Mini Kobo mini impossibile to setup after reset

[perisiana]

So i was really lucky tonight, after years i decided to hard reset my mini without knowing about the mandatory update, cause the wifi didn't work HUGH

Now it doesn't connect with the last official update for the mini so I can't connect to my account.

I tried to manually update with both the Glo and Touch version of 4.35.20400 opening the kobo and putting the update directly on the micro sd, but here's the problem, when Kobo asks me if i want to connect through WiFi or pc, doesn't matter what i touch, it does nothing. I can see the buttons being pressed since they became black for a bit as usual, so the touch screen works, but it won't do any action.

My mini is customized by a kobo partner of my country if this can be important, idk.

Is that normal with the mandatory update? There's some solution or my mini is just a nice paperweight?
thanks!

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by perisiana

So i was really lucky tonight, after years i decided to hard reset my mini without knowing about the mandatory update, cause the wifi didn't work HUGH

Now it doesn't connect with the last official update for the mini so I can't connect to my account.

I tried to manually update with both the Glo and Touch version of 4.35.20400 opening the kobo and putting the update directly on the micro sd, but here's the problem, when Kobo asks me if i want to connect through WiFi or pc, doesn't matter what i touch, it does nothing. I can see the buttons being pressed since they became black for a bit as usual, so the touch screen works, but it won't do any action.

My mini is customized by a kobo partner of my country if this can be important, idk.

Is that normal with the mandatory update? There's some solution or my mini is just a nice paperweight?
thanks!

You put the KoboRoot.tgz from the Kobo4 update into the .kobo directory on your Mini and then power cycled it? The upgrade directory and the manifest.md5sum file are not needed (they are the hardware specific portion of the update packages).

I'd suggest redoing the factory reset, connecting it to your PC and then see if you can see it's exposed storage including the .kobo directory. If so, copy KoboRoot.tgz into the .kobo directory, safely eject and if it doesn't start the upgrade within a 10-15 seconds, power cycle it.

[perisiana]

I put only the .tgz file in the.kobo directory for like 3 times and it didn't work, then i was desperate so i tried adding the other two files as well ("upgrade" folder and manifest.md5sun) plus deleting a file called customized setup (or something similar) and it worked, it still doesn't connect to my wifi (2.4g) but it connected to the hotspot of my phone.
it's weird cause as you said usually the.tgz file is enough, maybe jumping from 3.19 to 4.35 was too much and the other files were needed this time?

[rcentros]

Originally Posted by perisiana

it's weird cause as you said usually the.tgz file is enough, maybe jumping from 3.19 to 4.35 was too much and the other files were needed this time?

I upgraded a couple Touches and a Mini before the cut off date. They would see my WiFi, but they wouldn't connect (or stay connected) until I moved nearer to the WiFi router. Maybe that would work for you.