[leaston]

Ok, having messed around with the Forma, still on the latest firmware, I have found a really odd one.

I opened the cover and went back to the home screen from the book I was reading. I then powered off the Forma. There was a notification on the screen saying 'powered off' along with the cover of the book I'm currently reading. Powered it back on and the database was corrupted.

So, at least on mine, closing the book you're reading and rebooting in order to ensure no database files are left open does not work. I didn't even get to plug in the USB cable because rebooting seemed to kill the database.

I'm baffled and sick of it now. Time to downgrade the firmware. Not happy with Kobo!

EDIT: I repaired the account via the menu and rebooted...database still broken. So, repairing doesn't fix it now either. That's also new.

EDIT 2: I downloaded and installed firmware 4.34. That worked and the Forma restarted successfully - still only showing the books after the corruption happened with the later firmware.
I connected to Calibre and:
CorruptError: database disk image is malformed
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "calibre\gui2\device.py", line 104, in run
File "calibre\gui2\device.py", line 558, in _books
File "calibre\devices\kobo\driver.py", line 2028, in books
File "C:\t\t\apsw-42s16m2x\src\cursor.c", line 240, in resetcursor
apsw.CorruptError: CorruptError: database disk image is malformed

So, I'm back to square one. I'll try a factory reset and firmware 4.34 next. If that doesn't work, I have no clue what to do next.

EDIT 3: Well, it all seems ok now. Here's what I ended up doing...
Downgraded to Firmware 4.34.
Performed a factory reset via the Forma menu.
Once it restarted, went through the setup and activated the Forma via the Kobo site.
Turned off wifi to prevent it from trying to upgrade the firmware back to 4.38.
Connected to Calibre, sideloaded a few books.
Used Calibre to remove the Forma from the PC connection.
And, this is where things change...
On firmware 4.38 I noticed that the screen of the Kobo still showed the computer icons even after using the Calibre menu in the Windows Taskbar to disconnect the Forma.
On firmware 4.34 it drops me back the the Home screen on the Forma within a few seconds of using Calibre to disconnect! Hmmmm. Still doesn't explain the corruption after a reboot without using Calibre at all.

Anyway, so far, having reconnected and disconnected from the PC using Calibre, along with rebooting a couple of times, it seems to be working as it should on the old firmware. Fingers crossed.

I must admit this has soured me to Kobo. To break their own ereader with a firmware update and leave us trying to fix it ourselves is absolutely unforgiveable.