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NonCorporeal · 03-30-2012, 04:53 PM

Thanks to all who posted, and danifunker. Apologies for asking a question previously answered on the post. Now I know to read ENTIRE posts before attempting anything

I figured I should post my results in case it might help anyone as your posts have helped me.

My major issue, after realizing danifunker was taking about a script command in step 3 (see previous post ), was that kobo vox did not appear under unknown devices in device manager.

My vox did appear under disk drives (3 instances)
but it would not let me change driver (driver up to date message).

1. I followed Tordre's advice and uninstalled mass storage device under USB controllers.

2. Unplugged and re-attached my kobo and it appeared under unknown devices (K080).

3.I followed the video posted by danifunker to force install driver.

4. re-booted my pc.

5. ran runme.bat file.

6. opened Oogle Vox on my Vox.

7. Oogle Vox then confirmed rooting and allowed installation of Google framework!!

Thanks to all, especially danifunker I appreciate your hard work.

03-30-2012, 04:53 PM	#46
NonCorporeal Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2012 Device: Kobo Vox	Sucessfull Rooting Thanks to all who posted, and danifunker. Apologies for asking a question previously answered on the post. Now I know to read ENTIRE posts before attempting anything I figured I should post my results in case it might help anyone as your posts have helped me. My major issue, after realizing danifunker was taking about a script command in step 3 (see previous post ), was that kobo vox did not appear under unknown devices in device manager. My vox did appear under disk drives (3 instances) but it would not let me change driver (driver up to date message). 1. I followed Tordre's advice and uninstalled mass storage device under USB controllers. 2. Unplugged and re-attached my kobo and it appeared under unknown devices (K080). 3.I followed the video posted by danifunker to force install driver. 4. re-booted my pc. 5. ran runme.bat file. 6. opened Oogle Vox on my Vox. 7. Oogle Vox then confirmed rooting and allowed installation of Google framework!! Thanks to all, especially danifunker I appreciate your hard work.