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Old 04-22-2013, 05:18 AM   #228
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Originally Posted by davidfor View Post
With this and tshering's comment about issues copying large files, that might be what is happening. The database on my Glo tends to be about 15MB for about 500 books. That isn't very big, but it is the biggest file that commonly gets written to the device. Maybe it is just big enough to trigger whatever the problem is.

Good luck.
I did a factory reset and it updated to 2.50 and initially everything seemed fine. However when I tried to transfer a group of 22 files using Calibre it failed at some stage (I think most got transferred but not all). I then found that trying to copy a single 7Mb file without Calibre also failed. I've changed the USB settings as mentioned by tshering and still have problems but I now know it isn't Calibre driver related. My sqlite file is ~38Mb so yes this is going to be quite stressfull.

It's easy to forget that the Glo is not like a USB stick - a passive device, but relies on Linux on the Glo to expose the memory as a USB mass storage device (I'm assuming here it does work like my trusted Hanlin V3s).

It looks like I need to find a way to "downgrade" to 2.4.0 to check if the problem is actually upgrade related, though I may not be able to transfer the necessary files onto the Glo as that is 85Mb.

Incidentally I discovered that when I do a factory reset the Glo is initially seen as having a Product ID of 4163, it changes to 4173 once the upgrade is complete (presumably to whatever version is current, this explains the 4163 I have been seeing in the Registry. If you look at the following two entries from USBDeview :
Spoiler:

eReader Kobo eReader-2.5.0 USB Device Mass Storage Yes No No No F: 613A2A2010795 21/04/2013 14:58:17 21/04/2013 14:58:21 2237 4163 1.10 08 06 50 9&a02b7b5&0 USBSTOR USB Mass Storage Driver USBSTOR.SYS USB Compatible USB storage device 2 mA 2.00 USB Mass Storage Device 5.1.2600.0 USB\Vid_2237&Pid_4163\613A2A2010795


eReader-2.5.0 Kobo eReader-2.5.0 USB Device Mass Storage No No No No F: 613A2A2010795 08/12/2012 22:28:09 21/04/2013 14:53:37 2237 4173 1.10 08 06 50 9&a02b7b5&0 USBSTOR USB Mass Storage Driver USBSTOR.SYS USB Compatible USB storage device USB Mass Storage Device 5.1.2600.0 USB\Vid_2237&Pid_4173\613A2A2010795


You can see what is happening - the second entry is left over from before the factory reset and the first one (after the factory reset and before the on-line update is complete) is the "active" one at the time I took the snapshot (It's drawing 2mA which is how you can distinguish it).

This explains my earlier comment about the Product ID. It is more of a curiosity than anything else but could be of interest.

Once more thanks for the ideas - it has helped me focus on eliminating the initially confusing results I was seeing.

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