I was just given an old Kobo wireless e-reader, Model N647. I've had a Vox for years and read it regularly. Turns out this reader is still registered to the original owner and now I'm the 4th one I think. It had about half a dozen books on it, none that interested me a lot.
The first thing I did was connect to my WiFi and it downloaded the latest software, then froze unpacking, but it installed okay after I restarted it.
Next I wanted to just change the email address to my own so it would be linked to my accounts, but saw no way to do that. I would assume if I went to Settings > Advanced > Reset Device Now, it would reset it to factory defaults with no books and I'd be able to configure it from scratch with my own accounts and email.
Before attempting the reset, I went to Update Library and and it found 36 more books, obviously ones that the original owner had added. Some of these I may actually want to read.
Now, I have Kobo Desktop on my desktop computer, but when I connect this reader to the USB port there, it isn't recognized because it's a different account. However, I can explore the reader and "see" the books in the kepub folder, but they're in encrypted Kobo format, not .epub files, so I probably can't save them.
So, it looks like I have 2 options, keep the reader as is and read the books, or reset it and lose the books. Any thoughts (other than shaking your fingers and accusing me of piracy)? I realize the previous owner(s) should have reset and wiped the reader before selling it or giving it away, but these things, just like computers, are worth a lot more for what's on them, rather than the bare hardware.
The first thing I did was connect to my WiFi and it downloaded the latest software, then froze unpacking, but it installed okay after I restarted it.
Next I wanted to just change the email address to my own so it would be linked to my accounts, but saw no way to do that. I would assume if I went to Settings > Advanced > Reset Device Now, it would reset it to factory defaults with no books and I'd be able to configure it from scratch with my own accounts and email.
Before attempting the reset, I went to Update Library and and it found 36 more books, obviously ones that the original owner had added. Some of these I may actually want to read.
Now, I have Kobo Desktop on my desktop computer, but when I connect this reader to the USB port there, it isn't recognized because it's a different account. However, I can explore the reader and "see" the books in the kepub folder, but they're in encrypted Kobo format, not .epub files, so I probably can't save them.
So, it looks like I have 2 options, keep the reader as is and read the books, or reset it and lose the books. Any thoughts (other than shaking your fingers and accusing me of piracy)? I realize the previous owner(s) should have reset and wiped the reader before selling it or giving it away, but these things, just like computers, are worth a lot more for what's on them, rather than the bare hardware.