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kobopatch-webui/wip/device-identification.md
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Device Identification

Source: .kobo/version

The file contains a single line with 6 comma-separated fields:

N4284B5215352,4.9.77,4.45.23646,4.9.77,4.9.77,00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000390
Index Value Meaning
0 N4284B5215352 Device serial number
1 4.9.77 Unknown (kernel version?)
2 4.45.23646 Firmware version (what kobopatch matches against)
3 4.9.77 Unknown
4 4.9.77 Unknown
5 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000390 Hardware platform UUID

Serial Prefix → Model Mapping

The first 3-4 characters of the serial identify the device model. Source: https://help.kobo.com/hc/en-us/articles/360019676973

Current eReaders

Prefix Model
N428 Kobo Libra Colour
N367 Kobo Clara Colour
N365 / P365 Kobo Clara BW
N605 Kobo Elipsa 2E
N506 Kobo Clara 2E
N778 Kobo Sage
N418 Kobo Libra 2
N604 Kobo Elipsa
N306 Kobo Nia
N873 Kobo Libra H2O
N782 Kobo Forma
N249 Kobo Clara HD

Older eReaders

Prefix Model
N867 Kobo Aura H2O Edition 2
N709 Kobo Aura ONE
N236 Kobo Aura Edition 2
N587 Kobo Touch 2.0
N437 Kobo Glo HD
N250 Kobo Aura H2O
N514 Kobo Aura
N204 Kobo Aura HD
N613 Kobo Glo
N705 Kobo Mini
N905 Kobo Touch
N416 Kobo Original
N647 / N47B Kobo Wireless

Firmware

  • The user provides their own firmware zip (not hosted by us for legal reasons)
  • Both Libra Colour and Clara BW/Colour currently use firmware 4.45.23646
  • The firmware zip filename matches what kobopatch.yaml references: kobo-update-4.45.23646.zip
  • Different device families may have different firmware zips even for the same version number