10-04-2012, 05:59 PM | #1321 | |
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10-04-2012, 06:14 PM | #1322 |
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It's probably time to move to the 2.1.4 thread to give feedback ... when I looked a moment ago it was up to five pages already!
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10-04-2012, 07:42 PM | #1323 |
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I'm sorry! I inadvertently lied to you. Turns out - I'd updated to 2.0 in anticipation of the 2.1.4 release, and I was just in the 2.0 update loop bug. Got the Shelves-not-working bug too, logged out and did the setup yet again (groan), and now I'm stuck on the cluuunky 2.0 pending the 2.1.4 rollout here.
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10-04-2012, 09:16 PM | #1324 | |
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10-04-2012, 09:28 PM | #1325 | ||
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You do realize you are using this reader in a way that it is not designed to be used? It is designed to have the firmware updated in a particular manner. If you don't do that, any problems are at least partly of your own making. |
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10-04-2012, 10:04 PM | #1326 |
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I believe it WAS designed to be updated manually. How else could they beta test?
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10-04-2012, 11:06 PM | #1327 |
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Beta testers accept that the whole process, including the manual update, may have problems. If you decide to do something that you're informed, up front, is potentially problematical you have to accept responsibility for choosing that course.
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10-05-2012, 12:05 AM | #1328 | |
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It's not a supported way of doing things so if it works for you great, but you can't really blame Kobo if it doesn't. And as ottdmk said, if you're beta testing you know there is potential that things are going to be broken in the build or that it may cook you database and force you to factory reset. |
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10-05-2012, 12:29 AM | #1329 |
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I agree with what the others said, but will add something else for the beta testing. When doing this, the developers sometimes specified a start state. Some of the beta firmware required a factory reset followed by an update to the latest release. Some of them required the download of a beta version of the desktop application and running that before installing the beta firmware.
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10-05-2012, 12:45 AM | #1330 | |
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10-05-2012, 12:47 AM | #1331 | |
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10-05-2012, 01:07 AM | #1332 | |
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I agree too, nevertheless, it WAS designed to be updated via manual installation. Hence the success most people have doing it. Unfortunately, we also hear of failures when updating via the sanctioned method. Nothing is 100% certain. |
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10-05-2012, 01:38 AM | #1333 | |
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And you can do a firmware update via WiFi. It downloads the update and then prompts to restart. Then the install happens. And no, I don't know how the database changes are handled in this situation. As to the 1.9.x to 2.1.4 updates, I don't think I have seen one mentioned that wasn't a broken manual update. But, someone has mentioned they saw a double restart during their update. And there will be devices that need a two-stage update. There is an issue with some devices sold mainly in Australia. These require an intermediate firmware before going to 2.1.4. There has been a couple of reports of the intermediate firmware, 2.0.4, being rolled out. I don't know how Kobo test the release install. I have not been involved with that. After the problems installing 2.0.0 and how few problems have been reported with installing 2.1.4, I assume they did work something out. Actually, I don't think I have seen a single installation problem with 2.1.4 when it was done through the official channels. |
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10-05-2012, 08:33 AM | #1334 |
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I'm with David on this. When Kobo has a bad install or buggy firmware MR sees a big uptick of new users that have found the site and are here now to get help or complain. What I am seeing with 2.1.4 seems to be people who have reverted Kobos, taken non-standard update paths, and are running into difficulties.
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