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Tried it...didn't work. But oddly enough...the set up still had my data, even though it told me I needed to run setup...my date.time, userid was still there even though clear data was successful.

Another interesting tidbit: Since I now have wifi access, I am getting a slightly different error message: The application Kobo (com.kobo.pegasus.android) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again. There is another message that flashes before this message, but flashes too quickly for me to read but I think it is something about a cconnection error or an error with the kobo server.

The other difference with wifi is that I can now see my battery level and time...without it, I have no status bar.

I am pretty sure no one will have a solution for me and I will have to do a factory reset...but what really chaps my ass is that I did nothing to cause this besides trying to do a hard reset (after being locked trying to wake from sleep) in a location with no wifi.

I'll wait a couple more days to see if I get any suggestions by Kobo staff by Monday...thank goodness everything else besides the kobo library, bookstore and readinglife are working. But by Monday I'll have no choice but to factory reset. I only have a week left to exchange this thing at the store if it's screwed...

Hope someone here has a solution though...there's major karma in it for you if you solve this puzzle!!!!! How's that for a challenge?