[Solved] InkBook Classic Reader Won't Turn On: No Response to Reset, Green LED On - Need Advice

Hello,
I got inkBOOK classic, as I presume after the photos above, which also does not turn on, charging is on, the green light is on, I measured the battery while charging is 4.15V after unplugging the 4.07V cable. After pressing and holding power, the green LED lights up for a few seconds and goes out. The screen remains unresponsive with the logo and activation instructions. The reset does not work with or without a cable attached. Connecting to the computer results in displaying empty volumes. PICTURE

Take a look at this subject and try to enter Recovery Mode.

It's like it would crash during the update anyway, if you are in disk management, select the DATA partition (D and see if a red X appears in the top menu, like so, then remove this partition, disconnect the reader and press reset or turn off by holding the POWER button for a long time. Alternatively, unsolder the PLUS wire from the battery (red) so that you know for sure that the reader has turned off. And then connect the cable and run it and check if it did something or the same thing again. The reset button should work if it does not work, it is possible that the software has crashed.

I got the reader from a friend for my 10-year-old son, if you fix it, it's yours. I don't know his history and I don't know what was done with him.
I am not able to enter recovery because the display does not respond.
I unsoldered and soldered the power (red), inserted a formatted SD card with an image file.
I fired up the reader with the OK button pressed in the middle.
The reader turned on but the screen remained off.
The green LED was blinking for 2-3 minutes and then it turned on with a steady light.
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I waited and plugged it into my laptop.
Still display without reaction.
The D drive as you suggested is my second data drive in my laptop
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Disks E and F are those from the reader and, as you can see, they cannot be opened.
But when I took the SD card out of the reader and put it in the computer reader, it turned out that inkBOOK created its own directory structure.
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It looks like the display has gone down.
And the computer was not properly detecting the USB device.
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Take a look at this the topic there, a colleague from the forum provides the display driver, including subject you have information on how such a driver is loaded. Use the SpiFlashTool_v.1.2 program.

Remember that uploading may fail on win 10, my drivers were not compatible, so I recommend using windows XP SP3 or win 7. Mi XP only worked.

I bought the batteries with three cables on Aliexpress.