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Originally Posted by hap124
Is there a way to get past the "Set up via-wifi/set up via computer" screen and use the device offline? I've tried swiping and pulling down/up for menus. I don't want to register it or use any Kobo services. I have Calibre and my library installed on my computer. Also how do you fully power it off? I have tried long pressing etc and the entire screen is black with a "Powered Off" in grey at the bottom. Is this fully off? Most devices are grey when off.
The manual is useless and says "plug it in and register to begin" essentially.
Also is the plain Aura One no longer available? All I see on the site is the limited edition version.
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There have been ways to bypass the registration, but it's much simpler and quicker to just create a throwaway email you won't use for anything, use a made up name and address if the email service insists on it (I have various emails I use for unimportant websites that that force you to sign up just to read content that I have no intention of ever using, etc. and I used one of them) and sign up with that. You do not need to enter any real name or real address or credit cards for payment... absolutely nothing but an email. You don't ever have to buy anything from Kobo at all (I haven't, I buy mostly from Amazon and independents). And then you're done and reading. You'll spend FAR more time trying to finagle a workaround to avoid having to sign up, and I'm certain you've already spent far more time reading and posting about how to get around it.
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Originally Posted by hap124
I find your response unecessarily smug and offputting. The manual doesn't tell you how to do ANYTHING but turn it on and go to a website. That's useless and a waste of paper. It's no more than the device says when you push the obvious power button, and certainly not useful. You chose to expend all those words admonishing me rather than just say "here is how you do it" like the more helpful posts above. Nobody required you to respond. If you don't like what or how I asked you can ignore the post. You CHOSE to get uppity and type out your tut tuts to "put me in my place" and it's rude and pointless. People like you are why I hate posting anything online. Always looking to posture and make it about them.
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As a third party just offering an opinion, I read absolutely none of the attitude that you did in davidfor's post. He's one of the most helpful people regarding questions that anyone has about Kobo readers on the forums. None of what he said came across as rude or anything but sincerely trying to help out.
Sometimes more is read into typed text than what the original poster ever intended.