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DNSB · 07-14-2012, 01:54 AM

A rather odd experience. Have read that the 2.0 update had been put on hold, I felt it was safe to sync my Kobo Touch. Connecting to the desktop, no problems though I'm not that happy with the Kobo Desktop -- I look at the books on my device and the vast majority are science fiction, fantasy and related fields, mostly sideloaded. So what do I get for recommendations? Nice Girls Don't Bite Their Neighbors, The Search, Thirteenth Child (which I purchased for my daughter a year back from another site), No Rest for the Witches. Sheesh!

Then connected through wireless. Ooops ... downloading upgrade and upgrading. Not too bad but then after a restart, touch any book on the home screen and the device reset. Connected to the desktop out of curiosity and the desktop now wanted to do an upgrade, for some reason, to version 1.9.9 which, I think, was the one on the Kobo Touch when I got my replacement unit. Hmmm... disconnected the KT and it restarted with the upgrade hourglass. Finished and then two seconds later, restarted again with the upgrade hourglass. Back to version 2.0.0 (July 12, 2012 version) Finally, got back to the home screen, touched a book and it reset. Again!

Time for the BFMI treatment. Powered off, pulled the SD card with my sideloaded books on it, powered on and did a factory reset. Only two purchased books now showing on the home screen but when I opened one, it opened and I could actually read words on a page. Powered off, plugged the SD card back in and 45 minutes of watching the spinning thingy and the % done indication, I finally had my library back though all books are now unread.

Opened the book I'm currently reading, put it too sleep and instead of the cover for War Maid's Choice, I get a text box with War Maid's Choice, an line and EPUB. Beats getting the wrong cover, I guess.

Page turns in epubs seem about the same speed as in kepubs, not sure as yet if I like the hyphenation but it seems easier to read than lines looking like

now____is____the____time_____for_____all
antidisestablishmentarists whom believe that

Had to put underscores in since that editor showed multiple spaces but the message viewer doesn't.

Kudos to the Kobo devs for several improvements I've already noticed. Among them, the improved speed at which my books were processed -- 1.9.17 took over an hour to process after a factory reset, you no longer need to tap a blank spot on the screen to bring up the table of contents after selecting it, you can get from reading a book to the settings screen and back to the book without having to go through the home screen.

07-14-2012, 01:54 AM	#316
DNSB Bibliophagist Posts: 46,597 Karma: 169712392 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Vancouver Device: Kobo Sage, Libra Colour, Lenovo M8 FHD, Paperwhite 4, Tolino epos	My Unexpected Upgrade experience A rather odd experience. Have read that the 2.0 update had been put on hold, I felt it was safe to sync my Kobo Touch. Connecting to the desktop, no problems though I'm not that happy with the Kobo Desktop -- I look at the books on my device and the vast majority are science fiction, fantasy and related fields, mostly sideloaded. So what do I get for recommendations? Nice Girls Don't Bite Their Neighbors, The Search, Thirteenth Child (which I purchased for my daughter a year back from another site), No Rest for the Witches. Sheesh! Then connected through wireless. Ooops ... downloading upgrade and upgrading. Not too bad but then after a restart, touch any book on the home screen and the device reset. Connected to the desktop out of curiosity and the desktop now wanted to do an upgrade, for some reason, to version 1.9.9 which, I think, was the one on the Kobo Touch when I got my replacement unit. Hmmm... disconnected the KT and it restarted with the upgrade hourglass. Finished and then two seconds later, restarted again with the upgrade hourglass. Back to version 2.0.0 (July 12, 2012 version) Finally, got back to the home screen, touched a book and it reset. Again! Time for the BFMI treatment. Powered off, pulled the SD card with my sideloaded books on it, powered on and did a factory reset. Only two purchased books now showing on the home screen but when I opened one, it opened and I could actually read words on a page. Powered off, plugged the SD card back in and 45 minutes of watching the spinning thingy and the % done indication, I finally had my library back though all books are now unread. Opened the book I'm currently reading, put it too sleep and instead of the cover for War Maid's Choice, I get a text box with War Maid's Choice, an line and EPUB. Beats getting the wrong cover, I guess. Page turns in epubs seem about the same speed as in kepubs, not sure as yet if I like the hyphenation but it seems easier to read than lines looking like now____is____the____time_____for_____all antidisestablishmentarists whom believe that Had to put underscores in since that editor showed multiple spaces but the message viewer doesn't. Kudos to the Kobo devs for several improvements I've already noticed. Among them, the improved speed at which my books were processed -- 1.9.17 took over an hour to process after a factory reset, you no longer need to tap a blank spot on the screen to bring up the table of contents after selecting it, you can get from reading a book to the settings screen and back to the book without having to go through the home screen. Last edited by DNSB; 07-14-2012 at 01:56 AM.