kobo claims all sideloaded epubs need adobe permission, until rebooted - Page 2

graycyn · 11-26-2022, 03:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Quoth

I've seen this message maybe 3 times on the Sage, ore maybe twice and once on the Libra. It's nothing to do with ADE or DRM as the books were PD from Gutenberg with no DRM. A reboot fixes it. Usually happens on a very long reading session and location is reset to an earlier point.

I'd be sure ADE authorization won't cure it.

I've also seen this message on my Sage. And it has happened on epubs I made myself that have no DRM of any sort. So yeah, I doubt authorizing ADE on the device would do anything whatsoever.

A reboot fixes it for me as well, but it's definitely annoying when it happens.

Aleron Ives · 11-26-2022, 01:06 PM

Since it only affects EPUB, I guess it's a bug in the ADE viewer. If the problem were more frequent, you could avoid it by converting everything to KEPUB, but it sounds rare enough to not really matter.

ghira · 11-26-2022, 03:38 PM

I have never sideloaded a kepub, so don´t actually know if it can happen then.

Quoth · 11-27-2022, 06:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Aleron Ives

Since it only affects EPUB, I guess it's a bug in the ADE viewer. If the problem were more frequent, you could avoid it by converting everything to KEPUB, but it sounds rare enough to not really matter.

Agreed, far too rare to want to switch to kepub.

the.Mtn.Man · 12-04-2022, 10:10 PM

Have never seen this on any of the three Kobo devices I've owned.

ghira · 12-18-2022, 12:42 AM

Just had this happen on _one_ sideloaded epub, but five or so others I tried were normal. epub was free download from publisher web site so adobe definitely nothing to do with it.

I think the other times I've had this problem it's affected all epubs. I had just upgraded to 4.35 which I see has since been withdrawn.

as usual, reboot fixed problem.

Elder Raven · 12-21-2022, 11:36 PM

Until recently I've never had it happen before. I have a book I bought from Amazon and concerted from AZW to Epub using calibre. It theoretically hasn't got DRM, but I still get the message. I have another which i converted from Epub to RTF and back, and still get the message.
I've been using Kobo and Calibre for many, many years, and don't generally buy my books from Kobo.
When I reset the reader, the allegedly DRM protected books just disappeared entirely

Quoth · 12-22-2022, 04:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Elder Raven

When I reset the reader, the allegedly DRM protected books just disappeared entirely

Database is a little corrupt. Try reboot and repair account.
Calibre lets you check and backup database.

Amon_Re · 12-22-2022, 05:23 AM

Just had this happen on my elipsa (rebooting it now) with a merged epub basedon Red Hat Server documentation (open souce). Reboot just ended and still it complains about DRM

JSWolf · 12-22-2022, 05:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Quoth

Database is a little corrupt. Try reboot and repair account.
Calibre lets you check and backup database.

Calibre does not let you check and backup the database. Those functions are part of the Kobo Utilities plugin.

JSWolf · 12-22-2022, 05:36 AM

For those of you with this false DRM message, what firmware version are you running?

Amon_Re · 12-22-2022, 05:49 AM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

For those of you with this false DRM message, what firmware version are you running?

I'm Version 4.34.200097

The file converted to kepub works as expected, but curiously, the .epub also fails to open on my PocketBook with the built in Reader (koreader does open it). This file is rather big though, so that might be related (and I can make the file available as it's Open Source documentation that anyone can download from RH, I just merged it into one file)

Quoth · 12-22-2022, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Calibre does not let you check and backup the database. Those functions are part of the Kobo Utilities plugin.

Which is a plugin only on Calibre. Why would you have a Kobo on Calibre without Kobo Utilities?

DNSB · 12-22-2022, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

For those of you with this false DRM message, what firmware version are you running?

From my notes, I've seen in since around firmware 3.1.1 on my Aura HD.

ghira · 12-23-2022, 02:22 AM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

For those of you with this false DRM message, what firmware version are you running?

The time I just had it affect a single file only was 4.35, but I've had it with my Sage with some previous version as well, and a few times with my Aura One between 2017 and 2022 probably with different versions. It's happened.. maybe once a year so I would imagine I've seen it across a range of versions but I didn't take a note of which version it was. A reboot has always fixed it.

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11-26-2022, 01:06 PM	#17
Aleron Ives Wizard Posts: 1,689 Karma: 16307824 Join Date: Sep 2022 Device: Kobo Libra 2	Since it only affects EPUB, I guess it's a bug in the ADE viewer. If the problem were more frequent, you could avoid it by converting everything to KEPUB, but it sounds rare enough to not really matter.

11-26-2022, 03:38 PM	#18
ghira Zealot Posts: 147 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2016 Device: Kobo Sage, Kobo Aura One, Nook Simple Touch, Nook Glowlight,	I have never sideloaded a kepub, so don´t actually know if it can happen then.

12-04-2022, 10:10 PM	#20
the.Mtn.Man Guru Posts: 710 Karma: 2483502 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: Kobo Aura	Have never seen this on any of the three Kobo devices I've owned.

12-18-2022, 12:42 AM	#21
ghira Zealot Posts: 147 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2016 Device: Kobo Sage, Kobo Aura One, Nook Simple Touch, Nook Glowlight,	Just had this happen on _one_ sideloaded epub, but five or so others I tried were normal. epub was free download from publisher web site so adobe definitely nothing to do with it. I think the other times I've had this problem it's affected all epubs. I had just upgraded to 4.35 which I see has since been withdrawn. as usual, reboot fixed problem.

12-21-2022, 11:36 PM	#22
Elder Raven Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2022 Device: Kobo Aura H2O	Until recently I've never had it happen before. I have a book I bought from Amazon and concerted from AZW to Epub using calibre. It theoretically hasn't got DRM, but I still get the message. I have another which i converted from Epub to RTF and back, and still get the message. I've been using Kobo and Calibre for many, many years, and don't generally buy my books from Kobo. When I reset the reader, the allegedly DRM protected books just disappeared entirely

12-22-2022, 05:23 AM	#24
Amon_Re Zealot Posts: 132 Karma: 14644 Join Date: Sep 2015 Device: Kobo Elipsa, Poketbook Inkpad 3 & Boyue Likebook Minas	Just had this happen on my elipsa (rebooting it now) with a merged epub basedon Red Hat Server documentation (open souce). Reboot just ended and still it complains about DRM

12-22-2022, 05:36 AM	#26
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,792 Karma: 146391129 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	For those of you with this false DRM message, what firmware version are you running?

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