Help! Update lost my settings

Sxygrrl · 12-26-2013, 12:22 AM

I am desperate, please help. I bought a book and went to sync it with Kobo Desktop. It also did an upgrade to version 3.1.1 and now ALL my books are missing. All 2000 of them with all my settings, shelves, read/unread.

I have no idea what I've read or not read and am desperate to revert this update. It doesn't even have shelves, it has "My Collections". I turned Word files into Epubs using Calibre but I've not saved any of those settings. Once converted, I remove it from Calibre.

The files are all still on my Kobo when I open the folder on my computer but they don't show up on the reader anymore. Is there any possible way to revert the update? Any file I can tweak to do this? I will have to hurt someone if I have to manually add roughly 2000 fics and try to remember what I've read and not read.

Please please help

davidfor · 12-26-2013, 03:43 AM

The simple one first. For whatever reason, Kobo has decided to use the word "collection" instead of "shelf". They are the same thing and there has been no change in function other than the name used.

I don't know why the books disappeared from the library. It probably means the internal database was corrupted and a new one generated during the upgrade. Unless you have a backup of the database or disk from before, there isn't a way to tell.

As you can see the books are still on the device, they should get added to the library. Try doing a power off and on. There is a good chance the books will be processed into the library. Or simply connecting to the PC and disconnecting will trigger a check for new books. One of the screens you see when you do this is the "processing" screen. This is a black screen that is displayed as the books are processed into the library. It shows a progress bar and percent complete as it does this.

If the books are not added, it usually means there is a problem with one or more of them. If there is an error in a book, it can block the processing of all the others. You need to find it and remove to get the others added.

And what you might want to do before you start is to copy all those epubs from the device to your PC. That way you will still have them in case of something worse going wrong.

Sxygrrl · 12-26-2013, 05:42 AM

Thank you David. Unfortunately I had to factory reset everything. I do have a copy of all my EPUBS on computer, all categorized. The only thing I didn't do was have them marked which was read and what wasn't.

There is a bit of light in this dark tunnel. Just before resetting everything, I opened the Kobo in Calibre and it actually maintained the 'read/unread' settings. So I copied all those files in their respective folders. I will still have to update each of the 2000+ files manually, but at least I know which ones are read or not read.

I reset the Kobo, installed with an older version using this thread as guidance:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=224127
And now I'm in the process of seeing if I can have Calibre automatically set things up back the way they were. Not sure what this software can do but I'm about to find out.

speakingtohe · 12-26-2013, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Sxygrrl

Thank you David. Unfortunately I had to factory reset everything. I do have a copy of all my EPUBS on computer, all categorized. The only thing I didn't do was have them marked which was read and what wasn't.

There is a bit of light in this dark tunnel. Just before resetting everything, I opened the Kobo in Calibre and it actually maintained the 'read/unread' settings. So I copied all those files in their respective folders. I will still have to update each of the 2000+ files manually, but at least I know which ones are read or not read.

I reset the Kobo, installed with an older version using this thread as guidance:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=224127
And now I'm in the process of seeing if I can have Calibre automatically set things up back the way they were. Not sure what this software can do but I'm about to find out.

If the files all have the status in calibre you should be able to update them using Davidfor's Kobo utilities plugin.

Helen

12-26-2013, 12:22 AM	#1
Sxygrrl Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2013 Device: Kobo Glo	GLO Help! Update lost my settings I am desperate, please help. I bought a book and went to sync it with Kobo Desktop. It also did an upgrade to version 3.1.1 and now ALL my books are missing. All 2000 of them with all my settings, shelves, read/unread. I have no idea what I've read or not read and am desperate to revert this update. It doesn't even have shelves, it has "My Collections". I turned Word files into Epubs using Calibre but I've not saved any of those settings. Once converted, I remove it from Calibre. The files are all still on my Kobo when I open the folder on my computer but they don't show up on the reader anymore. Is there any possible way to revert the update? Any file I can tweak to do this? I will have to hurt someone if I have to manually add roughly 2000 fics and try to remember what I've read and not read. Please please help Last edited by Sxygrrl; 12-26-2013 at 12:42 AM.

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12-26-2013, 03:43 AM	#2
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	The simple one first. For whatever reason, Kobo has decided to use the word "collection" instead of "shelf". They are the same thing and there has been no change in function other than the name used. I don't know why the books disappeared from the library. It probably means the internal database was corrupted and a new one generated during the upgrade. Unless you have a backup of the database or disk from before, there isn't a way to tell. As you can see the books are still on the device, they should get added to the library. Try doing a power off and on. There is a good chance the books will be processed into the library. Or simply connecting to the PC and disconnecting will trigger a check for new books. One of the screens you see when you do this is the "processing" screen. This is a black screen that is displayed as the books are processed into the library. It shows a progress bar and percent complete as it does this. If the books are not added, it usually means there is a problem with one or more of them. If there is an error in a book, it can block the processing of all the others. You need to find it and remove to get the others added. And what you might want to do before you start is to copy all those epubs from the device to your PC. That way you will still have them in case of something worse going wrong.

12-26-2013, 05:42 AM	#3
Sxygrrl Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2013 Device: Kobo Glo	Thank you David. Unfortunately I had to factory reset everything. I do have a copy of all my EPUBS on computer, all categorized. The only thing I didn't do was have them marked which was read and what wasn't. There is a bit of light in this dark tunnel. Just before resetting everything, I opened the Kobo in Calibre and it actually maintained the 'read/unread' settings. So I copied all those files in their respective folders. I will still have to update each of the 2000+ files manually, but at least I know which ones are read or not read. I reset the Kobo, installed with an older version using this thread as guidance: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=224127 And now I'm in the process of seeing if I can have Calibre automatically set things up back the way they were. Not sure what this software can do but I'm about to find out.

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