koboctl is a Go CLI tool that provisions and hardens Kobo e-readers over USB, automating the installation of KOReader, NickelMenu, KFMon, and Plato while locking down telemetry, disabling unnecessa...
I got one just in June. I’ve been using it for months and have never created an account. I only connect it via USB and use it to read works from Anas Archive.
My Kobo Clara HD had a hard reset that after starting up required an account, there have been reports of this going back for years. Which model do you have?
I don’t remember exactly how I did it but I have a Clara 2e and was able to bypass the login requirement by editing the sqlite file, I have never put in a wifi password
I think it depends on what you want. You only need to do the SQL lite thing if you want to be able to access the store and overdrive, probably a few other features.
If you don’t care about any of that, you just open the .conf go to the [ApplicationPreferences] section and add the line
SideloadedMode=true
Then you’re good to go. This worked on my Kobo Clara BW and my old Libra h2o (which I miss so much).
If you want to keep going from there then nickelmenu, koreader.
I have an older Kobo Glo and I always transfer books via usb. I have never connected it to the internet. Isn’t that possible anymore with newer Kobos?
No, they require a login to initialize these days
I got one just in June. I’ve been using it for months and have never created an account. I only connect it via USB and use it to read works from Anas Archive.
My Kobo Clara HD had a hard reset that after starting up required an account, there have been reports of this going back for years. Which model do you have?
It’s a Koba Libra Color. I can’t recall if I’ve had to do a hard reset or not, but so far at least I’ve been able to use it without an account.
Are you sure the method described in your link doesn’t work? I’m seeing other sources saying it does: https://yingtongli.me/blog/2018/07/30/kobo-rego.html
I don’t remember exactly how I did it but I have a Clara 2e and was able to bypass the login requirement by editing the sqlite file, I have never put in a wifi password
I think it depends on what you want. You only need to do the SQL lite thing if you want to be able to access the store and overdrive, probably a few other features.
If you don’t care about any of that, you just open the .conf go to the [ApplicationPreferences] section and add the line
SideloadedMode=true
Then you’re good to go. This worked on my Kobo Clara BW and my old Libra h2o (which I miss so much).
If you want to keep going from there then nickelmenu, koreader.
Ah, that might have been how I did it actually, I don’t use those other features
The method took me doing it twice for it to work, but I wouldn’t consider it an obvious option. There was previously just a skip/do it later.
Yeah it is scummy that there is no option in the UI
Shame, guess my next ereader will be an open source one.