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Originally Posted by robko
The explanation from Kobo way back when was that the WIFI part of the firmware was not ready at the time they were factory loading it onto the first run of KT's. Therefore it had no ability to use WIFI until you updated the firmware straight out of the box. My understanding was the later shipments would be preloaded with whatever the current firmware was (which logically should have WIFI functionality in the firmware), so you shouldn't need to hardwire connect, but I can't confirm that.
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I believe the firmware issue was that early release did need the desktop software to update the firmware, but has been resolved since and can now do and firmware update ota. The initial setup of the device still requires regardless the use of the desktop software, as is my understanding and the underlying issue for linux users.