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Sorry, but all this is weird.
Firstly, firewalls block what they are told to block. "A wireless firewall is not supposed to stop text" is rubbish. Yes, a firewall in an internet cafe/hotspot will probably allow web pages and images, and block executables and maybe zip files, but they could just as easily block all pages with the name of their competitor in the text somewhere.
The firmware download and upgrade works as:
- Contact a page to see if there is an update.
- If there is an update, download it using link in the above response.
- When complete, unpack the zip file into the ".kobo" directory.
- Prompt the user to install.
- Reboot and do the install during start up.
If you say no to the install, it will happen the next time you restart, or connect and disconnect from the PC. And if you connect to the PC you can remove the files and NOTHING will happen. And I've done that a lot with no consequences. And I've had the download fail as well with no issues. As far as I can tell, if the update available check fails, it continues with the sync. If the download fails, it stops and you get an error message displayed.
The upgrade during the setup might be different. But, it should only be missing the prompt. If it can't download the update, it should just continue. As it happens, I hit this recently. When I got my Glo HD, I set it up with no problems. After a day or so, I decided to do a factory reset to test something. This time, it didn't do the upgrade. I know it tried as I saw some messages, but continued with the setup without the restart and install. When I checked, it was running 3.14.0 rather than the expected 3.15.0. Later, I did a sync and the upgrade happened with no problems.
I have also had failures doing the download when setting up. In all cases, it displayed an error and I had to hit a cancel or back button. This took me back to the previous step. At that point, I had the choice of trying again, or backing out further and using the PC connection.
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