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missjane · 04-30-2018, 06:23 PM

Following a recent update calibre doesn't talk to my kobo properly any more: I get the following message in Calibre
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calibre, version 3.22.1
WARNING: Failed: Kobo database version unsupported - See details

Your Kobo is running an updated firmware/database version. As calibre does not know about this updated firmware, database editing is disabled, to prevent corruption. You can still send books to your Kobo with calibre, but deleting books and managing collections is disabled. If you are willing to experiment and know how to reset your Kobo to Factory defaults, you can override this check by right clicking the device icon in calibre and selecting "Configure this device" and then the "Attempt to support newer firmware" option. Doing so may require you to perform a factory reset of your Kobo.
Device database version: 146.
Device firmware version: (4, 8, 10956)
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Despite what the message says, I can't successfully send books to my kobo. I just tried to send seven library books (a readathon TBR for May), and only two of them are readable on kobo. The other five have placeholders in 'My Books', with cover art, but are not actually accessible. I am confused about this... if all five failed it would make more sense.

So... does anyone understand what's going on? Do I need to configure my device as suggested? Any other possible fixes?

04-30-2018, 06:23 PM	#1
missjane Member Posts: 20 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: (kobo touch) (kobo glo) kobo aura 2nd ed	Calibre not sideloading to my kobo properly Following a recent update calibre doesn't talk to my kobo properly any more: I get the following message in Calibre ************************************ calibre, version 3.22.1 WARNING: Failed: Kobo database version unsupported - See details Your Kobo is running an updated firmware/database version. As calibre does not know about this updated firmware, database editing is disabled, to prevent corruption. You can still send books to your Kobo with calibre, but deleting books and managing collections is disabled. If you are willing to experiment and know how to reset your Kobo to Factory defaults, you can override this check by right clicking the device icon in calibre and selecting "Configure this device" and then the "Attempt to support newer firmware" option. Doing so may require you to perform a factory reset of your Kobo. Device database version: 146. Device firmware version: (4, 8, 10956) ************************************** Despite what the message says, I can't successfully send books to my kobo. I just tried to send seven library books (a readathon TBR for May), and only two of them are readable on kobo. The other five have placeholders in 'My Books', with cover art, but are not actually accessible. I am confused about this... if all five failed it would make more sense. So... does anyone understand what's going on? Do I need to configure my device as suggested? Any other possible fixes?