Glo Help getting firmware 3.19.5761 for the Glo

[Ohekant]

Hi,

I have an old Kobo Glo and I was trying to get it working again. Had some troubles trying to update, I couldn't connect via WiFi and updates failed via Kobo Desktop, bricking my Glo in the process.

I ended up having to flash a new SD card with the original firmware image.

I was following the step of this thread (Kobo Glo Network Connection Error) and I tried to download firmware version 3.19.5761 from pgaskin, but everytime the download speed downfalls mid download and fails. I've tried different browsers and devices with no luck. If someone could send me a copy of that firmware or a mirror link I would greatly appreciate it.

Thanks in advance!

[DNSB]

I've noticed that on several occasions now, I've had issues with downloading the older firmware even if I use the same format as the newer firmware links.

The newer link style modified with the end of the old link looks like the following:

New:
https://cdn.kobo.com/downloads/firmw...-3.19.5761.zip

Old:
http://download.kobobooks.com/firmwa...-3.19.5761.zip

Note the old link uses a http:// URL while the new style one uses a https:// URL.

I use wget from the command line with the following command line to perform the actual download since this automates the retries, using Firefox, I had to manually resume the download:

wget -c -t=0 https://cdn.kobo.com/downloads/firmwares/kobo4/january2016/kobo-update-3.19.5761.zip

[geek1011]

I'm probably going to expose my private mirror of the firmware soon, since this is indeed becoming a common occurrence.

[tony.bullet]

Originally Posted by Ohekant

Hi,

I have an old Kobo Glo and I was trying to get it working again. Had some troubles trying to update, I couldn't connect via WiFi and updates failed via Kobo Desktop, bricking my Glo in the process.

Same problems.
I created a new microsd, everything ok, but no possibility to activate my kobo because these problems