Gibberish

Anglehead · 08-15-2011, 01:35 AM

I'm having some problems with my Kobo. I had a friend put a whole load of box into a Dropbox file. Downloaded everything fine, created a folder, alphabetized it all but when I downloaded a book to test everything came up as so much gibberish. This is not a font size problem, most of the text doesn't make any sense. Now I know Umberto Eco is a difficult author, but this is crazy

Anyone know of a fix? Like I said the text is legible but all of the letters just seem to be scrambled on the page.

remcdonald · 08-15-2011, 02:58 AM

a couple of questions what file format are they in (epub, pdf, txt) and can you open them on your computer as clear text through say calibre or another program. If you can't then the likely problem is with the actual files being corrupted rather than with the kobo in any way.

neilmarr · 08-15-2011, 09:16 AM

Hello again, Anglehead. You might find it useful to pop into the Kobo sub forum here. Just hit the little 'forums' button at the top of this page and just scroll down to what you need. Luck and bestests. Neil

08-15-2011, 01:35 AM	#1
Anglehead Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Toronto, Canada Device: Kobo	Gibberish I'm having some problems with my Kobo. I had a friend put a whole load of box into a Dropbox file. Downloaded everything fine, created a folder, alphabetized it all but when I downloaded a book to test everything came up as so much gibberish. This is not a font size problem, most of the text doesn't make any sense. Now I know Umberto Eco is a difficult author, but this is crazy Anyone know of a fix? Like I said the text is legible but all of the letters just seem to be scrambled on the page.

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08-15-2011, 02:58 AM	#2
remcdonald Connoisseur Posts: 60 Karma: 49376 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Kobo, Kobo Touch	a couple of questions what file format are they in (epub, pdf, txt) and can you open them on your computer as clear text through say calibre or another program. If you can't then the likely problem is with the actual files being corrupted rather than with the kobo in any way.

08-15-2011, 09:16 AM	#3
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,215 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	Hello again, Anglehead. You might find it useful to pop into the Kobo sub forum here. Just hit the little 'forums' button at the top of this page and just scroll down to what you need. Luck and bestests. Neil

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