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Sorry, but people are mixing things up. The configuration @DNSB referred to in the Kobo Utilities plugin has nothing to do with the driver. It is used purely within the plugin and is not used in any way by the two functions that have anything to do with collections. And those two functions are completely unrelated to any issues you are having with collections. @mathil's suggestion to use the Kobo Utilities to remove collections is completely wrong as there is no function in the plugin to do that.
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It may just be that the conversation got too convoluted to follow.
To be clear: Aside from the collections issue, I was mentioning that I lost all of my Kobo reading data.
It was suggested I check the device profiles for both plug-ins, KoboTouchExtended and Kobo Utilities. I mentioned I didn't see device specific options in Extended and DNSB was pointing out that while there are such options in utilities, it is by default set to *any device.
At any rate, Kobo Utilities is not really a concern. Just a sideline.
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Running the "Update cached metadata on device". This is pointless. It is the same as the "Send metadata to device" job that is run when the device is connected, or you send a book to the device or you delete a book from the device. The only reason to run it is if you need to manually match books on the device to books in the library. After that you should run it as it will update the "metadata.calibre" file on the device for calibre to use later.
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It was a simple thing to try.
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Deleting and sending books to the device is almost pointless. The collection management does not differentiate between books on the device and books being sent for the first time. It will act in the same way. If it is working, it is working.
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I can only say it worked.
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Validating the calibre configuration is the first thing to do. Are the collection management options set in the driver?
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As per my attached screenshots, yes.
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Do you have the correct driver configured?
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I am using KoboTouchExtended
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On the "Sending books to devices" page, is the "Metadata management" option set to automatic?
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Yes
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When connected, are the books showing as on the device?
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Yes
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On the device, can you add books to a collection? Does it survive a connection to the device and calibre? Does it survive a restart?
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Those I did not try.
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It shouldn't be a calibre issue, but, seeing a debug log from the connection would help to eliminate that.
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I very much doubt it was a Calibre issue, as everything worked properly before the Kobo reset.
After the reset, my books remained on the device. Kobo slowly rebuilt the database.
When connected, Calibre saw the books and I had green checkmarks indicating the books were on the device.
Anyway, I distracted enough from the main 4.31 discussion. The only reason I replied was:
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I wish people would stop breaking things, blaming me...
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It was not my intention to blame you, your plug-in, Calibre or any of the other software. It is clearly something on my device as my device is the only thing that changed.
The long and the short of it: Don't use 4.31.