Kobo Firmware Access and Early Access Program - Page 8

SameerH · 07-08-2010, 10:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by remcdonald

Just a heads up be careful with the upgrade. I did something wrong with mine though I followed the instructions to the T and my unit has stalled out permanently from it. As well the IT support has been less than stellar basically talking to me like I'm an idiot and not actually reading the email I sent in but rather giving me a trite try and restart it reply. I'm not really happy about that but I love my Kobo so the moral of the story is be careful during the upgrade or you may end up like me ripping your hair out and trying to deal with customer service to get your Kobo fixed.

Hmm.. can you post or PM me your ticket # please? I'd like to take a look.

mreclass · 07-10-2010, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by clintbradford

And if you are a Borders Rewards Club member, you have 60 days to return the unit for any swap that may be necessary.

Thank you, I was not aware of that. I, however, really like this device (it's my first).

The upgrade went just well and I actually don't mind the new sleep/power-off feature. I do wish that the Kobo desktop app had been significantly updated as well but I know that was not the aim of the new firmware. That piece of software is absolutely horrific.

Through some careful research here on MR I found the oh-so-useful Calibre.

thp1017 · 07-12-2010, 12:13 AM

So i'm curious as to how the new font-size stuff works - are there set font sizes (aka 10, 12, 14, pt font and so on? or does it scale the range of sizes based on the epub file?

Using calibre, I kept changing the base-font-size until I was happy with the size on the screen, and updated all of my files to that font size, justification, etc - problem is, that the size I'm using is smaller than the "smallest" font size I'm seeing in the display window (though larger than what I started with for my first ePub file!) So now I'm wondering if I want to bother upgrading, even at the cost of some of these other upgrades - personally, the "smallest" font size might be doable, but the rest are horrendous, especially given the "cost" of flipping pages!

Any thoughts/comments greatly appreciated!

mreclass · 07-12-2010, 04:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thp1017

So i'm curious as to how the new font-size stuff works - are there set font sizes (aka 10, 12, 14, pt font and so on? or does it scale the range of sizes based on the epub file?

I just checked out one of the several epubs I loaded onto my device using Calibre a couple days ago. The font size for "small", which is what I normally read with, is noticeably smaller in the epub file...it will be a pain to determine whether I'll read with that size or the next one up.

I'm not sure if it matters but I'll let you know that this file was originally a PDF.

kitsullivan · 07-13-2010, 09:25 PM

I had no problems until this morning when all of a sudden I couldn't open anything with Adobe - now it says "content locked" and tells me to re-authorize. Huh? I don't know how to re-authorize. When I plug in my kobo, it shows up on the Adobe digital editions. How do you authorize the kobo, and why do I have to do it all over again? Any help would be gratefully received since kobo isn't answering me.....many thanks.

moffattm · 07-14-2010, 12:55 AM

Yes you do have to re-authorise Adobe Digital Editions after doing the firmware upgrade.

I can't remember how I did this, I think I just plugged in my Kobo and ran ADE and it told me straight away that I needed to reauthorise and I just clicked ok and it did it.

karenaH · 07-14-2010, 07:11 AM

Confused about how to upgrade my kobo:

Are there different ways to upgrade my kobo? I bought it in Australia and looking at the kobo blog I can upgrade my ereader by downloading borders desktop application or by signing up for the early access program? I signed up for the early access program about 10 days ago and got a confirmation email but ? no link. I am not even sure if I need the link and also to download the desktop application as well... you can see I am a touched confused... lol.

Could someone please tell me how I can upgrade my kobo ereader? Any help would be appreciated as I am new to this! And sadly I have downloaded 4 books from a public library and none will resize...

getting a bit desperate and not sure if borders in Australia are going to come to the party anytime soon as I went into the Perth shop the other day and they didn't even know of any problems so far re font issues or upgrades etc.

ps. Love my Kobo!

BBel · 07-14-2010, 07:22 AM

Am asking the same question re: upgrade over here in Melbourne.
I think the staff in Borders though would conveniently not be aware of the font issues and the fact that the 12million books are not available on the borders desktop app like they say, and that they're public domain titles - they just want to sell the machine.

