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Originally Posted by taming
The first few hours of the update, the feature that allowed you to lock your carousel choice to shortlist was not included in the update. It is now in there. Folks have a couple of choices. They can revert to .14 and then update--at which point they will get the "fixed" update. They can do a factory reset, and the set-up process will result in the "fixed" update. Customer Care is also giving some advice on this--which may be different from those two choices. In any case, it is indeed lousy that the early updaters did not get the whole and complete update, but it is definitely fixable.
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Hi Taming,
I only had mine (Touch) updated yesterday evening, and it seemed that I got the corrected version on the first go. I have Shortlist, Recommended, and Featured as the headers for my lower carousel. After three (first thing, post boot up's of the Touch) my chosen Shortlist seems intact.
While having the Recommended and Featured on as it is....I don't find it a crash n' burn deal-breaker for this version of the Firmware...but having written that, I don't feel this was warranted as a push-can't opt-out for Touch (non offers) owners. This was truly a disingenuous move on the part of Kobo. It was also a totally
redundant move, in that all latest and greatest books can be viewed (IF BY CHOICE!) by the Touch owner within the STORE app that was on prior firmware renditions. I won't go so far as to say 'advertising' as it doesn't push tech (latest kobo e-Reader offerings---
it better NOT!) but let's call the Features and Recommended part of the new lower carousel what it is...book PUSHING by Kobo. This was a cheeky move. I did suggest that they could have put it to better usage by means of a section for all your notes, or a Daily Calendar call up screen. Even a Thesaurus would have given better-of use, and more truer 'features', than a 'back-door' book push effort.... My personal opinion....