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Originally Posted by VirgoGirl
Hello!
My reader, which had been running 2.1.5 perfectly fine, went nuts and required a factory restore. After downloading the newest firmware (on Aug 12, so I'm assuming it's the newest), I sideloaded my 1,088 ebooks on my microSD card, the KT rebooted and installed them all. I started reading my current ebook, but noticed that the cover wasn't displaying properly when in sleep mode. I went on vacation, used the reader, noticing that the power was decreasing quickly. I powered off and tried to power back on, hoping this would fix it.
However, the powering on got stuck on the screen with the little squares to the point where I had to use the paper clip reset. This happened about 5 times. Finally I removed the sd card and it booted fine. I reinserted the sd card and it froze again. I borrowed my husband's work laptop, moved all my ebooks over to the laptop and reformatted my SD card. That didn't help, and the reader actually stopped responding at all to the computer. I did a factory reset back to my hardwired firmware (as I bought it in Aug 2011 it's old) and was able to move some books onto the reader itself. I couldn't install any newer firmware as my husband's work laptop doesn't have Kobo on it. The old firmware works pretty well, but I'm wondering what the HECK happened to the reader with this new firmware???
Has this happened to anyone else? I just got back home today, I want to finish my book before I attempt to reinstall the current firmware. However, I am SO frustrated with the Kobo that I contemplated going to Barnes and Noble and buying a Nook while on vacation and trashing the Kobo. If this is a real problem now with the Kobo I may look into a Sony.  |
Just so you know the sd card does work it takes a serious amount of time to boot when you use the Sd card. Its another one of those take one step forward and two or three steps back that kobo does with the introduction of new firmware that is supposed to enhance our enjoyment of the device. It takes about up to 10 mins or more to fully boot my Aura, I have never fully timed it because I have gone to do other things while waiting for the device to boot. There are some who claim they don't have the issue or remember it, and they are a very reliable source, so I am unsure if there is a fix upcoming or not. With the intergration of pocket one has to wonder if there will be a giant step forward with a giant leap backwards. Of course it would be nice to have no issues for a change and a reliable firmware, one can only hope.
regards
Jack