Aura HD Some questions

fanoI · 12-09-2013, 02:46 PM

Hello to all, after I lost my Sony PRS-T2 (or more probable someone robbed it

) I was undecided between the Sony PRS-T3 and the Kobo Aura HD... in the end I've decided for the Kobo Aura HD because:

The Sony didn't read a good 50% of the EPUB I gave to it! Ohh well it read them but I couldn't change the font and the size... the same thing of unreadable
Impossible to jailbreak and so not possible to add no new reading software that could solve Sony's bug!
No integrated light and so old tecnology in the end...

The Kobo Aura HD read the file without so much hassle the font size was practically already correct I had only too much margins: 50% of screen was margin

Lucky I've found I could easy change this... now I've 0 margins and all it is OK... well some pages are strange! They are not totally full of text but only 60%... and is very rare to see a page that it is full (I'd say the majority are at 80%). But it is the first book I'm reading so... maybe it is bad formatted!

Now the questions:

The Sony USB charger (PRSA-AC1A/C) is compatible with the device or not? It is all remains to me of my PRS-T2
Kobo decided to not give to us a stylus pen! The shop had the device but no accessories... I've intention to take notes with it too as I did in I'm PRS-T2 (that part was really excellent, here I think I've to use third party apps), there's a cover plus pen combo? That emulates the "Sleepcover" thing?
I had a strange problem... I cannot copy a CBR file! It is of 120 MB so a little big, Windows copies only 20 MB then it stops! The drive disappears (it sees it empty) and obviously the device cannot read the file. I'm using Teracopy not Windows explorer file copier... but it shouldn't be a problem
By the way probably the comic was unreadable as usual too little text!
There comics created with ebooks in mind? Or not?

paola · 12-09-2013, 04:41 PM

Hi fanoi, on your question 2, I am pretty sure the Aura HD is not capable to take notes - so if you get a pen/stilus/anything you would only be able to use it to tap, swipe or select rows or words. But you cannot write notes in free hand. In fact, to do all of the above you can just use anything, including your finger.

For the excessive empty space, there is a patch that you can use to remove it, have a look at this thread:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=220171

fanoI · 12-10-2013, 08:55 AM

If I understood correctly this hack is not compatible with firmware 3.1.0 that the device has automatically installed during the first setup.

By the way it seems strange to me that we, the users, are forced to patch the firmware! This is clearly a bug... it is an e-book reader, right? Well some pages have no sense...

DNSB · 12-10-2013, 09:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fanoI

If I understood correctly this hack is not compatible with firmware 3.1.0 that the device has automatically installed during the first setup.

By the way it seems strange to me that we, the users, are forced to patch the firmware! This is clearly a bug... it is an e-book reader, right? Well some pages have no sense...

There are user generated modifications to the kpg.conf to generate a 3.1.0 version for several of the options. Check the Kobo Patcher thread https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=220171 for more details on this.

As for patching software to make it behave the way the user wants? That's a fairly long and honourable tradition.

Regards,
David

jiminrussell · 12-10-2013, 11:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by paola

Hi fanoi, on your question 2, I am pretty sure the Aura HD is not capable to take notes

I can create notes on my Aura HD, no need for a stylus to do it, just use the on screen key board.

fanoI · 12-10-2013, 03:04 PM

Yes the Launcher that has Cool Reader inside and a lot of Chess games has a Notepad application... my fingers are too big so a pen would be needed for me

@DNSB

OK, maybe in the next days I'll post there! It is a little confusing as there is not (or I cannot found it) a place in which all the tested patches are collected... the first post refers to firmware 2.8.0...

It is to say that Cool Reader works in the right way (the pages are filled completely as expected), in the end as I found annoying to have to use a I-tunes like software to put the books instead of simply copy them in folders I'll use it

P.S. There is an application to read Comics? Kobo promised to read CBZ/CBR files: he reads one of 3 pages... a real one (100 pages or more?) make it crash

PeterT · 12-10-2013, 03:42 PM

Funny; I've had no issues with CBR / CBZ files of different sizes (save for the fact I don't feel an eBook reader is the ideal device for reading them).

DNSB · 12-10-2013, 04:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fanoI

OK, maybe in the next days I'll post there! It is a little confusing as there is not (or I cannot found it) a place in which all the tested patches are collected... the first post refers to firmware 2.8.0...

