Thread: Kobo E_Reader wifi upgrade gone bad
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Old 01-06-2014, 04:07 AM   #12
davidfor
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Originally Posted by Altivo View Post
The chapter titles to which I refer appear in the text, at the beginning of each chapter. They are not headers or footers. They scroll off the page as you move on. No, the copy of the book has not been updated or altered in any way. I copied it directly from the SD chip that was in the external socket and is no longer being recognized by the device. I copied the file from the SD chip directly into the internal memory of the Kobo Wifi via USB, which then recognized the book again but presents it with different formatting and the issues I mentioned, such as the Italics and the em dash character being changed to a question mark. The file is still the same. The same file, copied to the other Kobo that was not upgraded, still looks the way it did before, with numerals in the chapter headings, etc. and the em dash displayed properly.
So, the chapter titles are part of the text. Which means the title you are seeing have to be coded in the text. The only thing I can think of is if one version of the firmware is displaying the title or alt attribute rather than the text. What gets displayed in the same place if you open it with another reader or app? ADE or the calibre viewer would be suitable. Or, can I get a copy of the book? If it is freely downloadable somewhere, post the link. Otherwise, PM with a download link or for an email address to send it to.
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I can try that tomorrow, once I find the download link you mention. The device did report that the upgrade was successful, and then announced that it would reboot, which it did. After the reboot, the external SD chip and its contents were all gone from the display and no longer accessible, though the actual files are still there and can be seen by moving the SD chip to another device or a computer with an SD socket..
There is a possibility that some files didn't get replaced properly. They should, but things happen. The thread with the download links is https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=185660. Just search for "1.9.11".
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I'm not sure I understand this. Are you saying that the internal memory of the device is actually an SD chip as well, as is the case in most smart phones? I have no idea how to even get the Kobo case open.
Most of the Kobo devices use an micro SD card internally to hold the firmware. You can take the card from a similar device, image it to another card and use that card in your device. To open the devices, most need something slim pushed into the back edges and then the back pried off. I don't know exactly how for the WiFi, but there is good chance someone has done it and posted instructions here.
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The Kobo Desktop application was not involved. I do not use it. I rarely connect the Kobo wifi using the wifi port, but I did so on Saturday for the first time in many months, perhaps over a year. It immediately insisted that I allow it to install a "critical update" which it then downloaded by wifi and this is the mess that ensued.
OK. I didn't know the WiFi actually did updates over the air. I was thinking it only used it for books.
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The only reason I would revert to the older software is to get back my access to the external SD socket, since I have nearly 200 books stored that way. I normally side-load my books by copying them to the SD chip in that external socket. I don't use Calibre or the Kobo Desktop, and I generally avoid Adobe Digital Editions by reading only materials that have no DRM applied.
As I said, I haven't seen any reports of issues with 1.9.11 on the WiFi. I am pretty sure at least one of the users was using the SD card and I know I would have heard screams about font problems. I can only hope that something above helps.
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