Thread: Firmware 3.19.5613 discussion
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Old 12-25-2015, 05:48 AM   #234
davidfor
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Originally Posted by gottogetout View Post
There is a conclusion that seems obvious to me :
there s a terrible tramp on any device. it is preferable to disable the "automatically update" setting, and to not launch it. but it's may be impossible to avoid.
Is the firmware update avoidable? I'm not sure. It seems as if performing a syncro to recover Pocket texts - a nice feature that I use a lot - any update firmware will be done if I am not wrong. Too bad !
A check is done for updated firmware every time you sync. If an update is found, it will be downloaded and installed. This can be beaten, but you can't sync with Kobo until you update. I you are only reading sideloaded books, then you don't need to sync and can do the update when you want. If you are buying books from Kobo, you need and will have to do the update.
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Avoiding firmware upgrades on any advice is the advise I would give
The January 2015 Android's update of the Nexus 7's tablet (2012 and 2013) was a disaster for thousands of users.
A hell to get back to the previous version. It required a root and so on. I managed to do it thanks to forums and some tools found through Internet
Likewise, I wouldn't suggest any upgrade of Windows system, at least for 6 months. A "wait and see" behaviour is wiser
Kobo have been fairly good when the firmware caused real problems. They have either replaced it quickly, or pulled it so that a factory reset would put you back to the previous version.

And before anyone says anything, by "real problems", I mean not able to read at all. An extra refresh in a non-supported function is not bd enough.
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Licences or not, I have read with that font for months.
why was it on the reader for months and suddenly got out ?
not normal at all.
Yes, it is. Kobo had a license for a component in their software. That license expired and they went elsewhere for the replacement license. That meant that to release a new version, they had to remove the old no longer licensed component and replace it with the new licensed component. This happens all the time, but you generally don't notice it unless the developers think it is a good idea to tell you about it, or the change makes some sort of migration necessary.
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