Is the Storytel reader / Mofibo reader officially bricked?

[ReparationsKonsortiet]

I have a Mofibo reader 1st gen, which I can't get to start. I can make the Wi-Fi connect but afterwards I get an error: "Something went wrong". I can read on a forum, that they bricked it... but that is also the only source I can find anywhere. Even on Storytel / Mofibo's own website, it states that everything works perfectly.

Does anybody have more information or a reference to a source about the situation?

This is the only link I could find talking about it:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=357001

[ntherning]

I got this from Storytel in January:

Viktigt: Kritisk uppdatering krävs för din Reader

Vi kontaktar dig för att informera om en kritisk uppdatering för din Reader-enhet. På grund av en infrastrukturell säkerhetsändring för vår tjänst är det viktigt att uppdatera din enhet så snart som möjligt, annars kommer den att sluta fungera från och med den 22 februari. Uppdateringen måste göras innan detta datum, eftersom det inte kommer att vara möjligt att göra det efteråt.

Basically, if one didn't update the device before Feb 22 it would not be usable after that date. As I did update before this date my gen 1 is working fine and I haven't seen any issues resembling yours.

You might want to check out the discussion in issue #17 where @AndersSpringborg is trying to fix his gen 1 device which stopped working after Feb 22.