[tshering]

I just installed FW 3.4.1 and did so far not notice any problems with the Kobo Start Menu (KBStartMenu_04.zip).

The update process, however, was a bit strange. I selected "handle update" > "install partial update" in order to keep the start menu installed. The screen froze, and than nothing happend. Expected behaviour is the display of the update spinner and an automatic reboot.

That the update spinner did not show, might be explained by the fact that since one of the more recent FWs, pickel, this is the executable that displays the update spinner and so on, works only as long as nickel has not been running. As soon as nickel has been running, pickel does not work. (You might have noticed that, if you start nickel from the menu several times without rebooting in between, you see the dancing squares only the first time. This is the effect of pickel not working.) Therefore, reboot the device before you install the update. Otherwise you don't get visual information on how the update process is going on.

As for the missing automatic reboot, I might simple have been to impatient and forced the power off, before the reboot started. If this is not the case and your device does also not reboot, wait for a sufficent time (or you might interrupt the update process), and force a power off by holding the power slider in the off positon for about 20 seconds or more.

If you are running an earlier version of the Kobo Start Menu, it will not work with the current FW. Therefore, select "handle update" > "install update" (rather than "handle update" > "install partial update"), or uninstall the Kobo Start Menu before updating the FW.