As at least one person has noticed, Kobo has released firmware version 4.5.9587. This is mainly a bug fix release with few noticeable changes. It should be going to all devices except the Mini.
The release notes are:
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New in version 4.5:
This release includes a number of behind-the-scenes improvements designed to help you when things aren’t working as expected. Even though we put a lot of love into these updates, we hope you never have to benefit from them.
However, if you are having trouble with something, the best place to start is with our Help section. You can access it from the main menu on the upper left.
Happy reading!
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And this is what Kobo posted to the beta list:
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4.5 focuses on "Content Delivery"
Raising confidence you have all of your books; providing education on syncing and providing troubleshooting for missing books- Added [Help > Troubleshooting missing books] section - Walks customer through syncing, confirming correct account ID, repairing, factory reset, contacting kobo.com/help, Customer Care)
- Hotspot login improvements (especially in cases were you saw a blank hotspot login page, or a button or field could not be tapped)
- Display Checkmark on Sync icon if sync completed within the last 5 minutes
- In Sync menu, show number of books added (eg. ‘Sync complete. Added: 2 books.’)
- If user has not synced in 60+ days, display 'Got time to Sync?' dialog with 'Later' and 'Sync now’ buttons
- If user has synced using Kobo Desktop 3 times and has no saved Wi Fi networks, show 'Connect to Wi Fi' dialog with 'Later' and 'Add Wi Fi network’ buttons
- Sync errors; inform user if sync failed due to network connectivity, or a problem with syncing
- Added interstitial screen when signing out/factory resetting device
- [Kobo Desktop] Some free books that did not have cover images were not appearing in My Books
- [Kobo Desktop] Clearer sync messaging toast, and add a Cancel button
Fixed:- If a software update was found during automatic sync, user was not being asked whether to apply update now or later (update was applied immediately)
- Light could remain on when device should be sleeping, causing battery to drain
- On some devices, swiping to adjust brightness could only go down to 1%, instead of 0%
- Repair wasn’t always prompting you to connect to Wi Fi
- Repair could cause Known networks to be removed
- In purchase path, Keyboard might have appeared when it shouldn’t
- Authors view: ‘Recent’ sort was not always working
- Authors view: Number of books sort was ordering lowest-to-highest
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With that much more complete list, I have removed my short list.
The download links for sideloading will be added to
https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/Kobo_Firmware_Releases soon. Or you can use
http://geek1011.github.io/KoboStuff/kobofirmware.html to view them. (Note: The results can depend on your IP address).
The Mini:
While the firmware hasn't been officially released for the Mini, it appears to work on the device. There are several reports in this of manual installation on the Mini with no problems.
calibre:
Apart from the firmware version number, there are no changes that affect calibre. I have committed the change to bump the supported version. This should be included in the next calibre release. Until then, it is safe to use the "Attempt to support newer firmware versions" option in the KoboTouch and KoboTouchExtended drivers.
Known problems:
The following are the problems with this firmware. Most are discussed later in this thread.
- Double screen refresh after selecting a word and dismissing the annotations menu.
- Downloading books using the browser doesn't work. It starts, but doesn't complete.
- Any kepubs on an external SD card are reprocessed each time the card is seen.