Thread: Instructions for patching firmware 3.19.5761
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Old 09-05-2016, 07:42 PM   #100
davidfor
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Originally Posted by Koleff View Post
I've recently came into possession of a N905B and tried to update it from 3.8 directly to 3.19.5761. I did as the instructions said and finally transferred the .tgz to the .kobo directory, ejected and disconnected the device. Half an hour later it is still on the loading screen, so I'm guessing something didn't work out. Any ideas?
As you are posting in a the patch thread, does that mean you patched the 3.19.5761 and installed that over 3.8? If so, I'm not surprised it didn't work. You should upgrade to the desired firmware and then put the patches on.

At this point, you will probably have to do a factory reset and start again.

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Originally Posted by rtiangha View Post
I've actually wondered about this. Can you jump directly from more than one version to another, or do you have to go incrementally? I assume there's a reason why the OS does multiple firmware upgrade checks when you factory reset...?
The Kobo devices are designed to be updateable from any version to any later version. After a factory reset, my Touch goes from 1.9.11 to whatever is the latest available version. So, this works as long as you don't mess it up, you can go to whatever version you want.
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