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tonyyng · 01-25-2019, 02:49 PM

Thanks. I found the same file here (http://download.kobobooks.com/firmwares/kobo/kobo-upgrade-1.8.zip) by trying different URL's until something worked.

Contents of the .kobo/version from my reader:
00:08:54:E3:15:01,NickelEReaderKoboLinux,1.0,Nicke lEReaderKoboLinux,NickelEReaderKoboLinux

Do you know how this upgrade is applied?

It only contains the following 3 files:
fs.img
u-boot.bin-eb600em
uImage-eb600em

And doesn't look like any of the other upgrade version files.

I tried a number of different approaches, none of which worked.

Copying the zip to the .kobo directory and restarting
Extracting the files to .kobo directory and restarting
Formatting an SD card as ext3 and copying the files there. Restarting with Menu/DPAD held down.

I also tried putting the kobo into Upgrade mode as described here. When I plugged the kobo into my computer, I didn't see a partition I could copy files to. (I did see an error in Device Manager showing a device with missing drivers).

My guess is that the old version of Kobo Desktop knew how to write to this device when it was in upgrade mode.

I did try installing the version of Kobo Desktop that comes with the Kobo original. However, it kept upgrading itself to a current version, which doesn't support the original Kobo.

01-25-2019, 02:49 PM	#4
tonyyng Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2019 Device: none	Thanks. I found the same file here (http://download.kobobooks.com/firmwares/kobo/kobo-upgrade-1.8.zip) by trying different URL's until something worked. Contents of the .kobo/version from my reader: 00:08:54:E3:15:01,NickelEReaderKoboLinux,1.0,Nicke lEReaderKoboLinux,NickelEReaderKoboLinux Do you know how this upgrade is applied? It only contains the following 3 files: fs.img u-boot.bin-eb600em uImage-eb600em And doesn't look like any of the other upgrade version files. I tried a number of different approaches, none of which worked. Copying the zip to the .kobo directory and restarting Extracting the files to .kobo directory and restarting Formatting an SD card as ext3 and copying the files there. Restarting with Menu/DPAD held down. I also tried putting the kobo into Upgrade mode as described here. When I plugged the kobo into my computer, I didn't see a partition I could copy files to. (I did see an error in Device Manager showing a device with missing drivers). My guess is that the old version of Kobo Desktop knew how to write to this device when it was in upgrade mode. I did try installing the version of Kobo Desktop that comes with the Kobo original. However, it kept upgrading itself to a current version, which doesn't support the original Kobo. Last edited by tonyyng; 01-25-2019 at 02:51 PM.