It is to say that Cool Reader works in the right way (the pages are filled completely as expected), in the end as I found annoying to have to use a I-tunes like software to put the books instead of simply copy them in folders I'll use it

P.S. There is an application to read Comics? Kobo promised to read CBZ/CBR files: he reads one of 3 pages... a real one (100 pages or more?) make it crash

Hmmm... I don't read that many comic book files but my daughter does and seems to be quite happy with her Kobo as her emergency reader -- she prefers a colour display. Some of her comics are in the 80+MB size. I did have an issue on my desktop before I switched to Win7 where I had to locate and install an USB filter file from AMD to fix an issue with the Kobo disconnecting when I wrote large files to it.

Dang... I can't attach a kpg.conf file so will paste it in a code block below.

Code:

# Kobo Patch Generator config file
# firmware ver. 3.1.0
# (c) 2013 MZ
#

<Patch>
patch_name = `Custom reading footer style`
patch_enable = `yes`
# CSS. Then CSS over zlib. Then CSS over XOR "crypto". Then CSS over XOR+NOT "crypto". Kobo managers, are you wacky ???
#
# Disable footer example
#replace_xor_58 = 13FA550, `ReadingFooter {\n\tmin-height: 70px;\n\tmax-height: 70px;\n\tqproperty-footerMargin: 40;\n}\n\nReadingFooter[deviceCodeName="kraken"], \nReadingFooter[deviceCodeName="phoenix"] {\n\tmin-height: 82px;\n\tmax-height: 82px;\n\tqproperty-footerMargin: 15;\n}\n\nReadingFooter[deviceCodeName="dragon"] {\n\tmin-height: 120px;\n\tmax-height: 120px;\n\tqproperty-footerMargin: 20;\n}\n\n* {\n\tfont-size: 16px;\n}\n\n[deviceCodeName="kraken"], \n[deviceCodeName="phoenix"] {\n\tfont-size: 20px;\n}\n\n[deviceCodeName="dragon"] {\n\tfont-size: 26px;\n}\n\n[localeName="ja_JP"] {\n\tfont-family: A-OTF Gothic MB101 Pr6N;\n}`, `* {\n\theight: 5px;\n\tfont-size: 1px;\n\tcolor: transparent;\n}\n\n\x00`
# Decrease footer example
replace_xor_58 = 13FA550, `ReadingFooter {\n\tmin-height: 70px;\n\tmax-height: 70px;\n\tqproperty-footerMargin: 40;\n}\n\nReadingFooter[deviceCodeName="kraken"], \nReadingFooter[deviceCodeName="phoenix"] {\n\tmin-height: 82px;\n\tmax-height: 82px;\n\tqproperty-footerMargin: 15;\n}\n\nReadingFooter[deviceCodeName="dragon"] {\n\tmin-height: 120px;\n\tmax-height: 120px;\n\tqproperty-footerMargin: 20;\n}\n\n* {\n\tfont-size: 16px;\n}\n\n[deviceCodeName="kraken"], \n[deviceCodeName="phoenix"] {\n\tfont-size: 20px;\n}\n\n[deviceCodeName="dragon"] {\n\tfont-size: 26px;\n}\n\n[localeName="ja_JP"] {\n\tfont-family: A-OTF Gothic MB101 Pr6N;\n}`, `ReadingFooter {\n\tmin-height: 45px;\n\tmax-height: 45px;\n\tqproperty-footerMargin: 20;\n}\n\n* {\n\tfont-size: 26px;\n\tpadding-bottom: 5px;\n}\n\n\x00`
</Patch>

<Patch>
patch_name = `My line spacing values` 
patch_enable = `yes`
# Bypass code-injected values 1.0, 1.2, 1.5, 2.0, 3.0
replace_bytes = 73FA06, 35 F6 BC EB, 00 46 00 46
replace_bytes = 73FA54, 35 F6 94 EB, 00 46 00 46
replace_bytes = 73FA7A, 35 F6 82 EB, 00 46 00 46
replace_bytes = 73FAB0, 35 F6 66 EB, 00 46 00 46
replace_bytes = 73FB0C, 35 F6 38 EB, 00 46 00 46
# Other values for replace
replace_float = 73FB50, 1.05, 0.9
replace_float = 73FB58, 1.07, 0.95
replace_float = 73FB60, 1.1,  1.0
replace_float = 73FB68, 1.35, 1.05
replace_float = 73FB70, 1.7,  1.10
replace_float = 73FB78, 1.8,  1.15
replace_float = 73FB80, 2.2,  1.2
replace_float = 73FB88, 2.4,  1.25
replace_float = 73FB90, 2.6,  1.3
replace_float = 73FB98, 2.8,  1.35
</Patch>

