Kobo Glo HD (broken screen)

RudyL90 · 03-16-2016, 11:28 AM

Hi there,

I accidently cracked the inside of my Kobo Glo HD, which resulted in a broken screen. In the memory there are quite some books with annotations (hours of work), which I really would like to retrieve. But since the screen is broken, I cannot see where this ''Accept'' button appears, when the e-reader asks for permission to connect to the computer.
Could one of you please send me a photo from the permission window that appears on screen?
I could not find a photo on the internet, that's why I ask you here.

Thank you very much in advance!

Kind regards,
Rudy

RudyL90 · 03-16-2016, 11:29 AM

Or is there perhaps a way to access the files without giving permisson on the e-reader's screen?

RudyL90 · 03-16-2016, 11:58 AM

Thread can be closed, after many times of pressing at random places it found the spot!

davidfor · 03-16-2016, 06:52 PM

Glad you found the button. Another way to do it is to open the device and remove the micro SD card. You can mount this in a computer an access the user partition. Or at least, you can under Linux. I haven't spent the time to work out how to get to that partition under Windows.

If you are planning to buy another Kobo device, take a complete copy of user partition. With a little bit of work, you can restore this to another Kobo device and be back were you started. Otherwise, you can get the annotations from two places:

- The database is in ".kobo/KoboReader.sqlite". The table of interest is called "bookmarks".

- For PDF and epubs on the main memory, the annotations are also written to files in "Digital Editions/Annotations". There is one file per book with annotations. It is an XML file that is reasonable easy to read. Again, with a little work, you can get it to another Kobo device or ADE on a desktop.

RudyL90 · 03-17-2016, 11:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidfor

Glad you found the button. Another way to do it is to open the device and remove the micro SD card. You can mount this in a computer an access the user partition. Or at least, you can under Linux. I haven't spent the time to work out how to get to that partition under Windows.

If you are planning to buy another Kobo device, take a complete copy of user partition. With a little bit of work, you can restore this to another Kobo device and be back were you started. Otherwise, you can get the annotations from two places:

- The database is in ".kobo/KoboReader.sqlite". The table of interest is called "bookmarks".

- For PDF and epubs on the main memory, the annotations are also written to files in "Digital Editions/Annotations". There is one file per book with annotations. It is an XML file that is reasonable easy to read. Again, with a little work, you can get it to another Kobo device or ADE on a desktop.

Thank you very much for the information! I already made a backup of all files on the Kobo. I indeed want to restore it to a new Kobo Glo Hd somewhere in the future.

03-16-2016, 11:28 AM	#1
RudyL90 Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2016 Device: Kobo Glo HD	Kobo Glo HD (broken screen) Hi there, I accidently cracked the inside of my Kobo Glo HD, which resulted in a broken screen. In the memory there are quite some books with annotations (hours of work), which I really would like to retrieve. But since the screen is broken, I cannot see where this ''Accept'' button appears, when the e-reader asks for permission to connect to the computer. Could one of you please send me a photo from the permission window that appears on screen? I could not find a photo on the internet, that's why I ask you here. Thank you very much in advance! Kind regards, Rudy

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03-16-2016, 11:29 AM	#2
RudyL90 Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2016 Device: Kobo Glo HD	Or is there perhaps a way to access the files without giving permisson on the e-reader's screen?

03-16-2016, 11:58 AM	#3
RudyL90 Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2016 Device: Kobo Glo HD	Thread can be closed, after many times of pressing at random places it found the spot!

03-16-2016, 06:52 PM	#4
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	Glad you found the button. Another way to do it is to open the device and remove the micro SD card. You can mount this in a computer an access the user partition. Or at least, you can under Linux. I haven't spent the time to work out how to get to that partition under Windows. If you are planning to buy another Kobo device, take a complete copy of user partition. With a little bit of work, you can restore this to another Kobo device and be back were you started. Otherwise, you can get the annotations from two places: - The database is in ".kobo/KoboReader.sqlite". The table of interest is called "bookmarks". - For PDF and epubs on the main memory, the annotations are also written to files in "Digital Editions/Annotations". There is one file per book with annotations. It is an XML file that is reasonable easy to read. Again, with a little work, you can get it to another Kobo device or ADE on a desktop.

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