Reviving a four year old reMarkable 2
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I found my old reMarkable 2 paper tablet, bought in 2021, it had sat unused for ~4 years or so. The device was in a sorry state:
This post details how you might be able to bring your tablet back to working order if you find yourself in a similar situation.
Googling the error I found a forum post with what its author called “the fast solution”, SSH in, set the clock:
After setting the time, I was able to download a software update.
After the first software update, cloud sync now gave me a different error: HTTP 400 . I found the actual error message in the journal: “Unable to sync. Please update this application to continue using the reMarkable cloud.”
The cloud was rejecting my obsolete system version. Turns out the first update only brought the tablet to 3.11.2.5 and wouldn’t update further.