Thread: Touch kobo firmware - best one?
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Old 01-09-2019, 09:53 PM   #25
davidfor
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Originally Posted by christopher22 View Post
Well, yes I did have the option to read with 1.9.11 unfortunately it's already updated itself now to 3.11. If I factory reset, does it go back to 1.9.11?
A factory reset will install whatever version is on the (hidden) restore partition. That will be whatever the device was manufactured with. And that appears to be 1.9.11 for you.
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But currently I'm now stuck on that two option screen with 3.11 - I don't want to wifi into a network since it might do something I don't want. And using the no wifi option tells me to connect to a computer. (Maybe I can use that computer option to copy a dummy registration file into the kobo?)

My older kobos have been registered, is there a file I can just copy over and register it that way to get the kobo to work to bypass the registration process?
I seem to have lost track of the status somewhere. I thought it was still on 1.9.11.

You can't easily copy anything from another device. I do backup the files and restore them, but only to the device they came from.

If you want to stay on 3.11.0, you won't be able to do anything over WiFi. It will update the firmware as part of the setup. You can do it using the Kobo desktop application. If you do the setup using it, the firmware update will be downloaded and put on the device. But, will only be installed when you disconnected. You can remove the files (the KoboRoot.tgz, md5sum and upgrade directory) before disconnecting.

You can also do an update in the database to create dummy details. A search in the forum should find information on this.
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