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Originally Posted by Quexos
Yes someone has, I noticed but I am a little paranoiac and I don't install software that does not come from a trusted source.
Hence my search for an official firmware source and that first post contains ALL previous firmwares EXCEPT the one I need.
I also tried looking for it on the official Kobo website and I don't know how that post has all those old firmwares with links to the Kobo website because when I go to that website I can find nowhere a page with old firmware links.
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There has been no such thing as an OFFICIAL link to Kobo firmware files since the days when a version for the original Kobo ereader was supplied. So looking for links to Kobo firmware files on their website is, at this time, a waste of time. The links in the Direct Links to Kobo Firmware thread are found by using Wireshark or a similar program to capture the network traffic for a firmware update and locating the link in those packets. As you notice the links all point to download.kobobooks.com/firmwares as the first part of the link with the hardware version (kobo3, kobo4 or kobo5), a release subdirectory and and then the update zip file name which makes them relatively easy to locate.
I haven't downloaded the 2.8.1 firmware file from the link supplied by bartbrat but if you want to do so, the md5 checksum for the copy I have is 008e0c5ad9b98aecb17f831059e446e2 which will give you some assurance that copy has not been tampered with.
Regards,
David