Thread: Touch Problems with KT firmware and downgrading *pulling my hair out*
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Old 01-02-2014, 02:12 AM   #20
davidfor
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Originally Posted by VirgoGirl View Post
Well, I just did the upgrade and there are NO "update" folders or "manifest.md5sum" file in the .kobo folder. I let it play out until it said I could eject, then let it finish whatever synching it was doing in the lower left hand corner of the Kobo desktop. This is what is in the folder:



I have no idea what to do now.
Looking at the image, there is a "KoboRoot.tgz". That is the application side of the firmware. I stated before that the latest firmware versions for the Touch do not have all the files. If you want to go back to 2.4.0, at the point where you took that image, you remove that "KoboRoot.tgz" and put all the files and folders from the 2.4.0 Touch firmware package.

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Originally Posted by VirgoGirl View Post
Well, I went through with the update - it's updated to 3.0.1. I'll "walk it" and see what happens.


Hold me.

UPDATE:

Well, at least it doesn't take over an hour to power on with an SD card, but it refuses to recognize the SD card when I power it back on - I have to remove it and reinsert it and hit the screen a few times to get it to "wake up" the card. That's not so bad, it'll just be annoying if I have 1,300 ebooks on the card. They seem to be still pushing people away from the sd cards and over to putting books directly on the internal memory.
Yes, that is a problem in the recent firmware on the Touch. Eject the card and insert it again and all the books will be seen.
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And the UI is weird.
Personally, I like it.
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If ANYONE knows how I can roll back the update with the overlay of the old firmware, based on the files I showed above, please share. Other than that I'll have to look into editing the database in order to roll back.
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Originally Posted by VirgoGirl View Post
I almost forgot - it STILL will not show the proper book cover when I either put it to sleep or power off when the book is on the SD card. My husband - bless- says that's not important. *rolleyes*
I don't remember there being a problem with covers in 3.0.1. What is being displayed?
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