Grrr... Corrupted Database

PeterT · 01-09-2011, 03:56 PM

Was in the process of using Calibre today to rearrange some books on the Kobo.

Somehow at one point, a book I was not touching (Gulliver's Travels from the MobileRead) became damaged in the database; it dissapeared by title from the Books view, but somehow appeared twice as "Unknown Title". Opening either entry displayed the book.

Calibre could still find the book though.

I then dropped the book (I don't recall whether it was done by Calibre or the unit itself; I think it must have been via Calibre).

After the disconnect of the Kobo, the book still showed with two entries on the Kobo, but attempting to open either one gave the "Content Locked" message. Trying to drop either one resulted in the Kobo rebooting.

In desperation I proceeded to do a factory reset of the Kobo (of course; foolish me) I had NOT made a copy of what books I had on the unit... LOL..

Have any of the 3rd party hackers thought of creating a tool that could be used to validate the various Kobo tables, point out which database entities are inconsistent, and provide the ability to remove them?

taming · 01-09-2011, 04:37 PM

Peter: I know you have both Kobo-1 and the WiFi version. From what I have been told, the WiFi version reset will fix a Db, but the Db in the Kobo-1, if it has not been replaced and still has the preloaded books in it, doesn't necessarily heal itself when you do a reset.

PeterT · 01-09-2011, 04:42 PM

Actually; now we're only using the WiFi versions. The wife magically got a WiFi for Xmas, and currently, her classic is sitting unused

And yes... the reset on the WiFi did a wonderful job of wiping everything out

All files gone; DB / Preloaded books back lige magic.

taming · 01-09-2011, 04:45 PM

As we spoke about earlier, an SD card can be a beautiful thing

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The Terminator · 01-09-2011, 10:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PeterT

Actually; now we're only using the WiFi versions. The wife magically got a WiFi for Xmas, and currently, her classic is sitting unused

And yes... the reset on the WiFi did a wonderful job of wiping everything out

All files gone; DB / Preloaded books back lige magic.

I'll take your old one

01-09-2011, 03:56 PM	#1
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,166 Karma: 73448616 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Nexus 7, Clara, Touch, Tolino EPOS	Grrr... Corrupted Database Was in the process of using Calibre today to rearrange some books on the Kobo. Somehow at one point, a book I was not touching (Gulliver's Travels from the MobileRead) became damaged in the database; it dissapeared by title from the Books view, but somehow appeared twice as "Unknown Title". Opening either entry displayed the book. Calibre could still find the book though. I then dropped the book (I don't recall whether it was done by Calibre or the unit itself; I think it must have been via Calibre). After the disconnect of the Kobo, the book still showed with two entries on the Kobo, but attempting to open either one gave the "Content Locked" message. Trying to drop either one resulted in the Kobo rebooting. In desperation I proceeded to do a factory reset of the Kobo (of course; foolish me) I had NOT made a copy of what books I had on the unit... LOL.. Have any of the 3rd party hackers thought of creating a tool that could be used to validate the various Kobo tables, point out which database entities are inconsistent, and provide the ability to remove them? Last edited by PeterT; 01-09-2011 at 04:43 PM. Reason: Changed Developer to 3rd Party Hackers

01-09-2011, 04:37 PM	#2
taming Trying for calm & polite Posts: 4,012 Karma: 9455193 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mostly in Canada Device: kobo original, WiFI, Touch, Glo, and Aura	Peter: I know you have both Kobo-1 and the WiFi version. From what I have been told, the WiFi version reset will fix a Db, but the Db in the Kobo-1, if it has not been replaced and still has the preloaded books in it, doesn't necessarily heal itself when you do a reset. Last edited by taming; 01-09-2011 at 04:40 PM.

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01-09-2011, 04:42 PM	#3
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,166 Karma: 73448616 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Nexus 7, Clara, Touch, Tolino EPOS	Actually; now we're only using the WiFi versions. The wife magically got a WiFi for Xmas, and currently, her classic is sitting unused And yes... the reset on the WiFi did a wonderful job of wiping everything out All files gone; DB / Preloaded books back lige magic.

01-09-2011, 04:45 PM	#4
taming Trying for calm & polite Posts: 4,012 Karma: 9455193 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mostly in Canada Device: kobo original, WiFI, Touch, Glo, and Aura	As we spoke about earlier, an SD card can be a beautiful thing .

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