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Peakcrew · 08-10-2012, 09:23 AM

I hope I'm not in the wrong thread here - please let me know if I am. I am about to get a KT (it is somewhere in the postal system at the moment) as a replacement for my broken Jetbook. I will have only a few days to get it working before I go away to my in-laws', so I need a lot of reading material

. Whilst I am quite happy to play with my KT (indeed, looking forward to it), I really need it to function as a good ereader for the time I am away, because English-language books are expensive where I am going, if you can get them at all. I am hoping not to have to take my laptop with me to save a bit of weight, so I need the KT to be a stable reader for a week.

With that in mind, I have a few questions after reading this thread over the last couple of days

1. Which firmware is best for simply reading books at this point? I have a library of books already in Calibre, all epubs, most of which have been edited by me using Sigil. I would prefer to keep the books on the 8GB micro-SD card I have (which recent forum-patrolling suggests might be a problem) in case I need to do a factory backup whilst away. I have downloaded the .zips of 1.9.17 and 2.0.2 to my computer already.

2. Of course, I don't know which firmware will be on the KT when I get it, so are there are any previous ones that I should avoid? (Working on the basis that if it comes with an acceptable version, I might as well stick with that).

3. Am I right in thinking that if I connect the KT to the internet via wifi at all it will immediately upgrade to FW2.0.0 if I am using an earlier version? (If so, this would be a minor nuisance because I wanted to play with the browser, but it can wait).

4. I have got the impression that I will not be able to sideload books if I have not registered the KT. Is this correct?

5. Finally, if I did (successfully) use FW2.0.2, is the slow page-turn in sideloaded books restricted to epubs, i.e. if I convert the books I want to take into, say, .mobis, will the problem be reduced?

Sorry for so many questions as a newcomer, but the success of my visit to the other side of the family depends on this working!

08-10-2012, 09:23 AM	#822
Peakcrew Avid reader of sci-fi Posts: 384 Karma: 36724 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Scotland Device: Kobo Touch, Lenovo X61, Samsung Galaxy Note with Aldiko reader app	About to get new KT: a few questions. I hope I'm not in the wrong thread here - please let me know if I am. I am about to get a KT (it is somewhere in the postal system at the moment) as a replacement for my broken Jetbook. I will have only a few days to get it working before I go away to my in-laws', so I need a lot of reading material . Whilst I am quite happy to play with my KT (indeed, looking forward to it), I really need it to function as a good ereader for the time I am away, because English-language books are expensive where I am going, if you can get them at all. I am hoping not to have to take my laptop with me to save a bit of weight, so I need the KT to be a stable reader for a week. With that in mind, I have a few questions after reading this thread over the last couple of days 1. Which firmware is best for simply reading books at this point? I have a library of books already in Calibre, all epubs, most of which have been edited by me using Sigil. I would prefer to keep the books on the 8GB micro-SD card I have (which recent forum-patrolling suggests might be a problem) in case I need to do a factory backup whilst away. I have downloaded the .zips of 1.9.17 and 2.0.2 to my computer already. 2. Of course, I don't know which firmware will be on the KT when I get it, so are there are any previous ones that I should avoid? (Working on the basis that if it comes with an acceptable version, I might as well stick with that). 3. Am I right in thinking that if I connect the KT to the internet via wifi at all it will immediately upgrade to FW2.0.0 if I am using an earlier version? (If so, this would be a minor nuisance because I wanted to play with the browser, but it can wait). 4. I have got the impression that I will not be able to sideload books if I have not registered the KT. Is this correct? 5. Finally, if I did (successfully) use FW2.0.2, is the slow page-turn in sideloaded books restricted to epubs, i.e. if I convert the books I want to take into, say, .mobis, will the problem be reduced? Sorry for so many questions as a newcomer, but the success of my visit to the other side of the family depends on this working! Last edited by Peakcrew; 08-10-2012 at 01:36 PM. Reason: I doubled the size of my SD card!