Hello, I'm new here but I've been browsing around for the last 2 weeks. To be honest, its kinda messy here because there is a lot of information. I was drawn here after I was upset that the Nickel software couldn't handle PDFs in a satisfactory manner. Then I discovered Koreader (Thank you!!) but I find myself draining the battery quickly because I can't properly sleep/turn off my device. Which brings me to many questions.
The first is how do I update past 3.12.0? This is the version which Kobo updated my device to. When I look at the links
here I see that the FW versions go past 3.12.0 yet they're based on older months, while 3.12.0 proudly states its from December. How is this even possible?
Then it tells me certain versions are for the "New" Aura (Mark 5). How do I tell the difference? I know of the different models (Aura HD, Touch, Glo, etc) but as far as I know I always thought there was one version of the Aura non-hd. Can someone clarify upon this?
Currently I'm using KSM v6, which is great and all but its really not user friendly. I ended up installing Koreader shortly thereafter but I can't use a version past 2014.04.14, which upsets me because the newer versions of Koreader has nice features like open last book, and possibly a better sleep function? After much irritation I scrapped KSM and tried ADVboot but that couldn't load the newer builds of Koreader either.
Is it because I'm using an older version of the firmware?
I was able to try to vlasovsoftlauncher, which actually has a nice user interface but Coolreader's PDF support is absent! (or am I doing something wrong?)
I'll be honest; my experience with hacking devices is from loading custom-firmwares into my psp, and jailbreaking the iphone original & 4, but I'm always weary about loading the most recent version on my kobo because I fear that it will lock my device away from ever doing the fancy stuff (like using koreader, etc)
What is the latest version I should update my Kobo Aura to in order to use the latest version of koreader?
Or is Koreader just blotched when it comes to the Kobo Aura?
Questions in review:
How do I update the firmware on my Kobo Aura?
Why are the Firmware versions backwards when it comes to the months released?
Are the multiple versions of the Kobo Aura?
Are the Koreader versions newer than 2014.04.14 not working because I'm using FW 3.12.0?
Does Coolreader have PDF support?
If I update to the latest version of the Kobo Firmware (3.8.0) will I kill the ability to use Koreader?
What is the best version to update my Kobo Aura to (in order to keep the most hacking functionality?)
I thank you for your time in advance. And if I manage to be very successful I'll will write a guide up as I've done so in the past with installing Macintosh on a pc (aka hackintosh).
sincerely,
Alan aka WrinklyWink
aka ihavearedcouch aka Alanin4D