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Old 10-19-2013, 02:34 AM   #1
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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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Old 10-19-2013, 03:06 AM   #2
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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?
In the Mini's search box, try typing demomodeoff and see of that fixes it.

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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Old 10-19-2013, 05:59 AM   #3
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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?

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Old 10-19-2013, 07:14 AM   #4
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Thanks, GeoffR. 'demomodeoff' was almost good. 'demo mode off' did the trick.
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Old 10-19-2013, 07:46 AM   #5
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In the Mini's search box, try typing demomodeoff and see of that fixes it.

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.
Geoff, are you implying that some commands could be enacted on a kobo device by typing them in the search engine? This could be interesting if that is so.

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Old 10-19-2013, 10:12 AM   #6
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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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Old 10-19-2013, 11:21 AM   #7
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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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In the Mini's search box, try typing demomodeoff and see of that fixes it.
Interesting Geoff, thanks for the heads up.
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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