Aura H2O Kobo Aura H2O is not waterproof...

[hannah]

Originally Posted by rem736

the software tech has been around for years. all they need to do is add a web server into the device (and this is done with software, not something physical). then you would just access the file structure by using a web browser. move/copy/delete files from/to the device with a web browser. i think this hasn't been done because eliminating the usb port would take out the cheapest method of charging the device. don't know how much cost inductive charging would add, but it is certainly more than providing a usb port for both charging and data access.

Originally Posted by BWinmill

The simplest way to load ebooks onto your H2O via WiFi is to access a Calibre server using the built-in web browser. Transferring ebooks from your PC to your Kobo is doable, but it would take some technical knowledge on the part of the user (e.g. how to setup a file server on the H2O). Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to add the new files to the library unless the device is using the internal web browser or connected via USB.

Ok, so the problem stays for library books using adobe drm, and i'm not willing to strip those. For all my bought books I already have a cops server running on our home network.

[frostschutz]

A device that was manufactured without USB port would probably come with the ability to download Adobe books directly...

I don't see it happening though; but then, I don't need waterproof readers anyhow.

[Ken Maltby]

Originally Posted by BWinmill

The simplest way to load ebooks onto your H2O via WiFi is to access a Calibre server using the built-in web browser. Transferring ebooks from your PC to your Kobo is doable, but it would take some technical knowledge on the part of the user (e.g. how to setup a file server on the H2O). Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to add the new files to the library unless the device is using the internal web browser or connected via USB.

I think using Koreader's OPDS support to access the calibre server, is easier, for transferring an ebook via WiFi from the calibre library on your PC to your device. To pull the ebook off your PC, from your device. (Also to pull them off a web site/URL that has OPDS support. Like "Project Gutenberg".)

If you want to connect to calibre wirelessly and appear as a device in calibre, you can do that too. Then you have to deal with letting calibre build its own file structure, on your device, just like a USB connection. With this you push selected files from your PC calibre library to your device, from your PC.

In both cases, if you don't have the files placed in a "hidden" folder, the files will be subject to the Nickel processing that adds them to the database for the stock readers and has them appear in the Kobo "Library".

So, you could put a good (Samsung or Sandisk) 32GB uSD card in your H2O's external slot and then use some silicone sealant to seal the cover on. Except that you would need another way to charge the battery. Perhaps something like this. Or this.
I ordered one and a charging base for it ($35 total)

Luck;
Ken

[ottdmk]

Given that Rakuten now owns Overdrive, I'm hopeful that a firmware update will one day give us the direct acsm processing that was on the Sony readers.

Originally Posted by Ken Maltby

I think using Koreader's OPDS support to access the calibre server, is easier, for transferring an ebook via WiFi from the calibre library on your PC to your device.

Thank you. I'll look into that. As for the wireless charging, let us know how that modification goes. And let Kobo know how well it works too.

[Boruteczko]

I see it drifted off topic a tiny little bit...

Originally Posted by mr_nihilism

My H2O likes water. I give it a rinse whenever it gets filthy.

Originally Posted by jusmee

As advertised "So if you drop it in the bath or accidentally spill a drink on it, your Kobo Aura H2O will still work like new. "

Both are instances of running/moving water. You should be able to rinse it under a gently running tap.

This...

Originally Posted by jusmee

The kobo h20 is rated IP67. Take a look at the table http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_Code

IP66 handles water jets, and the kobo IP67 is a step up from that.

And this!

Beside the waterproof fail, it seems that my Kobo is prone to reset itself at random. It happened a few times since purchase (end of February). Does anybody has the same issues?

Originally Posted by Boruteczko

Beside the waterproof fail, it seems that my Kobo is prone to reset itself at random. It happened a few times since purchase (end of February). Does anybody has the same issues?

It's probably best to create your own thread for this, and describe the symptoms so that someone can help you figure out what is going on. For example, does it reset on the home screen or while reading? If it happens while reading: does it happen with a particular book, or ePubs, or kePubs?

As for this user's experience: I have had my H2O freeze up a couple of times and a corrupt database the other day (likely induced by calibre), but it has been reliable otherwise.

[the.Mtn.Man]

Originally Posted by jusmee

The kobo h20 is rated IP67. Take a look at the table http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_Code

IP66 handles water jets, and the kobo IP67 is a step up from that.

That's not how IP codes work. A rating of 7 is not necessarily better than 6.

IP66 means "No ingress of dust; complete protection against contact (dust tight)" and "Water projected in powerful jets (12.5 mm nozzle) against the enclosure from any direction shall have no harmful effects."

IP67 means "No ingress of dust; complete protection against contact (dust tight)" and "Ingress of water in harmful quantity shall not be possible when the enclosure is immersed in water under defined conditions of pressure and time (up to 1 m of submersion)." (Emphasis mine.)