<Patch>
patch_name = `Custom fonts sizes`
patch_enable = `yes`
# Values for replace
replace_int = 1157928, 12, 20
replace_int = 115792C, 14, 21
replace_int = 1157930, 16, 22
replace_int = 1157934, 17, 23
replace_int = 1157938, 18, 24
replace_int = 115793C, 19, 25
replace_int = 1157940, 20, 26
replace_int = 1157944, 21, 27
replace_int = 1157948, 22, 28
replace_int = 115794C, 24, 29
replace_int = 1157950, 25, 30
replace_int = 1157954, 26, 31
replace_int = 1157958, 28, 32
replace_int = 115795C, 32, 33
replace_int = 1157960, 36, 34
replace_int = 1157964, 40, 35
replace_int = 1157968, 44, 36
replace_int = 115796C, 46, 37
replace_int = 1157970, 48, 38
replace_int = 1157974, 50, 39
replace_int = 1157978, 52, 40
replace_int = 115797C, 54, 44
replace_int = 1157980, 56, 42
replace_int = 1157984, 58, 43
</Patch>

<Patch>
patch_name = `Custom left & right margins`
patch_enable = `yes`
# Values for replace
replace_int = 13EF57C, 02, 01
replace_int = 13EF580, 04, 02
replace_int = 13EF584, 06, 03
replace_int = 13EF588, 08, 04
replace_int = 13EF58C, 10, 05
replace_int = 13EF590, 12, 06
replace_int = 13EF594, 14, 07
replace_int = 13EF598, 16, 08
</Patch>

<Patch>
patch_name = `Brightness fine control`
patch_enable = `yes`
replace_int = 90DD08, 10, 01
replace_int = 90DD38, 10, 01
</Patch>

<Patch>
patch_name = `Fix page breaks bug`
patch_enable = `yes`
#replace_bytes = DE6576, E8 D0, E8 E7
#Alternative method
replace_bytes = DE6576, E8 D0, 00 46
</Patch>

<Patch>
patch_name = `Freedom to advanced fonts control`
patch_enable = `yes`
replace_bytes = 98372C, D4 F7 64 E1, E4 F7 54 E5
replace_bytes = ADC554, B3 F6 DC E1, 00 46 00 46
replace_bytes = AE0256, AF F6 5C E3, 00 46 00 46
</Patch>

<Patch>
patch_name = `Search in Library by default`
patch_enable = `yes`
replace_bytes = 9E7BBC, 7E F7 9A E3, 00 46 00 46
replace_bytes = 9E7C08, 7E F7 74 E3, 00 46 00 46
</Patch>

As usual you can modify the various patches but read some of the Patcher forum first. Metazoa has not issued an "official" patch so what you are seeing is what various people have found that works.

fanoI · 12-10-2013, 04:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DNSB

Hmmm... I don't read that many comic book files but my daughter does and seems to be quite happy with her Kobo as her emergency reader -- she prefers a colour display. Some of her comics are in the 80+MB size. I did have an issue on my desktop before I switched to Win7 where I had to locate and install an USB filter file from AMD to fix an issue with the Kobo disconnecting when I wrote large files to it.

Yes it is possible the file is in some way corrupted, Explorer don't see the drive anymore after this "big" file is transferred.

To note that this is an emergency PC and maybe this Windows XP is in some way "broken"... in the next week(s) I hope to have a new PC with Windows 8 and I'll make more tests.

Regarding the Comics on E-book it is IMHO an unexplored feature yes the B&W is a problem, but the major problem is that the "clouds" are always too little to read. If the strips could be reorganized in a way that, for example, any vignette use a full screen they would be readable!
IMHO the problem is that there no commercials option using the "true" e-book format that is EPUB not an archive...

Quote:

Originally Posted by DNSB

Dang... I can't attach a kpg.conf file so will paste it in a code block below.

