Thread: Preventing Wi-Fi firmware updating
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Old 02-19-2014, 03:46 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by RobertJSawyer View Post
I know I can turn Wi-Fi off, but I like to get my new content from the Kobo store, and I want to have my Pocket articles synchronized -- but I *don't* want to have a new Firmware pushed to my device when I'm traveling, or before my favourite hacks (night mode, 2-finger brightness control for Aura) are updated. Is there a way I can do that? A config setting that says, "Don't update the firmware"? I would imagine that the Kobo support people must have some way of keeping units at older firmwares while otherwise accessing Wi-Fi, for testing purposes. Anybody know what the magic words are?

Thanks!
YOu may want to have a look at the Kobo Start Menu in the developers' corner - it starts before the kobo interface is launched, and it allows you to delete any firmware update file that has been dowloaded on your machine, so even if it is downloaded when you sync for other purposes, I think you should be able to kill it before installation (see the second post in that thread).
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