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Mini in shop demo mode
My Mini has been great for about 6 months but now it jumps into some sort of demo slideshow mode like you see sometimes on tablets in shops. I am sure I did not buy the cheaper version with ads.
It does so even in standby mode, always after about 5 minutes of inactivity.and so drains the battery to 2 days max where a month used to be normal. Tried upgrading, etc. To no avail. Anyone else have this problem? And a solution? |
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If not, then connect to a computer and have a look in the configuration file "./kobo/Kobo/Kobo eReader.conf" (note the leading ".") for a line beginning DemoModeTimeout= and delete it. |
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Search in library is greyed-out, factory reset is grayed out. What's happening?
Is it because I have two Kobo's on one account and if so, how do I solve this? And why does Kobo force this nasty trick upon their good customers? Last edited by adbosch; 10-19-2013 at 06:45 AM. |
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Thanks, GeoffR. 'demomodeoff' was almost good. 'demo mode off' did the trick.
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Do a search on this Jack. There was some discussion before when someone ended up in demo mode and found this fix. I can't remember what other commands (if any) they came up with, but there was discussion on it.
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Someone bought used Kobo in good condition except it was in Demo Mode was a thread months ago. Discused at Kobo Development Corner but was started here in this general Kobo forum. .
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![]() The mini apparently remembers which state it was left in once this demo mode is active and will restart the display sequence at power on. It is surely a great tool for the sellers of the product, for the rest of use it is a neat little diversion. |
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