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Old 08-28-2012, 05:48 PM   #976
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As someone with a lot of side loaded epubs 2.1.1 represents a huge leap forward towards enjoying the same UI speeds as 1.9.17..
it's just a shame navigating back to the home page from anywhere else still takes an absolute age. Minutes still crawl by until I can do anything once I hit the home button, at least I have time to make a cup of tea..
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Old 08-28-2012, 06:01 PM   #977
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Hmm, navigation to the home page from anywhere works just fine for me, no delay... Can't even take a sip of tea...
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Old 08-28-2012, 06:13 PM   #978
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Just updated. Went fine. Page turns seem much faster. Unfortunately loading the ToC still seems glacially slow to me (why isn't this cached??)
Yes, noticed that last night. Luckily I don't use it often.
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Old 08-28-2012, 06:21 PM   #979
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As a general rule, you're courting trouble whenever you use unofficial methods to update or modify your firmware.
Does that mean you don't trust the factory reset to work? I mean, with that as a backup option, surely it's OK to try new firmware?
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Old 08-28-2012, 06:46 PM   #980
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So what font do other people use? I have been using Avenir and find some of the others truely awful. Are there any ways to add extra fonts?
Very easy to add your own fonts. See this thread among others: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=172535
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Old 08-28-2012, 07:34 PM   #981
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Very easy to add your own fonts. See this thread among others: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=172535
Thanks. I have read through the threads on adding your own fonts and it seems really easy, will try it this afternoon. Can anyone confirm it actually works on 2.1.1, though? I think I remember someone mentioning that it no longer works a couple of pages back.

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Old 08-28-2012, 07:43 PM   #982
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Thanks. I have read through the threads on adding your own fonts and it seems really easy, will try it this afternoon. Can anyone confirm it actually works on 2.1.1, though? I think I remember someone mentioning that it no longer works a couple of pages back.
Should work no problem (they reduced the number of default fonts is likely what you were thinking of). If you have issues adding just make sure you are careful about using all lower case for the directory and proper naming for the fonts.
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Old 08-28-2012, 07:53 PM   #983
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Should work no problem (they reduced the number of default fonts is likely what you were thinking of). If you have issues adding just make sure you are careful about using all lower case for the directory and proper naming for the fonts.
OK, good to know. I think what I read was about re-adding the defaults that were missing, which I assumed would be added the same way as any other extras, but upon reading the comments again it seems I was mistaken.

I found a .zip someone posted in one of the threads with a couple of different fonts correctly named, which should work without any playing around. I will try this afternoon and if it works, I will find my own fonts that I like.
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Old 08-28-2012, 09:20 PM   #984
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Thanks. I have read through the threads on adding your own fonts and it seems really easy, will try it this afternoon. Can anyone confirm it actually works on 2.1.1, though? I think I remember someone mentioning that it no longer works a couple of pages back.
What seems to no longer work was creating a custom firmware file that contained nothing but the fonts moved from older firmware versions.

I've tried several different fonts using the fonts folder in the root of the Kobo's internal storage but the only one I've been happy with is JSWolf's modified version of Charis SIL. It has the diacritical marks I wanted and the increase in the font weight makes reading in less than bright light much easier.
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Hmm, navigation to the home page from anywhere works just fine for me, no delay... Can't even take a sip of tea...
Well, I avoid returning to the home page because it takes between 1 to several minutes on my Kobo with 700mb free memory and no memory card. Same thing happens when finishing a book. So far this happens on every KT I have seen.
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Old 08-29-2012, 12:35 AM   #986
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An oddity with 2.1.1 popped up for me. I downloaded a free book, stuffed it onto my KT and started reading it. About 10 pages in, I decided it wasn't worth reading so I searched for the book and deleted it. Ooopsie, my KT reset. While this might be an advantage for me when I copy an updated copy of a book to the KT since it would save me the trouble of having to power off/power on after deleting a book I am going to replace, it was just a bit unexpected. I tried this with a couple of other books that I opened and then deleted and got the reset each time.

Weird and wonderful toys, these ereaders...
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Old 08-29-2012, 12:58 AM   #987
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An oddity with 2.1.1 popped up for me. I downloaded a free book, stuffed it onto my KT and started reading it. About 10 pages in, I decided it wasn't worth reading so I searched for the book and deleted it. Ooopsie, my KT reset. While this might be an advantage for me when I copy an updated copy of a book to the KT since it would save me the trouble of having to power off/power on after deleting a book I am going to replace, it was just a bit unexpected. I tried this with a couple of other books that I opened and then deleted and got the reset each time.

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Can anyone else confirm this? I always remove stuff via Calibre.
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Old 08-29-2012, 01:26 AM   #988
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Well, I avoid returning to the home page because it takes between 1 to several minutes on my Kobo with 700mb free memory and no memory card. Same thing happens when finishing a book. So far this happens on every KT I have seen.
I've upgraded my kobo a few days ago to 2.1.1 and going back to the home screen is quite fast here (1-2s).
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Old 08-29-2012, 02:01 AM   #989
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I'm starting to think I might upgrade to 2.1.1 as the slow page turns are very annoying but as I've never considered a manual update before I have no idea how. Normally I would wait but I'm about to head off for 5 weeks in Europe and I'd love an update before I go.

Could someone please help me with a link to some step by step instructions?
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I'm starting to think I might upgrade to 2.1.1 as the slow page turns are very annoying but as I've never considered a manual update before I have no idea how. Normally I would wait but I'm about to head off for 5 weeks in Europe and I'd love an update before I go.

Could someone please help me with a link to some step by step instructions?
Just unpack all the files to the .kobo directory on the device. When you disconnect from your computer, the Kobo will update itself automatically.
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