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Hi everyone,

I found a Kobo Clara HD at a very good price, but the seller says she cannot connect it to Wi‑Fi and does not have any further information about the problem.
The Kobo is currently showing the initial setup screen, where it asks you to configure Wi‑Fi. She also tried connecting it to her phone’s hotspot but said that it did not work.

I have attached photos of the device and the screen. From the listing, it seems to be a Kobo Clara HD with 8 GB of storage. The seller says it has been reset to factory settings.
Do you think this is something I could fix myself? For example, could it simply be a compatibility issue with her router or phone hotspot, or could the Wi‑Fi hardware be faulty?
The price is €40, but this would be my first e-reader, so I am not sure whether it is worth taking the risk. Would you buy it in this condition, or should I look for another one?
Thanks in advance for any advice!

is it because of the color e-ink?

Some time in the early morning I got up to use the bathroom, and when I stepped out of bed I felt my kobo under my feet so I quickly stepped away and went about my business. Today when I opened it, I was crushed to see that I had cracked the screen and it barely responds.

However, looking on the Kobo website and finding their partnership with iFixit has given me hope. Since the display doesn’t appear to be damaged would I be good just getting a front cover replacement? I just got it in June so I’m kicking myself for being so careless.

Cabbage the talking cat complained to his owner that Fancy Feast was “just a hodgepodge of table scraps…” and I had a good laugh at that. 😂

I bought my Kobo in August. It’s been so good to get back into reading again.

I had the kindle paperwhite (2018) and bought the kobo libra one <3

I’m so excited and I’m already in love with the buttons and the yellow/blue light settings!!
It was a big upgrade, and I’m amazed by how much quicker the kobo is compared to my old kindle.

The post about others planning to buy a Kobo, and the talk about making the "most out of it" and colors are good for comics.... it made me think to download comics and mangas to my Kobo Clara Colour. I normally just enjoy the colored highlighters on the books. But reading that the colored ereaders are good for those who wanna enjoy colored comics/manga/manhwa/webtoon (or whatever reads that have color) made me wanna dive in them.

And my first choice is this Cyberpunk one. Afterall, I'm new to the game too (just met Takemura in my gameplay)

I miss it! It’s so crisp. I also may have rage-bought this because of the recent Kindle lineup. I was excited for the basic Kindle but why would they not offer warm light on their 6-inch devices with that price point? Got this one instead. I’d rather support a company who aren’t greedy af.

Hi, so I’m a new Kobo user and I watched a tutorial on how to put manga on it (using KCC) and for the first two mangas I’ve put on my Kobo Clara - it worked fine until I tried to put another one that is 1.27 GB in size. My settings for the conversion into EPUB is the same as the first two mangas I’ve put in it so I’m pretty much confused at this point, even tried to split the chapters in two different files but it still freezes. Please help a girl out 🥲

I can finally finish Hyperion after reading 80% of it trough a cracked screen of an old phone

I was specifically looking for a cover without one of these strap things, and the one I was send has one anyway. Honestly hate it the cover, and that strap in particular but the other one I ordered is not arriving for another two weeks. it doesn't touch the screen when closed unless there's pressure put on it and since I plan to be taking it with me, there'll be things in my bag that will inevitably smoosh it in.

Do the ones with the clear back get yellow eventually?

I just saw this email on the latest update. Full email text below:

Dear Kobo Reader,

This is a service email with an update on the Kobo 6.0 Beta.

On September 26, we let you know our teams were working on an update to restore your content and stabilize the software experience: Kobo OS 6.0.2 is now available, and you'll see a prompt on your eReader to update. If you don't see it yet, it will arrive in the coming days.

Here's what's been fixed in 6.0.2:

Your reading stats and My Words list is back, with your saved words intact

Your sideloaded books have been recovered, but if you had annotations/highlights lost, we are working on a fix to bring them back in a future update

"Time remaining" calculations are accurate again

Books using on-device Adobe DRM now open properly

Devices with large libraries no longer freeze during updates

Some reported syncing issues for Libby and Kobo Plus books have been resolved

As a reminder, please don't revert to a previous software version. Reverting will permanently delete your data, and future updates won't be able to restore it. If you run into any issues after updating, our support team is here to help at help.kobo.com.

Keep sharing your feedback

Thank you for opting in to the Kobo OS 6 Beta. Please let us know what’s working and what could be better at kobo.com/beta. Your experience will help shape the final version.

Thank you for reading with us,

Team Kobo