{"id":5138,"date":"2020-09-12T18:15:17","date_gmt":"2020-09-12T10:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alfredivy.per.sg\/blogger\/?p=5138"},"modified":"2022-03-27T17:09:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-27T09:09:00","slug":"upgrading-the-kobo-aura","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alfredivy.sg\/blogger\/2020\/09\/upgrading-the-kobo-aura\/","title":{"rendered":"Upgrading the Kobo Aura"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Upgrading the Kobo Aura Edition 2 with a new battery and memory<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

My second hand<\/a> Kobo Aura’s battery is dying. When it hits 50%, it will mysteriously drop to 1 %. Time to change the battery. After a false start, I finally got the replacement battery couriered over from China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New Battery’s label<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The cable snap in properly and was able to charge. The challenge is to remove the old battery. Using a hairdryer, I slowly levered the old battery out and using a penknife cut off the glue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately, the replacement battery needs to be installed with the shipping label downwards. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New battery flipped over and connected. Original battery next to it<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I used a weak sticky tape to hold the battery in place. When the back cover is installed, it is not going anywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Just before closing up. Power button on the upper right. The 16 GB card is just barely visible<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Now since I have opened it up, I thought it might be a good idea to upgrade the storage. The MicroSD card is removable in a cardholder. It is a simple matter of backing up via USB, restoring on a bigger card and extending the partition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The key point when doing this, what is the speed of the microSD card? The original has a speed class of 4 or up to 4MB\/s, the replacement 16GB, is a speed class of 6 or up to 6MB\/s. That should be fine right? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Replacement, top 16GB. Original 4GB, bottom. Can you spot the difference?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The reader after the memory upgrade works fine at times, but it always takes a long time to come out of sleep mode. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After staring at the two cards, it seems that the new 16GB card is missing an I. That is important. link<\/a> I or UHS-1 bus speed 50MB\/s. Those without is 25MB\/s The 16 GB card is slower by 50%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My second try is with a 32GB U1 card. This was much better. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Kobo Aura now feels like it has been given a new lease of life!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The video guide that I used. Link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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