unrequited
03-17-2009, 06:57 PM
I think this forum should have a sticky for version changelogs (official, and what's been found through source-combing)... In case this ends up being the changelog thread, I don't mind updating it as more info's released, here we go.
2.0.3 (327610024):
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showpost.php?p=469939&postcount=10
unrequited, I've confirmed that 2.0.3 recognizes the new TTS-disable flag in books sold on Amazon's site that are TTS-disabled. TTS blocking does not work on 2.0.2 or earlier.
http://www.kindleboards.com/index.php/topic,7303.0/
Since I updated my Kindle 2 with the 2.0.3 patch, I tried it again and it seems much much faster.
Wow!! Much faster!
note: others like myself have noticed no speed increases, but it may be on a website-by-website basis
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=45528
Last night I upgraded my K2 to 2.0.3, and now I can't turn on USB networking. I get to debug mode just fine (typing `help shows all the commands, including `usbNetwork and `usbQa), however typing those seems to do nothing.
2.0.2 (309510017):
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?p=397296#post397296
INSTALLED AND TESTED
Works w/ Kindlefixed files.
Also installed the Kindle2 screensaver hack ( http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?p=380345#post380345 ) and it worked also.
NOTE: make sure to backup your documents folder (and any other necessary data you may have) before making the update. If I hadn't made the backup, I may have lost data and had to find it all again. Kindle 2.0.2 update would NOT install until I ran "Update_kindle2_restore_default_screen_savers. bin" and after I ran it, the USB connectivity would not work correctly. "I Reset to Factory Defaults" to get it back to a working 2.0.1 and then updated to 2.0.2
note: a lot of other people are just unhacking, updating, and hacking again without issue, but backups are always a good idea whenever performing an update.
http://www.kindleboards.com/index.php/topic,5564.msg116077.html#msg116077
Just updated, and the UI definitely is faster. Page refreshes are faster. I can confirm at least one bugfix as well. When reading manga/comics (or viewing images in the pictures folder) "Partial Refresh" finally works. Whenever you turn the page, it blanks the screen, refreshes the top half of the page first, and then refreshes the bottom half of the screen so if you're reading comics/manga you can change pages even quicker.
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?p=397814#post397814
Looking at the published gnu linux kernel sources provided by Amazon, only 4 files are different:
arch/arm/mach-mx3/dvfs_v2.c
arch/arm/plat-mxc/isp1504xc.c
arch/arm/plat-mxc/wdog.c
sound/arm/mxc-alsa-pmic.c
These are the kernel (2.6.22) mods from the last Kindle version, 2.0.1 (303870012).
Until Amazon posts release notes, we won't really know what was different in the functioning of the Kindle software, but the kernel changes look like adding in a counter to reboot (6 times) and setting the minimal soundchannels to 2.
2.0.1 (303870012):
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/member.php?u=1182
- the power management routines of the i.MX31 CPU and MC13783 PMIC
- the battery charger routines
- the broadsheet watchdog timer
- the eInk frame buffer device
v2.0 (291330095):
Initial release
2.0.3 (327610024):
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showpost.php?p=469939&postcount=10
unrequited, I've confirmed that 2.0.3 recognizes the new TTS-disable flag in books sold on Amazon's site that are TTS-disabled. TTS blocking does not work on 2.0.2 or earlier.
http://www.kindleboards.com/index.php/topic,7303.0/
Since I updated my Kindle 2 with the 2.0.3 patch, I tried it again and it seems much much faster.
Wow!! Much faster!
note: others like myself have noticed no speed increases, but it may be on a website-by-website basis
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=45528
Last night I upgraded my K2 to 2.0.3, and now I can't turn on USB networking. I get to debug mode just fine (typing `help shows all the commands, including `usbNetwork and `usbQa), however typing those seems to do nothing.
2.0.2 (309510017):
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?p=397296#post397296
INSTALLED AND TESTED
Works w/ Kindlefixed files.
Also installed the Kindle2 screensaver hack ( http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?p=380345#post380345 ) and it worked also.
NOTE: make sure to backup your documents folder (and any other necessary data you may have) before making the update. If I hadn't made the backup, I may have lost data and had to find it all again. Kindle 2.0.2 update would NOT install until I ran "Update_kindle2_restore_default_screen_savers. bin" and after I ran it, the USB connectivity would not work correctly. "I Reset to Factory Defaults" to get it back to a working 2.0.1 and then updated to 2.0.2
note: a lot of other people are just unhacking, updating, and hacking again without issue, but backups are always a good idea whenever performing an update.
http://www.kindleboards.com/index.php/topic,5564.msg116077.html#msg116077
Just updated, and the UI definitely is faster. Page refreshes are faster. I can confirm at least one bugfix as well. When reading manga/comics (or viewing images in the pictures folder) "Partial Refresh" finally works. Whenever you turn the page, it blanks the screen, refreshes the top half of the page first, and then refreshes the bottom half of the screen so if you're reading comics/manga you can change pages even quicker.
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?p=397814#post397814
Looking at the published gnu linux kernel sources provided by Amazon, only 4 files are different:
arch/arm/mach-mx3/dvfs_v2.c
arch/arm/plat-mxc/isp1504xc.c
arch/arm/plat-mxc/wdog.c
sound/arm/mxc-alsa-pmic.c
These are the kernel (2.6.22) mods from the last Kindle version, 2.0.1 (303870012).
Until Amazon posts release notes, we won't really know what was different in the functioning of the Kindle software, but the kernel changes look like adding in a counter to reboot (6 times) and setting the minimal soundchannels to 2.
2.0.1 (303870012):
http://www.mobileread.com/forums/member.php?u=1182
- the power management routines of the i.MX31 CPU and MC13783 PMIC
- the battery charger routines
- the broadsheet watchdog timer
- the eInk frame buffer device
v2.0 (291330095):
Initial release