MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - Glo Kobo Glo Freezes after firmware update

GeoffR · 07-07-2014, 02:28 PM

The links to download older firmware are here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...72&postcount=2

(The link to 2.8.1 for the Glo is http://download.kobobooks.com/firmwa...date-2.8.1.zip)

Instructions for downgrading to older firmware: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...59&postcount=5

Once you have downgraded you need to avoid syncing, either via wifi or Kobo desktop, otherwise it will just upgrade again. It is not ideal, but If you are only sideloading books via Calibre or ADE then it shouldn't be too much of a restriction. (There is a patch for newer firmware versions which prevents them upgrading during a wifi sync, but I don't know if there is one for 2.8.1).

I don't really know how much harder the newer firmware makes the CPU work, so the older firmware might not help much, or if it does help it might only be temporary.

When you said the freezes were random, did any occur when there was no book open? If they only occur when reading a book then it could be an idea to try some other books, just in case the problem is a corrupt book.

07-07-2014, 02:28 PM	#4
GeoffR Wizard Posts: 3,821 Karma: 19162882 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Te Riu-a-Māui Device: Kobo Glo	The links to download older firmware are here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...72&postcount=2 (The link to 2.8.1 for the Glo is http://download.kobobooks.com/firmwa...date-2.8.1.zip) Instructions for downgrading to older firmware: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...59&postcount=5 Once you have downgraded you need to avoid syncing, either via wifi or Kobo desktop, otherwise it will just upgrade again. It is not ideal, but If you are only sideloading books via Calibre or ADE then it shouldn't be too much of a restriction. (There is a patch for newer firmware versions which prevents them upgrading during a wifi sync, but I don't know if there is one for 2.8.1). I don't really know how much harder the newer firmware makes the CPU work, so the older firmware might not help much, or if it does help it might only be temporary. When you said the freezes were random, did any occur when there was no book open? If they only occur when reading a book then it could be an idea to try some other books, just in case the problem is a corrupt book.