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atlasan · 04-14-2021, 07:31 AM

Hi there!
I just received my new (seems) Kobo Hd Glo from Aliexpress. It was 73€ with just the case/box missing. Came with glass protector and 15% battery.
Starting it opened the main page without registration (and it seemed to me that there was the NickelMenu too but I didn't recognized it in that moment!).
So I removed the account (without knowing that this would reset the device completely).
So the classic registration page appeared and I wanted to skip it, so I attached the Usb cable... but nothing appeared on the pc! After many tries, I just connected the WiFi and inserted a registration eMail (dind't want to connect to WiFi neither).
Than after registering and accessing the home page on the device I tried again.. but no luck with the usb cable! The confirmation message to connect with the computer appears on the device but neither Windows nor Ubuntu sees the Kobo (both the file manager and Calibre).

Firmware seems to be 4.23.15548

I tried taking out the SD, and in this way I have now KOReader and Plato and some books but I still miss the ability to update the collection with the Usb cable.
What do you think?
i somehow fear that the device core has been modified (the recovery partition too could have been modified), and I am not sure if this is a new firmware that prevents me to see the card from Usb or there is some problem or what.

04-14-2021, 07:31 AM	#1
atlasan Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2021 Device: Kobo HD Glo, Kindle PW, others	Kobo Hd Glo from Aliexpress Hi there! I just received my new (seems) Kobo Hd Glo from Aliexpress. It was 73€ with just the case/box missing. Came with glass protector and 15% battery. Starting it opened the main page without registration (and it seemed to me that there was the NickelMenu too but I didn't recognized it in that moment!). So I removed the account (without knowing that this would reset the device completely). So the classic registration page appeared and I wanted to skip it, so I attached the Usb cable... but nothing appeared on the pc! After many tries, I just connected the WiFi and inserted a registration eMail (dind't want to connect to WiFi neither). Than after registering and accessing the home page on the device I tried again.. but no luck with the usb cable! The confirmation message to connect with the computer appears on the device but neither Windows nor Ubuntu sees the Kobo (both the file manager and Calibre). Firmware seems to be 4.23.15548 I tried taking out the SD, and in this way I have now KOReader and Plato and some books but I still miss the ability to update the collection with the Usb cable. What do you think? i somehow fear that the device core has been modified (the recovery partition too could have been modified), and I am not sure if this is a new firmware that prevents me to see the card from Usb or there is some problem or what.