Thread: Touch Kobo Touch : Need SD card image
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Old 09-21-2018, 03:49 AM   #859
davidfor
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Originally Posted by cypher View Post
Hi David
Thanx for taking the time with your reply.

I tried (unsuccessfully) to load v1.9 firmware on to a N905C with (what I thought was the right driver packages), however I must of missed something as the Kobo won't boot nor will it hard reset.
And that is "not working as expected". The N905C was released after firmware 2.0 was released. It was released at the same time as the Glo, so it probably came with version 2.1.4. Anything earlier wouldn't have support for the hardware in it.
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The screen is stuck on the Word restarting.

I'll have a look through the forum for stripping out the associated email address.

Reasons for all this is

I didn't want the KOBO Wi-FI enabled at all (I use Caliber for side loading books) and wanted as much battery life as possible.
Therefore the only other way to set up the device was having to install the Kobo desktop software (again something I feel I don't actually want).
If that is all you want, then just turn the WiFi off. The device doesn't use if it is off. It won't even prompt you to turn it on unless you start a sync or try the browser. And you can set it up with a fake email address and then turn WiFi off. Kobo doesn't validate them except to make sure they look real.
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However I obviously made a fundamental mistake with the firmware (wish I'd thought about a backup) as I wrongly assumed a Hard Reset would just take me back to the last known good OS.

If you can send a link to the Vanilla N905C firmware I'll reflash the entire card.
Yes, you need the image. PM sent.
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