Thread: Kobo E_Reader wifi upgrade gone bad
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Old 01-07-2014, 05:47 AM   #19
davidfor
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Originally Posted by Altivo View Post
Well I did check Calibre (version 0.8.38) and it no longer recognizes the Kobo wifi. Totally invisible, though the Linux OS does see it as a mountable external storage device.
Others gave commented on the versions. But, the version that the different Linux distros have tends to be a long way behind.
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Calibre looking at the test case book was inconclusive. It displays some but not all the Italics (others appear with the [_ _] around them, and some bold text has [* *] around it too) and shows chapter headings all caps and right justified the way the upgraded Kobo does. This book, being something that was apparently passed through OCR and incompletely proofed and formatted afterward, is probably not a good evaluation tool. I'll have to look at a professionally produced title instead.
Yes, that looks like some sort of markup that hasn't been converted. For a test book, I suggest something from the library here. They tend to be well built plus others can see the same book for testing.
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Downloaded the firmware but after looking for explicit instructions on how to install it manually and finding only vague generalities, decided not to mess with it.
The method for the current readers is simple. I don't have a WiFi so I haven't looked. I'd be surprised if it was any more difficult.
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Likewise, cloning the internal SD memory from the second Kobo doesn't seem like a good option. Opening the cases appears to be questionable and as with the firmward upgrade, the available information is vague and doesn't feel comfortable to me.
Sorry, I haven't seen one for a while so can't help. The SD card copy imaging is easy,
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