Thread: Direct Links to Kobo Firmware
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Old 09-24-2015, 12:09 AM   #1472
davidfor
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Originally Posted by frostschutz View Post
@arasyi: Thanks. Installed it on my H2O. Didn't notice any substantial changes yet...

How do you keep finding these firmware releases so quickly? Reverse engineered the protocol used to check for new versions?
Someone found the URL used for the check a while ago. I think they sniffed it from the traffic and then found it in the firmware. Then someone wrote the code to add to my Kobo Utilities so it can do the check.

The relevant code is:
Code:
"https://api.kobobooks.com/1.0/UpgradeCheck/Device/{0}/{1}/{2}/{3}".format(model_id, affiliate, current_firmware_version, serial_no)
The "model_id" is the last field in ".kobo/version".

The trick is to pick an affiliate that gets updates early. I've lost track of which this is now.
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