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Originally Posted by DNSB
The major issue for me is likely that unlike the Aura, the other Kobo ereaders (most of the Touches, all the Glos and Aura HDs) have internal uSD cards that can be removed and replaced. When I tried an Android build on a Glo, I simply replaced the existing uSD card with the one that had the Android OS. The first attempt froze the Glo. If not for the removeable uSD card, I would have had a brick on my hands.
I still play with my Aura HD but now using a kludge to allowing booting from the external uSD card. Fun with my Aura HD but not with my wife's Aura -- if I bricked the Aura, it would be 1) moderately expensive and 2) likely result in me having to check for a froth of ground glass and a sediment of fishhooks in my drinks.
In theory, you could boot from the external uSD card -- that was how the original Kobo ereader did a firmware upgrade when you dragged it into the local Chapters/Indigo to recover from a failed upgrade -- and rewrite the internal storage if you have a backup but that only works if the internal storage is still able to boot. If not, you have the nasty issue of attempting to recover when a rogue process has corrupted the internal storage and your ereader is no longer bootable.
Regards,
David
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Many thanks for your informative posts. Yes, it sounds dangerous, and I have yet to find anyone who has actually done it. Shame, because the Aura 6" is a nice device.