According to the Kobo website, the H20 is designed to withstand immersion "for up to 30 minutes in up to 1 meter of water with port cover closed". It says nothing about high pressure situations like immersion in moving water or placing your device under a running tap (and, no, dropping an H20 in a bathtub or spilling a drink on it does not qualify as "moving water" in this context). And according to the IP ratings, it is only designed to prevent ingress of a "harmful quantity" of water, and unless the OP's device has started to malfunction from the few drops that managed to get underneath the USB cover, it seems to me that his H20 is working as intended.

So my advice to the OP is to stop placing your H20 under a running tap, because that's not what it's designed for. Have you contacted Kobo? What did they say?

[PeterT]

Originally Posted by the.Mtn.Man

Have you contacted Kobo? What did they say?

You know it's far easier just to rant on forums than take steps to get official support.

[Boruteczko]

Originally Posted by BWinmill

It's probably best to create your own thread for this, and describe the symptoms so that someone can help you figure out what is going on. For example, does it reset on the home screen or while reading? If it happens while reading: does it happen with a particular book, or ePubs, or kePubs?

As for this user's experience: I have had my H2O freeze up a couple of times and a corrupt database the other day (likely induced by calibre), but it has been reliable otherwise.

What is your firmware version? Do you have any patches installed?
For the moment I don't know if creating another thread would be useful, because of really inconsistent symptoms.

Originally Posted by the.Mtn.Man

That's not how IP codes work. A rating of 7 is not necessarily better than 6.

IP66 means "No ingress of dust; complete protection against contact (dust tight)" and "Water projected in powerful jets (12.5 mm nozzle) against the enclosure from any direction shall have no harmful effects."

IP67 means "No ingress of dust; complete protection against contact (dust tight)" and "Ingress of water in harmful quantity shall not be possible when the enclosure is immersed in water under defined conditions of pressure and time (up to 1 m of submersion)." (Emphasis mine.)

According to the Kobo website, the H20 is designed to withstand immersion "for up to 30 minutes in up to 1 meter of water with port cover closed". It says nothing about high pressure situations like immersion in moving water or placing your device under a running tap (and, no, dropping an H20 in a bathtub or spilling a drink on it does not qualify as "moving water" in this context). And according to the IP ratings, it is only designed to prevent ingress of a "harmful quantity" of water, and unless the OP's device has started to malfunction from the few drops that managed to get underneath the USB cover, it seems to me that his H20 is working as intended.

So my advice to the OP is to stop placing your H20 under a running tap, because that's not what it's designed for. Have you contacted Kobo? What did they say?

I didn't contact them yet. Either way it was very weak tap flow every time and without flipping it upside down, hence any pressure would be really negligible?

[the.Mtn.Man]

Originally Posted by Boruteczko

Either way it was very weak tap flow every time and without flipping it upside down, hence any pressure would be really negligible?

Assuming that's the case then I would say that either your USB cover is defective, or it was installed improperly.

Although your post does remind me of someone who breaks something and invariably says, "But I barely pushed on it!"

[jusmee]

Originally Posted by Boruteczko

I didn't contact them yet. Either way it was very weak tap flow every time and without flipping it upside down, hence any pressure would be really negligible?

This is how I do it on my "waterproof" phone. In fact, it's really more like just having the tap running a bit and using a wet hand to clean the outside.

[Jellby]

Originally Posted by Boruteczko

Either way it was very weak tap flow every time and without flipping it upside down, hence any pressure would be really negligible?

My fluid physics is a bit rusty, but a flow of water parallel to the surface would actually decrease the pressure (higher velocity, lower pressure). A flow perpendicular to the surface increases the pressure, at least at one point, by d*v²/2 (d: density, v: velocity). Since the increase in pressure due to immersion is d*g*h (g: gravity acceleration, h: depth). For a pressure equivalent to 1m immersion, you need a velocity v=sqrt(2*g)=4.4 m/s

http://www.princeton.edu/~asmits/Bic...Bernoulli.html

[Ken Maltby]

Originally Posted by BWinmill

Thank you. I'll look into that. As for the wireless charging, let us know how that modification goes. And let Kobo know how well it works too.

Well it works. It is not really a modification of the device, though. All it is, is to plug the receiver pad into the uUSB port and tape it in place on the back of the device. The charging pad plugs into a 2A charger using a USB cable. The one you might otherwise have used to charge the device, perhaps. Then you just place your device over the charging pad to charge the device. So it could work as a way to make your device QI compatible, and charge the device without opening a sealed up case.

Luck;
Ken

[Ghitulescu]

Any device with an open slot is not really waterproof. That goes for "underwater" photocameras as well .