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After setting the time (PICT4163.JPG), I had to decide what to do about setting up an account (PICT4164.JPG). I had read a great deal on
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=184373 that the latest firmware (2.0.0) is ... well, shall we say, 'buggy', and from that I'd decided that it might be as well to avoid setting up an account, from which I would end up with the latest firmware without any choice (a really poor system, Kobo - give people the choice). I had prepared for this by reading
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=1828566, which gives instructions for creating an account without needing Kobo, Desktop, downloading a program called SQLite Expert (
http://www.sqliteexpert.com/download.html) to do it, and downloading various firmware versions by following the links on
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=185660. However, I decided to see if there would be any problems from following the recommended upgrade route on a brand new reader, since I have a theory that that many of the problems are associated with the database being occupied (i.e. having books already on).
So, I connected the reader to my laptop (by the way, I don't like where the socket is - it will be a nuisance if I want to read whilst it is charging), and, reassuringly, saw the screen change to what I expected (PICT4165.JPG, phone in picture for no real reason!).
To be on the safe side, once it was connected, I went into the KT from Windows Explorer, and found the main setup folder for the reader and copied it to a folder on my machine (PICT4166-7.JPG) just in case I wanted to go back. I know that this is what a factory reset should do, but it doesn't hurt to do backups anyway!
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