05-08-2013, 05:42 AM | #16 |
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Finally, the Touch was replaced by the seller. The first thing I made was a backup of the μSD card.
I erased the serial number and put "zeros" instead. I have two backups: a "normal" with the original serial number for my personal use and a "virgin" without serial numbers to help those who were stuck like me. I said that my Kobo Touch is the model: FCC ID: NOIKBN905C IC: 8857A-KBN905C MODEL: N905C (translated by Google translation) Jacques |
05-10-2013, 08:13 AM | #17 |
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Thanks to Jacques!
I got my Kobo running again with his virgin Image. it worked like this, make a backup of your kobo sdcard in linux with dd. dd if=/dev/sdX of=/home/youruser/backup.img in the image you will find with a hex editor in offset 200 (before any partition starts) the serialnumber of your kobo. copy this. If you have the virgin image from jacques, insert your serialnumber in his image. write the image to your sdcard dd if=/home/youruser/new_with_serial.img of=/dev/sdX voila all fine again. if you use windows, you can use this software (http://sourceforge.net/projects/win32diskimager/) to read and write the image. Greetings Grunge |
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05-10-2013, 08:55 AM | #18 |
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My PC is running Windows XP SP3. For the disk image, I used the free software:
USB Image Tool 1.61 COPYRIGHT 2006-2013 Alexander Beug http://www.alexpage.de And edit disk image: Free Hex Editor Neo by HHD Software Ltd.. http://www.hhdsoftware.com/free-hex-editor Good luck and good reading with your Kobo! Jacques |
05-19-2013, 12:08 PM | #19 | |
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can i ask you the favor to give me the virgin image? my kobo i stuck at the "restoring" state after an update and no resets have worked so far. I had the same kobo touch model FCC id, IC and model as yours. How can i change the serial to match mine after sd image restore? Thanks for any reply. P.S. I've seen how to edit the Serial Number in the reply post.Ah,rushness... Last edited by brusciatu; 05-19-2013 at 12:16 PM. Reason: Correction |
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05-19-2013, 12:59 PM | #20 |
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I'll send you a private message. :-)
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05-19-2013, 01:19 PM | #21 |
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it worked like a charm.Thanks!
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05-27-2013, 02:04 PM | #22 |
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(Overcome by events.)
Luck; Ken Last edited by Ken Maltby; 06-10-2013 at 04:16 PM. |
05-30-2013, 01:04 PM | #23 | |
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I've tried resetting with the hole in the back but no joy - the LED flashes a couple of times and the screen darkens but then goes back to paperwhite. I know nothing about LINUX so I think my only hope is to write a fresh image to the internal sd card (which I suspect is damaged because when I try and make a backup from it progress fails at 30%). Do you still have the N905B image and if so could you please provide me with a link to it? Many thanks in advance. |
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05-30-2013, 02:39 PM | #24 | |
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As I said before I think the internal SD card is corrupted as when I try and back it up the progress stalls at 30% - I think a fresh image on a new SD card is only option for my Touch. |
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05-30-2013, 04:29 PM | #26 |
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If the factory reset did not help (restroring however might need some time) you might really need a new sd with a fresh image.
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05-30-2013, 04:53 PM | #27 |
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Unfortunately, I can't help you. My Kobo Touch is :
FCC ID: NOIKBN905C IC: 8857A-KBN905C MODEL: N905C Good luck :-) |
05-30-2013, 05:26 PM | #28 | |
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FCC ID: NOIKBN905B IC: 8857A-KBN905B MODEL: N905B The only way I could stop the green flashing LED was to hold the power slide across for a few seconds until it went out - still stuck with a blank screen. I do still have the original box with the serial number on it, so if anyone has made a back-up copy of the internal SD card from their N905B but is not comfortable setting the serial number to zero don't worry - I promise I'll change it to mine! |
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05-30-2013, 07:01 PM | #29 |
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@TonyRob: The instructions tshering pointed to usually work. One reason they don't is not holding the power switch long enough to turn it off. There is an alternate factory reset procedure. Again, hold the power switch in the off position for at least 15 seconds. The hold the home button down and push something into the reset hole at the back. Keep the holding the home button down until the LEDs start to flash.
And in case it fails, I do have an image for a Touch N905B. I'll PM you the link. |
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Thank you so much - you're a life saver! |
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