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Old 09-09-2010, 01:29 AM   #31
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There is no difference in the firmware images. Three retailers of the Kobo means three separate download links for each of those retailers websites.
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Old 09-18-2010, 03:36 AM   #32
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After a wait of nearly three months...

Thanks everyone. Finally managed the upgrade announced in June after being on the so-called 'early access' list since July. Put simply - Kobo doesn't give a rats bottom about NZ customers. Very disappointed in their attitude.

I have a SD card now. If you are in Auckland, I can do an upgrade for anyone who drops by.
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Old 11-13-2010, 08:09 PM   #33
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As of today, the link to the Borders website returns a 404 "Not found" error. But I got the image from A&R instead. However my Kobo was purchased from the Borders website, so I think it a bit rubbish of Borders to remove the download....
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Old 12-16-2010, 03:24 AM   #34
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I'm new here and just want to say that it's great that there are keen people who can sort out all this stuff. I had troubles when I (somewhat rashly!) agreed to the udate of the Whitcoulls software...then I couldn't sync my Kobo. After an email to Whitcoulls I received a helpful and courteous reply from Alastair and following this I went to a Whitcoulls store for a reflash to V1.4. All went smoothly and I now have a fully functioning Kobo again, but I am cautious about updating to V1.7.

It's good to know that it's possible to reflash via a PC if ever the need arises - but having no knowledge of linux I will avoid doing so as long as possible!
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Old 01-05-2012, 11:21 AM   #35
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Thread-digging i know, but I thought I should put out a massive thank you to all whom contributed to this thread, as my kobo is functional once more after an incident involving calibre & my clumsiness effectively nuked the database and every book on my kobo. Following instructions & downloading files listed here revived it once more and got it fully functional again.

For anyone reading through this far after finding themselves in a similar situation, make sure you follow the instructions and that you use mkfs.ext3 with the -j argument on the SD card, and not automatically assume that just using mkfs will do the right job. I am not totally sure of why, but it was that one difference that got the flash card readable by my kobo upon re-install, and thusly my kobo working again.

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Old 08-30-2013, 10:05 AM   #36
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These have just been emailed to me by Paul from Borders Australia

They are Linux Tarball compressed files.

If there are any Linux gurus amongst the Kobo community, perhaps a quick tutorial would be most handy!

Anyway here they are;

http://www.borders.com.au/uploads/bo...u-full-1_4.tgz
http://www.angusrobertson.com.au/upl...r-full-1_4.tgz
http://www.whitcoulls.co.nz/uploads/...s-full-1_4.tgz

Thanks to Paul for these links! He has been a most helpful presence on the Whirlpool Kobo thread.
Would anyone happen to have a copy of one of these still available?
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Old 08-30-2013, 02:46 PM   #37
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Would anyone happen to have a copy of one of these still available?
I think the Angus Robertson link is still live. At least it was about a month ago. If you can't download it from there, give me a PM and I'll try to get the download to you -- it's about 123MB so a bit large to attach to a message here.

http://www.angusrobertson.com.au/upl...r-full-1_4.tgz

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I think the Angus Robertson link is still live. At least it was about a month ago. If you can't download it from there, give me a PM and I'll try to get the download to you -- it's about 123MB so a bit large to attach to a message here.

http://www.angusrobertson.com.au/upl...r-full-1_4.tgz

Good luck!

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Download is working! Thanks so much! I'll see if I can't get this kobo to fire back up!
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Old 03-19-2015, 11:51 AM   #39
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Links is DEAD - any help please ?
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You cannot honestly expect 5 year old links to old firmware to still be actives do you?
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You cannot honestly expect 5 year old links to old firmware to still be actives do you?
Sure! Why not?
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Old 03-24-2015, 01:27 PM   #42
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Sure! Why not?
Because it's not reasonable. Yes, the link(s) might still work, but don't be surprised if they do not work.
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Old 03-27-2015, 03:11 AM   #43
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I'm sure I've got at least one (maybe more) of those archives saved somewhere. I'll take a look for those archive nameand get back to you soon.
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