Thread: Calibre sideload - Kobo Aura H20 Ed 2
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Old 07-04-2017, 09:28 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by Avanindra500 View Post
Thanks for the input. The "try it till it works" option doesn't work for me. The sucker refuses to communicate with Calibre. The Calibre help has a section describing this as a Kobo firmware issue, and also suggests a trial and error approach. So that's what I'll do, and hopefully someone from Kobo is watching all this and a firmware update will come along.....
What you have reported is something that has been reported occasionally. I haven't been able to work out if it is a fault with the device or the PC. The PC sees the device OK, but, when the connection is exercised a bit, it drops out. The way calibre reads the database on the device seems to trigger this. It does seem to be related to the number of books on the device. But, I think that is simply that the more books, the bigger the database and more access is being done over the USB connection.

I would test the other USB ports on the computer and if possible another computer. If it is consistent, then it's probably the device. I would also suggest trying the Kobo desktop application. If it fails with that, then you can report this to Kobo and get the device replaced. If you say "doesn't work with calibre", they can answer that calibre isn't supported and ignore the report.

Jon: The only relationship with the books there could be is the number of books. The first post states the 2000 books have been sideloaded and implies they are processed into the device database. The problem is happening when calibre is reconnecting to the device. At that point it won't matter if the books are bad or not. If they are not in the database, then calibre won't look for them.
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