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When I don't want the forced firmware updates (I stayed with 2.4.0 for over 1.5 years!), I just keep the wifi off. That works for me perfectly since I prefer to buy all my books through my PC only and sideload all books to my readers and never feel the need to use a browser when I want to read. That may not be an ideal setup for you though. I haven't tried any patches though to keep the wifi updates away. One thing high on my wishlist is a way to disable updates on Kobo readers.
The patching is pretty easy on Kobo readers, you're not rooting the device at all. And GeoffR has done all the hard work for us already, you just turn on the patches you want by changing 'no' to 'yes' for those patches. It's really pretty painless, but gives you so much more control over things like top and bottom margins, which natively are just too big in Kobo's firmware, fonts and other display options.
And for what it's worth, I much prefer sticking to epubs and not bothering with Kobo's kepubs. I don't need something telling me I've spent 4 hrs 32 minutes reading a book, or whatever other stats it gives you. That's got nothing to do with reading for me at all.
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