Thread: Kobo future firmware feature request thread
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Old 11-03-2014, 06:30 AM   #1090
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Originally Posted by John F View Post
Is it reliable? I thought determining updates for a particular device wasn't deterministic?
Someone tracked down the URL that the device uses to check for an update. When the device does this, it sends some information that comes out of the version and affiliates.conf files on the device. The plugin builds this query and checks the response. So, if syncing the device would get an update, this should also.

The plugin does have an option that uses a different affiliate. The affiliate used was one that seemed to be getting the firmware early. But, that doesn't seem to be the case for the last couple of releases.
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