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Originally Posted by Caramon77
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The url is the one that the Kobo software on your device uses during its sync process to check if an update is being fielded for the device, as the variables describe it. The %4 variable (the one you have replaced the variable with "9.9") has been described as the current firmware on your device. The point of replacing the variable with 9.9 is that it would be a higher number than any FW release Kobo is likely to push out. https is not ftp and I would think that the "UpgradeCheck" program on the server could'nt initiate a download process without some handshake protocol, to the device. Your PC would not be what it would be setup to download to.
Then there is the variable that references the "affiliation" of the device, it is assumed that there is a requirement that this variable match an entry on a list of current affiliates to receive updates. If there is no validity check on the variable then you could use anything that would not appear on the list Kobo made, and prevent the "upgrade" requirement from interfering with your sync.
If there is a requirement that the variable be one on a list, then for the AuraHD at least, there is "Rakuten" as an affiliate that is not currently receiving upgrades. You can change this variable by changing the entry in .kobo/affiliate.conf from; "affiliate=KoboDirect" to; "affiliate=Rakuten" or whatever you want , if there is no validity check.
Luck;
Ken