Thread: Kobo Firmware 4.6.9995
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Old 10-25-2017, 06:40 PM   #178
davidfor
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Originally Posted by issybird View Post
I decided to let my Glo HD update, which it finally did overnight. I became aware because it was noticeably zippier, so I checked the firmware.

I like some of the new bells and whistles in addition to the faster speed, but the home page is far less functional without the collection tiles. Being able to navigate to collections from the toggle is not as useful as having my most-accessed collections in one spot. Having my four most recent books tiled is probably good enough, however.

I made my Glo HD my guinea pig in part because it's not the workhorse my Aura One and H2O are and in part because the smaller screen didn't display as many tiles anyway. Which leads me to my point, and forgive me if it's been addressed. I turned my old Glo into a book repository by putting roughly 2,000 books on an SD card; I'm not using the internal storage at all. (I keep about 200 books on my readers in general use.) Would there be any particular advantages or disadvantages in this situation to upgrading, or any issues pertinent to the device in general?
I'm not quite sure how you are using this. Is it a way to backup all your books and have them portable and searchable? Then use the card and an available computer to get the book to one of the devices to read? If so, I'd probably say to use 4.6.9995. For that use, the home screen is unlikely to be important. And the performance improvements should be an advantage. And one of the improvements has been the import process. If you need to fiddle with a lot of books, that will be an advantage.
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