobo, etc...) and try to do that. Since it still shows a logo and restarts, it's likely the bootloader still works. But somehow the actual system might be broken. If that is the case, a reinstall should be possible. Doing so would probably void any warranty, though. However, it did help me, with my Elonex. But it's a risk you need to think about.

11-30-2010, 05:38 PM	#3
Stoste Member Posts: 13 Karma: 92 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Azores - Portugal Device: Palm Tx; Sony reader prs-300	Thank for your reply, but the device isn't being recognized by the PC, so they can try that.