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Originally Posted by stoikoviro
It's now working. My Kobo mini is now revived,  to your guidance @Davidfor 
BTW, I am not sure if I am the only one confused about how to upgrade the firmware. I was unable to locate any guide on how to do it. The links attached are all about 'how to patch.'
So I'll share my own mistake so that others might find it useful.
I pulled the firmware from here link for firmware 3.19.5761
Then followed this link "Instructions for patching".
Quoting the instructions:
Yes, but how to upgrade? I got lost here. Didn't find a guide on how to upgrade, only a guide on 'how to patch.'
I tried three times following the patch but it did not work for me. Of course, because I was reading the 'How to Patch' guide, not how to upgrade.
Anyway, I went straight to step #5 (on the link above) --- Copy the firmware - Koboroot.tgz to the .kobo directory of the Kobo Mini.
...and the Kobo Mini is now revived 
Hope my mistake can be a lesson for newbies like me.
Thanks for all the work you do team! |
hi! having the same problem @stoikoviro had and hoping i can get some guidance.
haven't used my kobo mini in years and just dusted it off & did a factory reset. when i try to set it up (both through the computer and wirelessly) i get the "Oops, something happened to your internet connection and we couldn't finish your setup" error message. i downloaded the firmware 3.19.5761 to try and fix this issue, but i feel a little stumped. the instructions say to "Copy the firmware - Koboroot.tgz to the .kobo directory" but when my kobo mini is connected to my computer (macbook pro 15" 2017), i see the KOBOeReader as a "location," meaning it's a connected device, but no folders within it. i don't understand where the ".kobo directory" is. when i copy the Koborootz.tgz file to the KOBOeReader location, then disconnect the device, nothing happens:
https://screenshot.click/01-02-bde0n-43zbi.png
I'm still stuck in the same "something happened to your internet connection" loop
what am i doing wrong? thank you for reading!