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Originally Posted by ilovereading.com
It's bloody frustrating is what it is!
Where do I find the config file? How do I manually reinstall the firmware? Do you mean on the device or the laptop? How do I do this without being able to hook it up to my laptop?
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To find the config file, connect your Kobo to your PC (whatever flavour) and look for a directory in the root of the exposed partition named .kobo (if you are using a Linux or Mac computer, the leading '.' makes the directory hidden so you will have to jump through the appropriate hoop to make it visible). Inside the .kobo directory, you will see a Kobo directory. Inside the Kobo directory, you'll see a file called "Kobo eReader.conf" (without the quotes). Edit the file with an editor that respects Linux end of line (I use Notepad++ on my Windows box, for Linux or Mac, any text editor should work)
To manually reinstall the firmware, check the
Kobo Firmware Releases wiki. Locate the release you want and download the correct version for your Kobo. Open the .zip file (I use 7-Zip on my Windows box), copy the two files and one directory into the .kobo directory and then safely eject/remove the Kobo. After a few seconds, if all is done right, it will go into it's firmware update.
And as you said, if you can't connect to your laptop, it's going to be a pain. Have you tried connecting to another computer? And likely very little chance you have installed an SSH package. Have you tried using
USBDeview v2.75 ? You can use it to remove Unknown Devices (right click and run as administrator) and then retry connecting your Kobo.
If the WiFi is working, you can do a factory reset and as part of the post-reset setup, the latest firmware Kobo servers think (using think very loosely) should be on your ereader will be downloaded and installed.