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Originally Posted by GeoffR
I upgraded my Glo from 3.19.5761 to 4.2.8432 to 4.3.8842. I think 4.3.8842 is much better than 4.2.8432 apart from the new home screen, but not really a clear improvement over 3.19.5761.
Problems in firmware 4.3.8842 on my Glo:
* Sync gets stuck in the connecting step if started with wi-fi off. I need to either cancel sync and start again, or to turn wi-fi on before starting sync.
(Worked perfectly in 3.19.5761)
* Sync takes a very long time, at least 10 minutes even if there is nothing to download. About 95% of the time is spent in the "checking for updates" step.
(Sync was at least 20 times faster in 3.19.5761)
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I have a suspicion that a phase update has been missed so that he checking message isn't being replaced when it should be. Of course, maybe the update server is just really busy and not responding as fast as before.
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* Reading stats have lost touch with reality. A few minutes reading can add hundreds of hours to the "Hours read" total. Sometimes the total will correct itself after a sync and reboot.
(Was perfectly accurate in 3.19.5761)
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Yes, the stats are broken. But, mine are going the other way. It took about three hours of reading my current book before any time was shown, but the time to go seems to be OK. And apparently I have only turned 58 pages, but at least three of the chapters I have read so far have been more than 30 pages long (this is a purchased kepub).
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* The line spacing on the book synopsis/details pages is too narrow, and if the synposis extends to a second page the page break can occur in the middle of a line. This is caused by the CSS "line-height: 1em;" in the nickel executable.
(Spacing was normal in 3.19.5761)
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Looking at my devices, it seems to be only the Glo that is affected.
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* Awful new home screen, but for now at least it is avoidable.
(I wasn't a fan of the tiled home screen in 3.19.5761 either, but it could have been worse, and now it is.)
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I did like the tiled home screen. My main complaint for the new one is loss of function because the tiles for things like stats and collections don't turn up. But, the removal of the stupid search bar almost makes up for it.
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Improvements (compared to 3.19.5761)
* Processing multiple sideloaded ePub books is much (maybe 10 times) faster.
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* swipeBrightness=false reading setting now works.
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In pre-4.x firmware, this worked but it was only for the two-fingered adjustment in the original Aura.
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* Screen glitch when adjusting font settings in the ePub reader is fixed.
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I don't remember any problems with this. Was it specific to the Glo?
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* <Books and <Home buttons work properly (i.e. if I open the book from the home screen then it shows a <Home button which takes me back to where I opened it from.)
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I don't remember that it didn't work. The difference to me now is that before there was a home button at the top of the screen, so if you opened a book from the Home screen, they showed <Books instead. While it wasn't completely consistent behaviour, it gave me options.
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* Series sort, it is better than nothing but it could be so much better. It really needs to work for search results and as a secondary sort for author sort to be useful to me.
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I agree that it should be on the search results, and hopefully it will be added. And while I think I'd prefer it as the secondary sort for the author, I don't expect that to change. I think if it's a choice between title and series for this, it will be title.