Thread: Touch Used kobo won't activate via desktop app, should I sideload newer firmware somehow?
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Old 01-23-2014, 06:13 PM   #11
davidfor
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Originally Posted by eeprom View Post
Here's some more free speech for you, since I know you'll probably waste more of your time reading it and I'm feeling rather ranty after all this trouble: Their desktop activation software sucks, as evidence from so many other similar posts from other users that have had similar problems to me with BRAND NEW Kobos as well. Why the hell would they make it so you can't simply update and activate your kobo from the device itself in the first place? Why should I be forced to use their desktop software on a wifi-enabled device? Why exactly are you defending a corporation that doesn't give two hoots about you?
Personally, I don't think there are many posts here complaining that the desktop activation doesn't work. I have purchased for myself and other family members setup three Touch's and four Glo's. I did not have any problems activating them using the desktop activation. For my Touch and Glo, they have been through the factory reset and activation quite a few times with no problems.* The Touch was the last Kobo device that could only be setup using the desktop application. The later devices give you the choice of WiFi or desktop setup. I usually connect to the PC as I trust its network connection more than the WiFi in the devices.

To me, most of the posts about activation and the desktop app are how to avoid the activation. ie. How to avoid telling Kobo anything about the user. For someone who has no interest in using the Kobo shop, what you found is the way to do it. For anyone buying from the Kobo shop, logging in to a real Kobo user makes sense.

* And before you say something about the number of factory resets, most were by choice. I have reset both devices back to the factory firmware a lot of times to do some experiments. Plus there were a few due to my stupidity.
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