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bluesjunior · 01-04-2018, 02:42 PM

I just bought a very good quality used Kobo Touch and after a couple of hours figuring out the differences with my old Kobo WiFi I have it mostly figured out have managed to load several books into it via Calibre and all is well so far.

One thing that threw me for a bit though was the USB micro cable. The book came with the original white USB micro and wall charger and it charges well with it and also charges with the micro USB cable I have permanently fitted to my PC for use with my phone and tablet. At first I couldn't figure out why I couldn't get Windows 10 to find the Kobo Touch even though I had installed the Kobo setup app and eventually deduced that it was my USB cable. It would charge ok with it but I found that I had to connect the Kobo via the white USB cable before I got it in my PC drives list.

Now the USB micro cable I have attached to my PC is a good quality 5w 2.0 something cable which is backward compatible with older cables and has worked with everything else I used it with. I bought it when I found out that the 5w 1.0 cable which originally came with my tablet was the reason why it was not charging fully and the 2.0 cable and wall charger solved this.
Has anyone here had this problem and does anyone know of a Kobo Touch compatible cable which will find the eBook on the PC?. Even though the one that came with the book is good I would like to have spares handy.

01-04-2018, 02:42 PM	#1
bluesjunior Member Posts: 15 Karma: 470582 Join Date: Apr 2012 Device: none	Kobo Micro USB Cable Question?. I just bought a very good quality used Kobo Touch and after a couple of hours figuring out the differences with my old Kobo WiFi I have it mostly figured out have managed to load several books into it via Calibre and all is well so far. One thing that threw me for a bit though was the USB micro cable. The book came with the original white USB micro and wall charger and it charges well with it and also charges with the micro USB cable I have permanently fitted to my PC for use with my phone and tablet. At first I couldn't figure out why I couldn't get Windows 10 to find the Kobo Touch even though I had installed the Kobo setup app and eventually deduced that it was my USB cable. It would charge ok with it but I found that I had to connect the Kobo via the white USB cable before I got it in my PC drives list. Now the USB micro cable I have attached to my PC is a good quality 5w 2.0 something cable which is backward compatible with older cables and has worked with everything else I used it with. I bought it when I found out that the 5w 1.0 cable which originally came with my tablet was the reason why it was not charging fully and the 2.0 cable and wall charger solved this. Has anyone here had this problem and does anyone know of a Kobo Touch compatible cable which will find the eBook on the PC?. Even though the one that came with the book is good I would like to have spares handy.