Thread: Touch kobo firmware - best one?
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Old 01-07-2019, 07:55 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by christopher22 View Post
Thanks everyone for all the information. That's too bad about the games. I'm guessing they disappeared at version 4?

How about sketchpad? I almost bought an ewriter over the holidays, good thing I didn't since I have these kobo's. Sketchpad is essentially the same thing with the added bonus of course being an ereader!
They were removed starting with the Glo HD. None of the devices since have the games or other beta features except the browser. But, they have added a "Large print mode".
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I believe the MD5 file is just a verification for the main file. Regarding the upgrade folder (I didn't have a problem when I originally installed that firmware, I believe, without upgrade folders). The nearest one to 3.11 is 3.8 but don't know if 3.8 contains an upgrade folder - it seems to contain boot images - maybe it has something to do with upgrading through wifi? And not as stand alone zip files?
The WiFi update simply downloads the zip file, unpacks it and reboots. After that, the update is the same as manually installing the update files.

For the kernel and uboot files, my memory is that people had some issues on the Touch after a factory reset and directly updating to firmware that didn't have these files. By doing an update to a a firmware version with them, and then to the desired version, the problems went away. My memory says that 2.6.0 was the last with the kernel until one of the late 3.x firmware versions.
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