Thread: Aura H2O2 FNAC affiliation reset on newer firmware (4.23.15548, maybe before)
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Old 10-31-2020, 12:21 AM   #35
davidfor
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Originally Posted by MustardOrMayo View Post
I suspect that it's the serial number that's being checked. I have 4 Kobo e-readers, and 3 are on the regular "kobo" affiliate (no affiliate), but one is an Aura that was purchased from Indigo Books, and thus has the "KoboIndigo" affiliate.

When I did a full factory reset (which on models with a dedicated light button, like the Glo and Aura, can be done by holding down the power and light buttons when powered off), the affiliate code got reset back to the former, and some time later, after setting it up and using it for a while, I inspected the "affiliate.conf" file and noticed that it had changed to the latter.

I believe that the reason why the affiliate code keeps resetting, is that some stores may get cuts from book sales, and on those models where there's a logo on the sleep screen, I hope Kobo provides an option to show the book cover on the screensaver like with the non-affiliated ones, as that's a feature I really like.

I believe the logo sleep screen people are referring to, looks just like the plain screensaver that shows when "Show current read" is unchecked, but has a logo in the middle.
That is what they are talking about. But, for the FNAC affiliate, some of the screen saver options are missing. You cannot change them to display the cover.

And yes, the affiliate can give the store a share of any books bought from Kobo. But, that is confused by where they are bought from. As I stated above, my devices have several different affiliates and they seem to be based on when I bought them as much as were. And at least one of those doesn't exist. But, as I almost never buy books while using the device, which of those affiliates should get the money?

Affiliates also can have a say in firmware updates. They can say whether an update is made available to devices using their affiliate. I don't know if any other than the Rakuten affiliate does this. But, I'm sure some have asked to get the update at the end of the roll-out.
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