Kobo Aura HD is a pretty ahead-of-its-time E Ink reader. “Ahead of its time” because its specs used to be cutting-edge, and now it doesn’t have much of an edge left. Still, if you like ePub or just like tinkering, this thing is more fun than a Kindle. Back in the day, Kobo Aura HD firmware updates could be done over Wi-Fi. These days… not happening. Why? Because it needs a VPN, you know how it is. So thank goodness that when the world builds a wall around us, it doesn’t forget to give us some breathing room. Try the manual update method…