Code:

# Kobo Patch Generator config file
# firmware ver. 3.1.0
# (c) 2013 MZ
#

<Patch>
patch_name = `Custom reading footer style`
patch_enable = `yes`
# CSS. Then CSS over zlib. Then CSS over XOR "crypto". Then CSS over XOR+NOT "crypto". Kobo managers, are you wacky ???
#
# Disable footer example
#replace_xor_58 = 13FA550, `ReadingFooter {\n\tmin-height: 70px;\n\tmax-height: 70px;\n\tqproperty-footerMargin: 40;\n}\n\nReadingFooter[deviceCodeName="kraken"], \nReadingFooter[deviceCodeName="phoenix"] {\n\tmin-height: 82px;\n\tmax-height: 82px;\n\tqproperty-footerMargin: 15;\n}\n\nReadingFooter[deviceCodeName="dragon"] {\n\tmin-height: 120px;\n\tmax-height: 120px;\n\tqproperty-footerMargin: 20;\n}\n\n* {\n\tfont-size: 16px;\n}\n\n[deviceCodeName="kraken"], \n[deviceCodeName="phoenix"] {\n\tfont-size: 20px;\n}\n\n[deviceCodeName="dragon"] {\n\tfont-size: 26px;\n}\n\n[localeName="ja_JP"] {\n\tfont-family: A-OTF Gothic MB101 Pr6N;\n}`, `* {\n\theight: 5px;\n\tfont-size: 1px;\n\tcolor: transparent;\n}\n\n\x00`
# Decrease footer example
replace_xor_58 = 13FA550, `ReadingFooter {\n\tmin-height: 70px;\n\tmax-height: 70px;\n\tqproperty-footerMargin: 40;\n}\n\nReadingFooter[deviceCodeName="kraken"], \nReadingFooter[deviceCodeName="phoenix"] {\n\tmin-height: 82px;\n\tmax-height: 82px;\n\tqproperty-footerMargin: 15;\n}\n\nReadingFooter[deviceCodeName="dragon"] {\n\tmin-height: 120px;\n\tmax-height: 120px;\n\tqproperty-footerMargin: 20;\n}\n\n* {\n\tfont-size: 16px;\n}\n\n[deviceCodeName="kraken"], \n[deviceCodeName="phoenix"] {\n\tfont-size: 20px;\n}\n\n[deviceCodeName="dragon"] {\n\tfont-size: 26px;\n}\n\n[localeName="ja_JP"] {\n\tfont-family: A-OTF Gothic MB101 Pr6N;\n}`, `ReadingFooter {\n\tmin-height: 45px;\n\tmax-height: 45px;\n\tqproperty-footerMargin: 20;\n}\n\n* {\n\tfont-size: 26px;\n\tpadding-bottom: 5px;\n}\n\n\x00`
</Patch>

<Patch>
patch_name = `My line spacing values` 
patch_enable = `yes`
# Bypass code-injected values 1.0, 1.2, 1.5, 2.0, 3.0
replace_bytes = 73FA06, 35 F6 BC EB, 00 46 00 46
replace_bytes = 73FA54, 35 F6 94 EB, 00 46 00 46
replace_bytes = 73FA7A, 35 F6 82 EB, 00 46 00 46
replace_bytes = 73FAB0, 35 F6 66 EB, 00 46 00 46
replace_bytes = 73FB0C, 35 F6 38 EB, 00 46 00 46
# Other values for replace
replace_float = 73FB50, 1.05, 0.9
replace_float = 73FB58, 1.07, 0.95
replace_float = 73FB60, 1.1,  1.0
replace_float = 73FB68, 1.35, 1.05
replace_float = 73FB70, 1.7,  1.10
replace_float = 73FB78, 1.8,  1.15
replace_float = 73FB80, 2.2,  1.2
replace_float = 73FB88, 2.4,  1.25
replace_float = 73FB90, 2.6,  1.3
replace_float = 73FB98, 2.8,  1.35
</Patch>

