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Originally Posted by Graham44
Sideload mode is probably a bit extreme for me, I did consider it briefly, but I'm not very techy so probably best I don't go fiddling with things like that  . |
It's a very simple text edit.
Part of typical "Kobo eReader.conf" file. The added line is in bold
Quote:
[ApplicationPreferences]
AIRPLANE_MODE=true
SideloadedMode=true
CurrentDemoRegion=
CurrentLocale=en
DictionaryOpenCount=-1
EarliestChangeLog=4.33.19611
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It's in the directory / folder path
.kobo/Kobo
when you connect USB. You may need to enable "show hidden files".
A text editor that does plain text and uses existing line format like Notepad++ on Windows, or any plain text editor on MacOS or Linux.
Dictionary updates and other stuff still works, only connecting to Kobo Store / Kobo Books Library and Sync to other Kobo devices/App (only ebooks bought on Kobo anyway) is disabled. You don't need to edit to sign in again, which doesn't remove that line but simply replaces
true with
false.
I do buy ebooks from the Kobo Store, but I only ever copy/download ebooks to any ereader via USB from Calibre.
I use Pocketbook rather than Kobo App on Android.
The My Books becomes your home page.
I don't believe SideloadMode disables manual firmware updates. But in any case I usually update via USB from these links which use Kobo:
https://pgaskin.net/KoboStuff/kobofirmware.html