I regret buying the Onyx BOOX Color 7 Gen 2

Last last December I bought the Onyx BOOX Color 7 Gen 2. It was a neat little device and I wrote up an extensive review. I have really enjoyed my time with it. It's helped me read about one dozen books in just nine months. Then it randomly entered a boot loop the other night, completely out-of-the-blue. And it's impossible for me to overstate this: I did nothing to cause the device to get bricked. The last thing I did with the device was on Tuesday the 29th of September... I read another chapter of Mick Foley's autobiography while I was getting ready for bed. I didn't modify any settings.I didn't update the firmware.I did absolutely nothing but read an e-book.The next time I powered it on (Wednesday the 30th), the device refused to boot. Instead, it was just bricked. I had already had a long, shitty day dealing with malfunctioning tech. By this point, I was pining for the days when things were simpler and the only Android I knew of was Lt. Commander Data. Instead, I had to forego my…

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