Hi all, been a lurker for years, great forum here. I've searched a lot but haven't been able to find an answer for my issue.
I had a Kobo H2O running 3.19.5613 with Metazoa's patch. This device was working great with my sideloaded books until it developed a hardware problem. I used the Kindle Utilities calibre plugin to backup the DB and reading positions, as well as copying the entire contents of the device's storage to a folder on my computer. Then I got a warranty refund.
Kobo sent me a new H2O, and although I haven't been able to find an exact procedure for restoring the database (davidfor references it in this thread
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=254512 but doesn't actually describe what to do) and several things I tried (replacing the koboreader.sqlite, replacing the kobo folder, setting up the device with my kobo login again and replacing the entire storage contents with my backup copy) gave me a version of the following error message:
"Critical Error: any highlights, notes, or reading progress since your last sync on 3/17/16 will be lost." There was a mandatory button to sign out of the device, which would then reset.
Note that at this point I was having a brainfart and hadn't patched the firmware on the new device. Not sure if that was a problem. In any event, I was able to solve this by telling the reset device I had no wifi, connecting to my computer, and copying the entire storage backup to the kobo. This worked, and I had a functioning device. I continued to back up my reading progress along with the database using Kobo Utilities.
That brings us to now, when I tried to sync the kobo using the main page button. Bad idea. That updated the firmware, but also brought the return of the Critical Error, dumping me back to the Set up Kobo screen and deleting all my reading progress. (However, my books are still present.) Despite the error message claiming I will have reading progress/annotations to 3/17/16, even that is gone. Help?
I've tried copying over the .kobo folder from my 'old' backup, the koboreader.sqlite file from that backup, and the .kobo folder from my most recent backup in the Calibre library's Kobo Backups folder (each of these done after a Critical Error forced sign out). I'm getting critical errors on each - most recently, using the Calibre backup, the slightly different "Critical Error: Your eReader hasn't synchronized with the server yet. Any highlights, notes, or reading progress you've made on the device will be lost."
Any help is appreciated. I just want my reading positions back, I'll probably never update my firmware again based on how much trouble this has caused. Thanks for reading my wall of text.