I also love my kobo!!

BBel · 07-14-2010, 07:23 AM

sorry, double post

zoran · 08-09-2010, 11:56 AM

I'm not in the same boat, but I see that someone, with will and
having doing syncing himself, make a decent tutorial and post
it as "sticky".

sabredog · 08-09-2010, 08:06 PM

A stickied tutorial is a great idea.

07-14-2010, 07:23 AM	#114
BBel Enthusiast Posts: 40 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Kobo (white cos I like it better!)	sorry, double post Last edited by BBel; 07-14-2010 at 07:23 AM. Reason: sorry, double post

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07-12-2010, 12:13 AM	#108
thp1017 Connoisseur Posts: 82 Karma: 13557 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Albuquerque, NM Device: Kobo, KT, KGlo, H2O, Libra	So i'm curious as to how the new font-size stuff works - are there set font sizes (aka 10, 12, 14, pt font and so on? or does it scale the range of sizes based on the epub file? Using calibre, I kept changing the base-font-size until I was happy with the size on the screen, and updated all of my files to that font size, justification, etc - problem is, that the size I'm using is smaller than the "smallest" font size I'm seeing in the display window (though larger than what I started with for my first ePub file!) So now I'm wondering if I want to bother upgrading, even at the cost of some of these other upgrades - personally, the "smallest" font size might be doable, but the rest are horrendous, especially given the "cost" of flipping pages! Any thoughts/comments greatly appreciated!

07-13-2010, 09:25 PM	#110
kitsullivan Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Kobo	I had no problems until this morning when all of a sudden I couldn't open anything with Adobe - now it says "content locked" and tells me to re-authorize. Huh? I don't know how to re-authorize. When I plug in my kobo, it shows up on the Adobe digital editions. How do you authorize the kobo, and why do I have to do it all over again? Any help would be gratefully received since kobo isn't answering me.....many thanks.

07-14-2010, 12:55 AM	#111
moffattm Addict Posts: 333 Karma: 1440670 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Device: Kobo Original, Kobo Glo	Yes you do have to re-authorise Adobe Digital Editions after doing the firmware upgrade. I can't remember how I did this, I think I just plugged in my Kobo and ran ADE and it told me straight away that I needed to reauthorise and I just clicked ok and it did it.

07-14-2010, 07:11 AM	#112
karenaH Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Device: kobo	Confused about how to upgrade my kobo: Are there different ways to upgrade my kobo? I bought it in Australia and looking at the kobo blog I can upgrade my ereader by downloading borders desktop application or by signing up for the early access program? I signed up for the early access program about 10 days ago and got a confirmation email but ? no link. I am not even sure if I need the link and also to download the desktop application as well... you can see I am a touched confused... lol. Could someone please tell me how I can upgrade my kobo ereader? Any help would be appreciated as I am new to this! And sadly I have downloaded 4 books from a public library and none will resize... getting a bit desperate and not sure if borders in Australia are going to come to the party anytime soon as I went into the Perth shop the other day and they didn't even know of any problems so far re font issues or upgrades etc. ps. Love my Kobo!

07-14-2010, 07:22 AM	#113
BBel Enthusiast Posts: 40 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Kobo (white cos I like it better!)	Am asking the same question re: upgrade over here in Melbourne. I think the staff in Borders though would conveniently not be aware of the font issues and the fact that the 12million books are not available on the borders desktop app like they say, and that they're public domain titles - they just want to sell the machine. I also love my kobo!!

08-09-2010, 11:56 AM	#115
zoran himself Posts: 576 Karma: 11226 Join Date: May 2010 Device: Kobo	I'm not in the same boat, but I see that someone, with will and having doing syncing himself, make a decent tutorial and post it as "sticky".

08-09-2010, 08:06 PM	#116
sabredog Geographically Restricted Posts: 2,629 Karma: 14933353 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Perth, Australia Device: Sony PRS-T3, Kindle Voyage, iPad Air2, Nexus7v2	A stickied tutorial is a great idea.

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