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Sideloading issue
Hi everyone,
I'm a Kobo Aura user, until recently with only minor issues (couple of resets, nothing more). I use Calibre 1.48.0 (probably old, I know, but i still use Windows XP because my computer is way too outdated for anything better) to sideload books. All I do is import books to Calibre and then upload them to my reader (converted to kepubs). This is as far as my reader knowledge goes. Unfortunately, recently something went wrong. What are the symptoms exactly? First of all, it seeems as if reader doesn't "remember" that some books are already there. What I mean? Say that two weeks ago I uploaded 2 books. They appeared in library as added. Read them so they moved to finished section. Today I uploaded 3 more. After unplugging the device in the library tile there are 5 new books, and those old 2 are again displayed as unread, as if I uploaded all 5 today. When I mark them as read they go nicely to proper section but again, after making another connection to Calibre they are again "unread". Second, instead of nice bookcovers & titles all I see are "downloading" messages. When I click it reader freezes. If I choose book from library (not the tile) it opens nicely. I've already tried normal reset (no improvement) and preferably avoid factory reset because I don't want to lose my reading stats (ok, this may be silly, but I just like these numbers). What else? Memory is about half full, software version 3.3.0 (again, no syncing with Kobo account in ages), I read only sideloaded books (English is not my native language, so Kobo bookstore is pretty much useless to me). Any help will be appreciated, thanks! |
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The firmware version on your Aura is very outdated as is your version of Calibre though they should be happy enough together so I don't see that as being an issue. |
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DNSB, thanks for such a quick reply!
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Yes, that is exactly what I had in mind. Well, that was pretty much everything (apart from factory reset) that I could think of in order to fix it. |
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Generally, I'll try a sign out/sign in. If that doesn't fix the issue, I'll try a factory reset. If that doesn't work, if the device has an internal uSD card, time to rewrite the card otherwise hope for a miracle. |
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Just wanted to confirm that signing out and in worked, thanks once again for the tip.
However - just to letting know - firmware has been updated & no longer works with Calibre version I have (latest one I can install using Windows XP). I guess that gives me one more reason to finally update my PC (really long overdue anyway) |
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But if something goes wrong do I brick the reader or just factory reset and live happily ever after (well, after uploading the books once more, but that's more or less ok)?
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But, the main reason that would happen is if you unplugged to device at the wrong time. The differences between the Kobo device support in calibre 1.48 and the latest version of calibre is very small. Most of it has been bumping the supported version number with no actual changes needed to the code. Plus adding new devices. The biggest change has been rewriting the configuration handling earlier this year. That had no real affect on the actual interface to the devices, it just makes adding options easier. The next biggest change was triggered by a change in an option used by Kobo for the database. Again, no real change to the interface, I just had to use a different Python library. Using calibre 1.48 with the Kobo firmware up to 3.19.x is completely safe. I said 4.1 earlier, but I had forgotten about the database change mentioned above. This was introduced with the 3.20.x firmware. It means that the KoboTouch driver in calibre 1.48 cannot read the database. This can be changed easily and is, as far as I can tell, safe. If you do need get a later device or firmware, then you can still use calibre 1.48. In this case, you disable the KoboTouch driver and use "Connect to folder" device or a User defined device. This will allow you to manage sideloaded books on the device, but you will not see purchased kepubs or have any of the extra functions of the KoboTouch driver. |
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