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Originally Posted by PeterT
Unfortunately, the serial number is retrieved from the internal storage, and if the user restores the image unless an additional step is taken to edit the SD card, the serial number shows up as 0's.
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So, not really the best way of proving to Kobo when you bought your device, huh?
Amazon Kindles keep the PID in an unformatted region of the card, which isn't accessible anyway without a hardware jailbreak (these days).
It is quite well hidden, anyway. And Amazon keeps their eye on it, since it's used for registration -- if you tried copying it to another device, Amazon would notice two devices have the same PID, and blacklist them for violation of the ToS (try claiming the warranty on that :rolleyes).
What does Kobo use the serial number for?