<Patch>
patch_name = `Custom fonts sizes`
patch_enable = `yes`
# Values for replace
replace_int = 1157928, 12, 20
replace_int = 115792C, 14, 21
replace_int = 1157930, 16, 22
replace_int = 1157934, 17, 23
replace_int = 1157938, 18, 24
replace_int = 115793C, 19, 25
replace_int = 1157940, 20, 26
replace_int = 1157944, 21, 27
replace_int = 1157948, 22, 28
replace_int = 115794C, 24, 29
replace_int = 1157950, 25, 30
replace_int = 1157954, 26, 31
replace_int = 1157958, 28, 32
replace_int = 115795C, 32, 33
replace_int = 1157960, 36, 34
replace_int = 1157964, 40, 35
replace_int = 1157968, 44, 36
replace_int = 115796C, 46, 37
replace_int = 1157970, 48, 38
replace_int = 1157974, 50, 39
replace_int = 1157978, 52, 40
replace_int = 115797C, 54, 44
replace_int = 1157980, 56, 42
replace_int = 1157984, 58, 43
</Patch>

<Patch>
patch_name = `Custom left & right margins`
patch_enable = `yes`
# Values for replace
replace_int = 13EF57C, 02, 01
replace_int = 13EF580, 04, 02
replace_int = 13EF584, 06, 03
replace_int = 13EF588, 08, 04
replace_int = 13EF58C, 10, 05
replace_int = 13EF590, 12, 06
replace_int = 13EF594, 14, 07
replace_int = 13EF598, 16, 08
</Patch>

<Patch>
patch_name = `Brightness fine control`
patch_enable = `yes`
replace_int = 90DD08, 10, 01
replace_int = 90DD38, 10, 01
</Patch>

<Patch>
patch_name = `Fix page breaks bug`
patch_enable = `yes`
#replace_bytes = DE6576, E8 D0, E8 E7
#Alternative method
replace_bytes = DE6576, E8 D0, 00 46
</Patch>

<Patch>
patch_name = `Freedom to advanced fonts control`
patch_enable = `yes`
replace_bytes = 98372C, D4 F7 64 E1, E4 F7 54 E5
replace_bytes = ADC554, B3 F6 DC E1, 00 46 00 46
replace_bytes = AE0256, AF F6 5C E3, 00 46 00 46
</Patch>

<Patch>
patch_name = `Search in Library by default`
patch_enable = `yes`
replace_bytes = 9E7BBC, 7E F7 9A E3, 00 46 00 46
replace_bytes = 9E7C08, 7E F7 74 E3, 00 46 00 46
</Patch>

As usual you can modify the various patches but read some of the Patcher forum first. Metazoa has not issued an "official" patch so what you are seeing is what various people have found that works.

Thanks I'll wait to have a "working" PC before try to apply the patch (this would download the file, unmount the drive and brick the device probably*), there is a way to make a backup of the firmware to recover the default settings?

In your opinion there is a risk to brick the device in case of problems or only the books would be shown wrong (well worst that the default it is impossible

)?

* The Kobo software not worked to initialize the device it simply blocked itself occupying 100% of CPU! Luckily the Kobo had the possibility to initialize itself using Wi-Fi. Yeah this PC has some problems in the USB stack probably

PeterT · 12-10-2013, 06:48 PM

Actually there does seem to be an issue with USB drivers in Windows/XP and Kobos in general. The Kobo will do the initial connect and appear as an USB mass storage device, but then, during data transfer to it, the connection drops.

DNSB · 12-11-2013, 12:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fanoI

Thanks I'll wait to have a "working" PC before try to apply the patch (this would download the file, unmount the drive and brick the device probably*), there is a way to make a backup of the firmware to recover the default settings?

In your opinion there is a risk to brick the device in case of problems or only the books would be shown wrong (well worst that the default it is impossible

)?

Waiting for a reliable computer is a good idea. OTOH, the worst I've managed from a bad patch was having to factory reset the Kobo -- experimenting with patching new firmware before Metazoa does a release is fun but done at your own risk. The factory reset is a bit of a pain but not something I don't do fairly often anyways.

Sounds like you have the same symptoms I saw when using Windows XP. I would attempt to copy a large block of data, it would error out and the Kobo's mounted drives would disappear.

Regards,
David

anacreon · 12-11-2013, 01:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fanoI

[*]The Sony USB charger (PRSA-AC1A/C) is compatible with the device or not? It is all remains to me of my PRS-T2

The Sony chargers work with Kobo devices, and it is useful if you want to read while charging (long cable), but I usually don't need it at home (just connecting to the PC for adding / deleting books in the device is enough). On the road I prefer to use my phone charger (HTC): smaller, lighter, and it is convenient to have one less charger to lug around. And anyway I will soon give away my PRS-T2 (I gave the T1 months ago), with charger.

