Thread: Kobo Firmware 4.6.9995
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Old 10-28-2017, 07:46 PM   #193
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Originally Posted by ElWorm View Post
When I have tried to do a factory reset before installing my favorite flavor firmware, I run into the problem of the H2O entering set up mode, during which my computer cannot see the Kobo, so I cannot side-load my preferred firmware. Also, during set up, the Kobo updates to the latest firmware, so even doing a factory reset I am still rolling back to an earlier firmware.
This is where the Kobo desktop comes into play. If you do the setup via the PC, you can replace the firmware files before ejecting.

But, if you do the firmware downgrade immediately after a factory reset and before you put any books on the device, there probably won't be any problems.
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