Thread: Firmware 4.31.19086
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Old 02-13-2022, 10:29 PM   #321
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Originally Posted by ownedbycats View Post
I'd be curious to see what devices the malfunctions are happening most on, as I'm wondering if it could be limited to certain firmware versions -- Libra H2O is mark7 and Libra 2 is mark9 if I'm remembering right.
Before you go off on this, do you know what the "Mark" means?

Almost nothing.

The marks are a just grouping of devices included in a firmware update package. Kobo has been trying to keep that update package at around 100MB. That means, the main reason they have started a new mark is because the update package was to big. Because this matches the sequence of the releases, there is some similarity in the hardware in the devices, but, it is largely just because of the timing. I was told this because I commented on the Aura Edition 2 Version 2 and Aura H2O Edition 2 Version 2 being in Mark7 but was told that they would have been Mark6, but the update package would have been to big.

The start of Mark8 and then Mark9 are probably the only ones explicitly keeping like devices together. But, they also fit with the update package size. And the difference is hardware between the Libra H2O and Libra 2 is tiny, it is basically enabling the Bluetooth parts of a chip and the screen. The Libra 2 could have been a Mark7.
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