Thread: Firmware 3.16.0 Discussion
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Old 06-15-2015, 12:43 AM   #63
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Originally Posted by leftright View Post
Has the Glo's ghosting been fixed in 3.16 ?.
From what others have said, no. But, there is something to try that I should have thought of before.

There is a little bug in the firmware update that means the kernel does not get installed properly for the Glo, Mini and N905C Touch. The cause is the name of the kernel. The install script generates a name based on the hardware, but a file of the correct names do not exist for these three devices. Hence, an updated kernel is not installed.

The workaround is to create the appropriate file by renaming the existing file. The file in the update package is:
Code:
 "update/m50-tx/uImage"
For the Glo, this needs to be renamed to:
Code:
 "update/m50-tx/uImage-E606B0"
To do this, you need to do a manual install of the firmware. Copy all the files in the update package to the .kobo directory of the device. This includes the "update" directory above. Then rename the file and disconnect.

I have done this on my Glo, and the ghosting seems to be less. The ghosting in the dictionary popup is still there, but the ghosting from menus isn't. But, I don't use the Glo much, so maybe I'm missing something.
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