Glo unable to do a facotry reset after disk image copy

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Originally Posted by leftright

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=224127

Are you referring to my post in that thread?

After the factory reset, connect your Glo to your computer and let the Kobo Desktop application do it's thing. After that has finished and the eject your ereader pops up, do not eject your Glo. Instead close the Kobo desktop application. You will now need to locate the .kobo directory in the root of your Glo's internal storage (under Windows, you can find it through (my) computer. If you have a Mac, you will need to play some games to see the .kobo directory since *nix style operating systems hide directory names starting with a ".".

In that directory, delete the upgrades directory, the KoboRoot.tgz and the manifest.md5sum files. Open the 2.5.1 firmware zip file and copy it's contents to the .kobo directory (same directory and filenames as you just deleted). Now you can eject your Glo and then allow the firmware update to run.

Please note that not only the upgrades directory but the KoboRoot.tgz and manifest.md5 files were to be deleted as these were from the new firmware copied to the Kobo ereader by the Kobo Desktop application. As the second paragraph said "(same directory and filenames as you just deleted)" when referring to copying the firmware from the firmware .zip file to the .kobo directory on your ereader.