06-27-2024, 02:51 PM | #1 |
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Strange Clara BW load error and half-factory reset issue
I have a strange issue that came up when recently I was traveling without internet and wanted to see if anyone else had had it.
I turned on reader as usual, clicked on a book but the kobo said it couldn't load it, "try syncing online". I had zero internet (was camping in fact) and tried some other books and all had the same error. Thinking it was some temporary bug, I held the power button til it power down, then powered up. Holy &*#&$, now it acted as if I had reset it and asked me to log into a wifi network to activate. Again, I am camping in the mountains and have no connection. I was mighty pissed let me tell you. After trying to no avail, I connected the kobo to my phone and mounted it and lo and behold all my books are there, no issue. I copied a couple of my books to my android phone and luckily I had librera installed, and read there.. An inferior reading experience but thank god I had it for the 2 hours of pre-sleep inside the tent. Then just got home, went through the kobo activation (again, it was as if it was a factory reset) and got back to the homescreen, and ALL MY CONTENT IS THERE, including settings (like dark mode)! My questions.. What the hell happened here... How can I "re-activate" my kobo in the future if I'm totally offline but have an android phone where I can mount it (eg can I delete or add or edit a file on the reader that would kick it out of this stupid ass activation screen)? Thanks for any input, insights or thoughts! |
06-30-2024, 07:29 AM | #2 |
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Strange Clara BW load error and half-factory reset issue
There is a way to bypass registering which you could do on your Android phone, but it’s quite geeky: https://jacobalbano.com/2021/06/24/s...ut-logging-in/
There are other examples to be found on mobileread as well. Since Kobo requires you to register online, you can usually register with a fake email address, then shut off Wi-Fi afterwards. So editing the SQL database and giving it bogus information is just an extension of that. It looks like you just experienced a soft reset which leaves content on the Kobo intact. It could’ve been worse, but who wants to experience that while camping? |
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06-30-2024, 07:43 AM | #3 | |
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06-30-2024, 09:23 AM | #4 |
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06-30-2024, 10:38 AM | #5 |
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One could also use nicklemenu?
One entry to backup/copy the database Another entry to restore the database |
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06-30-2024, 01:06 PM | #6 |
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excellent suggestions thank you. i don't suspect (hope) that this will happen often, maybe never again and was just a crazy bug, but i'd like to be ready. If this is my only reading device, being stuck for 6 days without it would be hell. i dont mind editing sql, i already have tools on my phone.
@JSWolf the hotspot (and hotpot!) idea is quite good, but i wonder if it would work if the phone also had no connection. as to nicklemenu, John F, would that work if I couldn't even get in? |
06-30-2024, 01:41 PM | #7 |
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My concern about NickleMenu doing a backup is that you really need the database closed by all other applications (ie Nickel itself) before taking a backup (and of course before restoring it).
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06-30-2024, 04:19 PM | #9 |
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A shot in the dark, but maybe use one/some of the Nicklemenu commands have the side effect of closing it?
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07-01-2024, 07:49 AM | #10 |
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Anyone have any insight or clues into what actually happened? A seeming database corruption that led to auto factory reset... But all books, kobo settings, and even current page were all intact?
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07-01-2024, 11:10 AM | #11 | |
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07-01-2024, 11:20 AM | #12 |
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I definitely sideload books via Calibre, though... And keep wifi off whenever possible. Very strange, would love to understand what triggered the entire episode.
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