Thread: Kobo E_Reader wifi upgrade gone bad
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Old 03-12-2021, 09:07 PM   #925
davidfor
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Originally Posted by wportre View Post
I am astonished and pleased you are still DM-ing out links. I was googling, found you on the original image thread, followed the link and: wow! Linux firmware must be a thing in Oz: what must be nearly 20 years ago a guy down there helped us all root our Maxtor NASs. That was fun: subscribing to podcasts etc.
No idea about that. I'm just keeping a copy of the images and distributing them as needed. Most have actually been produced by other people.
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Anyway: just a shoutout. I may need your help with an image but not sure. I've managed to "kill" the WiFi on a couple of these devices as mentioned elsewhere (a bit more research to do). But the devices aren't bricked: just dull, USB no telnet etc. For various reasons I have pulled them out of the drawer after 10 years. I have an image but no idea which model the image is for etc. etc. In the interim I junked (uncharacteristically: it's always the way...) the original that I had working perfectly but broke the screen. If I kept the SD, well: 2GB SDs are not the sort of thing to get found after a decade.
If the WiFi on a Kobo WiFi is not working, it is might not be broken. Kobo dropped support for these about two years ago. That included removing support for older security protocol from their servers. They were protocols that are no longer considered to be secure. The devices do a check when connecting to WiFi, and if that fails, disconnect. They may no longer be able to do this and hence always disconnect. I can't remember if anyone has reported if the WiFi on these devices work now or not.
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