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oj829 · 06-10-2013, 04:27 PM

I know there are plenty of stories about a Factory Reset fixing the Glo's WiFi issue(s) (i.e., never remembering a successful connection, not establishing new ones), but I discovered something that makes me wonder...

I opened up the diagnostics on my WiFi extender, and saw that the Glo really did not have a host name when connected, like other devices. Just two dashes, like so: --

Even my husband's nooks showed a host name on the extender, if not very helpful ones (e.g., host name android_[mac address]).

I manually went to the brand new glo firmware over the weekend (2.6.1?) via sideload, hoping it might include a fix for this, and while the update was clearly successful, I'm still stuck with the same WiFi issues. I love my Glo, but it is way (WAY) less useful without WiFi. If I have to enter my passphrase one more time, I'm afraid I'm gonna hurl this across the room.

06-10-2013, 04:27 PM	#1
oj829 Groupie Posts: 191 Karma: 574940 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Kobo Touch, Kobo Glo, Kobo Arc(32GB), Kobo Arc 7HD, Kobo Glo HD,NookHD	Does 'Factory Reset' RELIABLY fix WiFi issue? I know there are plenty of stories about a Factory Reset fixing the Glo's WiFi issue(s) (i.e., never remembering a successful connection, not establishing new ones), but I discovered something that makes me wonder... I opened up the diagnostics on my WiFi extender, and saw that the Glo really did not have a host name when connected, like other devices. Just two dashes, like so: -- Even my husband's nooks showed a host name on the extender, if not very helpful ones (e.g., host name android_[mac address]). I manually went to the brand new glo firmware over the weekend (2.6.1?) via sideload, hoping it might include a fix for this, and while the update was clearly successful, I'm still stuck with the same WiFi issues. I love my Glo, but it is way (WAY) less useful without WiFi. If I have to enter my passphrase one more time, I'm afraid I'm gonna hurl this across the room.