I'd like to chime in here and say that I have _never_ seen a forced reset screen. Some facts, to help others and Kobo themselves to debug the issue:
- I am approaching one month of KT ownership
- I read several times a week
- I've certainly seen a manual reset screen -- but that's because I actually wanted to reset for one reason or another (in the first day or two, when I was setting things up and experimenting)
- Currently running firmware 1.9.9, installed via initial sync with Kobo Desktop
- I've connected to the KT with Kobo Desktop under Windows
- I've connected to the KT with ADE under Wine (Linux)
- I've connected to the KT by the automount under Windows
- I've connected to the KT by automount under Linux
- I've transferred books to the KT with ADE under Wine
- I've transferred books to the KT directly with Linux (treating the KT as a USB storage device).
- I've transferred a DRM library book to the KT with ADE
- I've transferred non-DRM ePubs to the KT
- I've never transferred books to the KT with Kobo Desktop
- I've never installed or used Calibre
- I've never purchased an ebook
- I've never transferred a kePub book to the KT
- I've never put an SD card in it [yet]
- I am mostly in Airplane mode, but I had the Wifi on early in my ownership just to do some initial syncs
- I always do safe disconnects, regardless of operating system
- I do not wait any extra seconds after I see the "it's safe to disconnect" message, regardless of operating system. I unplug right away after that message.
- I do not have many books on the KT yet -- maybe 10 to 20, and have only read 2 or 3 for more than a few pages.
My guesses as to the cause of the problem some of you are experiencing:
It could be caused by specific books which have problems. Also, based on what I've read on these forums, I don't trust Calibre, and I wouldn't install or try it, since I have been able to do everything with ADE (library books) and plain USB transfer (for non-DRM).
Hope this helps!