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Old 10-12-2016, 11:19 AM   #25
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Originally Posted by Katsunami View Post
That isn't what I meant. I have installed one patch (Font Freedom). Can I just upgrade by downloading the firmware file, and then putting it onto the reader, or do I need to unzip things first as said in a previous post? In some posts it's said only KoboRoot.zip should be put onto the device, other posts say everything in the ZIP-file should be used.

I don't mind losing the patch, as it has turned out that I don't need it.
If you are updating a device the firmware update is intended for, you would copy the entire contents of the .zip file to the .kobo directory. OTOH, if you are updating a device that the firmware update is not intended for, you would copy the KoboRoot.tgz file only into the .kobo directory.

The patches would have to be re-installed after the firmware update as the modified files would be overwritten by the update.

So if you have a KA1 or Aura2, copy the entire set of files, if you are updating an H2O (as an example), just copy the KoboRoot.tgz. As the Glo HD is also a mark 6 hardware, you should be able to copy the entire file set.

While I haven't seen a Kobo ereader bricked by a firmware update not intended for it, there is no guarantee that this might not happen.
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