More > Google Drive

Valkrider · 06-08-2025, 02:04 PM

I have been looking to email books to my Libra H2O and my wife's Clara 2E but I haven't got the More > Google Drive option on either that is covered in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akyUUZRiFs8 Is it because they are Black & White rather than Colour as per the video or what?

PeterT · 06-08-2025, 04:07 PM

Neither of those models had firmware that supported Google Drive

Aleron Ives · 06-08-2025, 05:00 PM

You can use unofficial patches with kobopatch to do this:

https://github.com/pgaskin/kobopatch-patches/pull/139

Keep in mind that you need to read all the comments, as you must change the device configuration file in addition to using the patch. Some comments also indicate that the current firmware doesn't work with this, so you also need to use a custom patch to block firmware updates, or else enabling Wi-Fi will force an update that undoes all your work. YMMV!

Valkrider · 06-09-2025, 02:07 AM

Thanks for the advice I will take a look at that github

Valkrider · 06-11-2025, 02:54 AM

It is interesting that the Kobo help says that if you have v4.37 or higher you can access Google drive. I have v4.38 and don't have the option as stated earlier. This is the Kobo article https://help.kobo.com/hc/en-us/artic...g-Google-Drive its a shame the article doesn't say only available on certain models

DNSB · 06-11-2025, 02:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Valkrider

It is interesting that the Kobo help says that if you have v4.37 or higher you can access Google drive. I have v4.38 and don't have the option as stated earlier. This is the Kobo article https://help.kobo.com/hc/en-us/artic...g-Google-Drive I will raise it with Kobo

Did you read the note on the page you linked to? I've quoted it below:

Quote:

Note:
This feature only works on Kobo Forma , Kobo Sage, Kobo Elipsa, Kobo Elipsa 2E, Kobo Libra Colour.

Valkrider · 06-12-2025, 02:11 AM

They have added that to the page after I queried with them why the limitation wasn't on the page.

DNSB · 06-12-2025, 03:11 PM

Awfully fast action. I posted 4 minutes after your post. At that time, it was ~3AM in Kobo corporate office's timezone. Admittedly, I am accessing Kobo's Canadian website but that note has been there for quite a while.

Valkrider · 06-13-2025, 02:55 AM

My post here was some 24 hours after I queried it with them on the UK site.

Semwize · 06-13-2025, 05:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Valkrider

My post here was some 24 hours after I queried it with them on the UK site.

For the future: there is such a thing as a web archive.
Here's for November 2024
https://web.archive.org/web/20241126...g-Google-Drive
Everything is listed there...

06-08-2025, 02:04 PM	#1
Valkrider Addict Posts: 316 Karma: 1250000 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kobo Libra, iPadAir2, PRS600, iPhone 6, iPod, Palm TX	More > Google Drive I have been looking to email books to my Libra H2O and my wife's Clara 2E but I haven't got the More > Google Drive option on either that is covered in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akyUUZRiFs8 Is it because they are Black & White rather than Colour as per the video or what?

06-11-2025, 02:54 AM	#5
Valkrider Addict Posts: 316 Karma: 1250000 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kobo Libra, iPadAir2, PRS600, iPhone 6, iPod, Palm TX	It is interesting that the Kobo help says that if you have v4.37 or higher you can access Google drive. I have v4.38 and don't have the option as stated earlier. This is the Kobo article https://help.kobo.com/hc/en-us/artic...g-Google-Drive its a shame the article doesn't say only available on certain models Last edited by Valkrider; 06-11-2025 at 02:58 AM.

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06-08-2025, 04:07 PM	#2
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,466 Karma: 78880114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	Neither of those models had firmware that supported Google Drive

06-08-2025, 05:00 PM	#3
Aleron Ives Wizard Posts: 1,679 Karma: 16307824 Join Date: Sep 2022 Device: Kobo Libra 2	You can use unofficial patches with kobopatch to do this: https://github.com/pgaskin/kobopatch-patches/pull/139 Keep in mind that you need to read all the comments, as you must change the device configuration file in addition to using the patch. Some comments also indicate that the current firmware doesn't work with this, so you also need to use a custom patch to block firmware updates, or else enabling Wi-Fi will force an update that undoes all your work. YMMV!

06-09-2025, 02:07 AM	#4
Valkrider Addict Posts: 316 Karma: 1250000 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kobo Libra, iPadAir2, PRS600, iPhone 6, iPod, Palm TX	Thanks for the advice I will take a look at that github

06-12-2025, 02:11 AM	#7
Valkrider Addict Posts: 316 Karma: 1250000 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kobo Libra, iPadAir2, PRS600, iPhone 6, iPod, Palm TX	They have added that to the page after I queried with them why the limitation wasn't on the page.

06-12-2025, 03:11 PM	#8
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 45,874 Karma: 168959602 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	Awfully fast action. I posted 4 minutes after your post. At that time, it was ~3AM in Kobo corporate office's timezone. Admittedly, I am accessing Kobo's Canadian website but that note has been there for quite a while.

06-13-2025, 02:55 AM	#9
Valkrider Addict Posts: 316 Karma: 1250000 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: UK Device: Kobo Libra, iPadAir2, PRS600, iPhone 6, iPod, Palm TX	My post here was some 24 hours after I queried it with them on the UK site.