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Old 09-30-2023, 09:09 AM   #2760
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Kobo Utils - fails download of fresh firmware

Latest version of Kobo Utilities. Tried for check and update.. It shows there is an available update but it fails to download it .

calibre, version 6.27.0 (win32, embedded-python: True)
Failed to update Kobo firmware: Failed: Downloading Kobo firmware update

Quote:
HTTP Error 403: Forbidden

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre\gui2\device.py", line 104, in run
File "calibre_plugins.koboutilities.jobs", line 123, in do_check_firmware_update
File "urllib\request.py", line 216, in urlopen
File "urllib\request.py", line 525, in open
File "urllib\request.py", line 634, in http_response
File "urllib\request.py", line 563, in error
File "urllib\request.py", line 496, in _call_chain
File "urllib\request.py", line 643, in http_error_default
urllib.error.HTTPError: HTTP Error 403: Forbidden
Any ideas what is going on here and how to overcome it.

BobC

I've just found another thread about this and the temporary workround.

Last edited by BobC; 09-30-2023 at 09:16 AM. Reason: found others with same problem
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