Thread: Touch kobo firmware - best one?
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Old 01-09-2019, 09:02 PM   #23
davidfor
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Originally Posted by christopher22 View Post
Ok strange, I plugged it into the computer and found the tgz file and md5 file under the .kobo/Kobo directory. .. possibly directly unzipping the file created the Kobo directory under .kobo. Anyways unplugged and it updated. ..However ....
That says the device hasn't processed these files and updated. Either the disconnect step hasn't been done since the files were put there, or the names are wrong.

But, I just had a look at the upgrade code. If you are upgrading to 3.11, then remove the md5sum file. As there are no kernel files, it isn't needed and might be blocking the update.
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It says welcome Get set up in just a few easy steps and gives me two options
1 - Set up over Wi Fi
2 - Don't have a Wi Fi network

And I seem to be stuck here and actually can't do any reading with it until it's set up. So it looks like I actually do need to set up an account? or is there some work around?
From memory, firmware 1.9.11 should be usable without an account. You can't use WiFi or the shop, but you should be able to sideload books. It's been a while since I tried this. I'm sure the was an option to skip the setup that allowed you to continue. But, it wasn't obvious that the option would do this.
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