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Originally Posted by murg
On the Touch, this was ultimately handled with the paperclip factory reset. On the Glo, this seems to require a PC and some specialised knowledge.
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The issue at hand is not about a missing paper clip reset on the Glo (see
http://kobo.intelliresponse.com/inde...3812&question=), but rather that installing the Touch FW will brick the Glo, rendering the reset, any reset, non functional. And I'm sure that, likewise, installing the Glo FW on a Touch woulb brick it all the same.
I'm with davidfor (and Kobo) on this one and prefer Kobe use their scarce resources to some other uses than making sure the hackers populating these forums (of which I am one example) cannot brick their devices.
I'm good enough knowing that there is an inherent risk in sideloading FW on Kobo devices, or any other devices for that matter. As a matter of fact I have already had cold sweats "upgrading" Nokia mobiles, Blackberries, Android smartphones or WiFi routers (openWrt or dd-wrt anyone?) outside the recommended, supported path!
And blaming the manufacturer that leaves the door wide open to hacking, as Kobo does, would never cross my mind as the harder it is to hack the device the more risky it gets...