12-09-2013, 02:46 PM	#1
fanoI Connoisseur Posts: 83 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Kobo Aura H20	Some questions Hello to all, after I lost my Sony PRS-T2 (or more probable someone robbed it ) I was undecided between the Sony PRS-T3 and the Kobo Aura HD... in the end I've decided for the Kobo Aura HD because: The Sony didn't read a good 50% of the EPUB I gave to it! Ohh well it read them but I couldn't change the font and the size... the same thing of unreadable Impossible to jailbreak and so not possible to add no new reading software that could solve Sony's bug! No integrated light and so old tecnology in the end... The Kobo Aura HD read the file without so much hassle the font size was practically already correct I had only too much margins: 50% of screen was margin Lucky I've found I could easy change this... now I've 0 margins and all it is OK... well some pages are strange! They are not totally full of text but only 60%... and is very rare to see a page that it is full (I'd say the majority are at 80%). But it is the first book I'm reading so... maybe it is bad formatted! Now the questions: The Sony USB charger (PRSA-AC1A/C) is compatible with the device or not? It is all remains to me of my PRS-T2 Kobo decided to not give to us a stylus pen! The shop had the device but no accessories... I've intention to take notes with it too as I did in I'm PRS-T2 (that part was really excellent, here I think I've to use third party apps), there's a cover plus pen combo? That emulates the "Sleepcover" thing? I had a strange problem... I cannot copy a CBR file! It is of 120 MB so a little big, Windows copies only 20 MB then it stops! The drive disappears (it sees it empty) and obviously the device cannot read the file. I'm using Teracopy not Windows explorer file copier... but it shouldn't be a problem By the way probably the comic was unreadable as usual too little text! There comics created with ebooks in mind? Or not? Last edited by fanoI; 12-09-2013 at 02:50 PM.

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12-09-2013, 04:41 PM	#2
paola Wizard Posts: 2,840 Karma: 5843878 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: UK Device: Pocketbook Pro 903, (beloved Pocketbook 360 RIP), Kobo Mini, Kobo Aura	Hi fanoi, on your question 2, I am pretty sure the Aura HD is not capable to take notes - so if you get a pen/stilus/anything you would only be able to use it to tap, swipe or select rows or words. But you cannot write notes in free hand. In fact, to do all of the above you can just use anything, including your finger. For the excessive empty space, there is a patch that you can use to remove it, have a look at this thread: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=220171

12-10-2013, 08:55 AM	#3
fanoI Connoisseur Posts: 83 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Kobo Aura H20	If I understood correctly this hack is not compatible with firmware 3.1.0 that the device has automatically installed during the first setup. By the way it seems strange to me that we, the users, are forced to patch the firmware! This is clearly a bug... it is an e-book reader, right? Well some pages have no sense...

12-10-2013, 03:04 PM	#6
fanoI Connoisseur Posts: 83 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Kobo Aura H20	Yes the Launcher that has Cool Reader inside and a lot of Chess games has a Notepad application... my fingers are too big so a pen would be needed for me @DNSB OK, maybe in the next days I'll post there! It is a little confusing as there is not (or I cannot found it) a place in which all the tested patches are collected... the first post refers to firmware 2.8.0... It is to say that Cool Reader works in the right way (the pages are filled completely as expected), in the end as I found annoying to have to use a I-tunes like software to put the books instead of simply copy them in folders I'll use it P.S. There is an application to read Comics? Kobo promised to read CBZ/CBR files: he reads one of 3 pages... a real one (100 pages or more?) make it crash

12-10-2013, 03:42 PM	#7
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,511 Karma: 78910202 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	Funny; I've had no issues with CBR / CBZ files of different sizes (save for the fact I don't feel an eBook reader is the ideal device for reading them).

12-10-2013, 06:48 PM	#10
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,511 Karma: 78910202 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	Actually there does seem to be an issue with USB drivers in Windows/XP and Kobos in general. The Kobo will do the initial connect and appear as an USB mass storage device, but then, during data transfer to it, the connection drops.