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Jasmine GreenTea · 11-24-2023, 05:52 AM

Hallo! I too have run into a database image corruption. Calibre cannot connect to my Kobo Elipsa 2E because of this "malformed database image." The last added books (purchased and sideloaded) have become invisible.

I have tried Repair from the Kobo Settings menu, but to no avail.

I understand that Logging out from my Kobo account, and then Logging in could help reinitialize a database. Is this in any way different from a Factory rested?

In May I went through a Factory reset with my Aura H2O e2, and that was... traumatic. I tend to make a lot of annotations and notes, and almost of those were lost. However, as I had a full manual backup of the content of that ereader, I was able to recover those annotations.

At this moment, on my computer I do have a full copy of everything that was on my Elipsa (but I do not have a copy of the database taken with KoboUtilities). Once I copy everything back on the Elipsa, will the annotations be available again? And what about the handwritten stylus notes?

11-24-2023, 05:52 AM	#10
Jasmine GreenTea Enthusiast Posts: 28 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2012 Device: Kobo Elipsa E2, Kobo Aura H20 ed 2, Kobo Clara, Sony PRS T2 & T3	Database malformed on Elipsa 2E Hallo! I too have run into a database image corruption. Calibre cannot connect to my Kobo Elipsa 2E because of this "malformed database image." The last added books (purchased and sideloaded) have become invisible. I have tried Repair from the Kobo Settings menu, but to no avail. I understand that Logging out from my Kobo account, and then Logging in could help reinitialize a database. Is this in any way different from a Factory rested? In May I went through a Factory reset with my Aura H2O e2, and that was... traumatic. I tend to make a lot of annotations and notes, and almost of those were lost. However, as I had a full manual backup of the content of that ereader, I was able to recover those annotations. At this moment, on my computer I do have a full copy of everything that was on my Elipsa (but I do not have a copy of the database taken with KoboUtilities). Once I copy everything back on the Elipsa, will the annotations be available again? And what about the handwritten stylus notes? Last edited by Jasmine GreenTea; 11-24-2023 at 07:08 AM.