It appears I may have fumbled and stumbled my way into repairing the damaged Kobo eBook Reader.
You may recall it stopped recharging. With nothing to lose I decided to dismantle it. I thought the tiny soldered connections between the micro usb port and circuit board might have cracked. Using two magnifying glasses, a fine tipped soldering iron and a headlamp I attempted to repair the connections by running the soldering iron across the five tiny connections between the plug and the board. It wasn’t easy as my eyesight struggled along with shaky hands.
In the end I decided I’d done the best that I could and reassembled the eReader. Fitting all the ribbon cables back into their holders proved to be yet another challenge.
After plugging the charging cable into the port I noticed a faint glow (right arrow above).
When I looked at the end of the reader I noticed the LED was illuminated. It wasn’t working before I attempted the repair!
After flipping the reader over and looked at the icons in the top right of the screen the battery icon had a small lightning bolt indicating there was a charge going into the battery.
It appears I may have repaired the charging fault. But does the reader have a data connection allowing me to update my library? That will be the final test.
Meanwhile I’ve congratulated myself on saving $200 by not having to purchase a replacement eBook Reader.
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