[Altivo]

OK, now it has upgraded to 2.0 and appears to be working.

Here is what I found out by experimenting with downloading the KoboRoot.tgz files from the links given in the Literati WIKI page on this site:

A right click and save as using Firefox 12 or 13, running on either Windows or Linux, does download a file with the correct name. However, the file is corrupted. It has the wrong length and the Linux command "tar ztvf KoboRoot.tgz" tells you that it doesn't appear to be a valid archive.

The same operation in Internet Explorer presents a message asking if you want to save the file and when you tell it to save, the file downloaded is of the correct length and can be listed correctly by the tar command in Linux.

Since I run Linux, I use Firefox. It never occurred to me that such a corruption was possible, and I've never seen it before. I strongly suggest that someone who can update that WIKI page add the correct file lengths to the information at the bottom. MD5 checksums wouldn't be a bad idea either. And a warning to check the file lengths at the very least is in order.

Added information: For those who use Linux and have no access to Windows, I tested the "wget" command line program and it does download the file without corruption when used with the URL from the WIKI page.

It's clear now that the first Literati that crashed trying to upgrade using the 2.0 KoboRoot.tgz file downloaded by Firefox could probably have been recovered by repeating the upgrade using a correct file. That would have saved me from returning the device for a replacement and then doing a whole lot of research before daring to try the upgrade again. With an uncorrupted KoboRoot.tgz, the upgrade proceeds normally and succeeds. Following common advice, I did a system reset after that.

The Literati is now visible to the Kobo Desktop and Adobe Digital Editions. I have loaded books to it using both of those and also Calibre, and all seem to work as expected. Wireless connects, but apparently will not actually download or sync from kobobooks.com even though the site does recognize that I'm properly logged in and that I'm entitled to download books I've paid for. That's a fairly minor nuisance, since I'm able to sync over USB now. Has anyone else seen this?

Oh, and note on SD cards as well. As I had suspected, I find that the reported "unable to see the SD card" has to do with the card itself, not the reader. I have other devices that behave in the same way. They expect "high speed" SD cards, those that are class 4 or 5 and above. When you insert an old, slow card they don't always recognize it. The Literati rejects my old class 2 cards from several manufacturers, but is happy with all the faster cards I have (the ones usually touted for use in video cameras.) It might not hurt, though, to note in the WIKI that cards should be inserted with the label side down or away from the user when looking at the screen/keyboard side of the Literati.