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Old 08-28-2012, 08:20 AM   #961
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I tried re-connecting to my WiFi, that didn't help, but a quick power off/on rather than just using sleep seems to have stopped it doing it, perhaps it didn't think it had finished the firmware update?
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Old 08-28-2012, 08:26 AM   #962
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Oops thanks for the correction. How does that work then if you were to update via WiFi, downloading the new files directly onto the KT?
I don't know. The only time I have done one, the database was already at the appropriate level.
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Old 08-28-2012, 08:28 AM   #963
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I'm not sure whether they were or not before, the sync icon in the settings pop-up is a little rough.
Almost positive they weren't. The 'dog eared' page corner is also now anti-aliased, which was particularly glaring before.

I suspect they were all hold-over graphics from the old 2-bit eink screens that have finally been updated.
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Old 08-28-2012, 08:56 AM   #964
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Patrolling through the various settings, the only thing I can find that is a nuisance is that the saved websites I had have gone from the browser, and it will no longer show e-mails in my Gmail box (just the activity spinner), though Google Calendar show up fine.
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Old 08-28-2012, 09:13 AM   #965
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... it will no longer show e-mails in my Gmail box (just the activity spinner), though Google Calendar show up fine.
Ignore that - I was using the wrong fix from this page: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=158432. http://goo.gl/NmajS works fine.
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Old 08-28-2012, 09:38 AM   #966
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Still no italics support in Avenir. Why could they ship fonts lacking such basic features??
I see the same problem. For kobo support, george.talusan in particular, attached is an epub that shows the problem on my device (Kobo Touch with offers, 2.1.1).
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Old 08-28-2012, 09:44 AM   #967
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I see the same problem. For kobo support, george.talusan in particular, attached is an epub that shows the problem on my device (Kobo Touch with offers, 2.1.1).
This was a problem in 2.0 as well, at least. Avenir italics revert to bold.

That's a pretty badly broken font imo. That diacritics don't work reliably in any except for Georgia makes most of the rest pretty broken as well.
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Old 08-28-2012, 09:55 AM   #968
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This was a problem in 2.0 as well, at least. Avenir italics revert to bold.

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Yup. I had problems with Avenir in 2.0 as well. The strange thing is, I tried a simple test like the EPub I attached, and I could have sworn that italics worked in the test epub, but not all the epubs I normally read (in 2.0).
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Old 08-28-2012, 10:08 AM   #969
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Is it safe to upgrade the firmware before it is officially released via Kobo Desktop? Is there anything to be careful of when doing so? I am very new to this - only had my Kobo for a week - but I am super keen to upgrade the firmware if it fixes the slow page turns. I am currently on 2.0.0 if it makes any difference.

I've been fairly harsh in my critisicm of Kobo, but this is one thing they got absolutely right, over any other device maker so far. The Kobo has a built in recovery mechanism, and you would have to be pretty ingenious to find a way to brick it. If your attempts at modifying the firmware fail, you're just one "power on while pressing the home button" away from a factory reset.
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Old 08-28-2012, 10:40 AM   #970
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I really wonder why they don't release firmwares for all the kobos at the same time, really stupid IMHO.
They always do a staggered firmware roll out for a number of reasons.
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Old 08-28-2012, 10:45 AM   #971
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Any particular reason why?
As a general rule, you're courting trouble whenever you use unofficial methods to update or modify your firmware.
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Old 08-28-2012, 11:44 AM   #972
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Updated to 2.1 without problems.

Improvements:
- (epub) page turns way faster
- clock visible in reading context menu

not fixed/improved:
- cover display bug (depressing since is so visible, so annoying and should be so easy to fix ....)
- shelf management & setup ergonomics
- hyphenation dictionary settings for some languages (German for instance) are rather questionable (allowing to hyphenate into single letters, which leads to quite a lot and quite ugly hyphenations). This is easily fixed by editing the hyphenation dictionaries in koboroot.tgz - something kobo should have taken care of ...
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They always do a staggered firmware roll out for a number of reasons.
Staggering the roll out makes sense but to me that should only mean at most a day between markets. Only Japan got 2.0.2 and I'm wondering if we'll get passed over with 2.1.1 as well. In which case I may attempt a manual upgrade but I'll keep waiting and hoping for an official release for now.
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As I understand it, 2.0.2 was a very minor update where the biggest change was adding a second "2" to the version number. I'd be very surprised if a more substantial update like 2.1.1 didn't make it to the rest of the world.
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Old 08-28-2012, 04:43 PM   #975
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Thanks for the tips guys. I ended up doing it, and all went well. The page turns are sooo much quicker now and I love that I can see the time while reading.

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This was a problem in 2.0 as well, at least. Avenir italics revert to bold...
I thought this was just because I am reading a sideloaded epub and it was just not right. 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?
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