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Cyberman tM · 03-30-2014, 03:03 PM

Since there isn't a subforum for this device, I'm opening this thread.

I know a few here have an Imco, so I'd be curious to know if others have the same trouble.

I've just installed update 1.15 and found that books that I had already opened before the update show no text anymore. Unopened books seem to work fine.
(I just checked, when I connect the device to the PC, the files are fine.)

Also, since 1.11 or so, the mp3 player starts automatically whenever I open the settings inside a book.
This should have been corrected by several updates now, seems it still persists.

I'm not ruling out that it is related to what I did on the device, but somehow I doubt it - the way I see it, the "update" replaces the firmware, so it should remove all changes I might have introduced.
(It certainly removes the custom pictures.)

[edit]Well, it must be a caching problem. Renaming the book I just read did help, in a way. The book is reset, so to speak, but the text is visible again.

[edit2]Personal recommendation: Do NOT install update 1.15!
Aside from the problem above, the so nicely named "Leseansicht optimiert (kein Schwarzer Balken)"(translation: Reading view optimized (no black bar) basically means removal of the status bar.
No more current time (acceptable) and of course no more battery status.
After all, why would a battery-operated device want you to know the battery status?

Seriously, I was happy as something when I saw that the Imco had a permanent battery status - and now they remove it.
I'm going to ask them for an older version of the firmware - none of the updates so far brought anything positive as far as I can tell (no doubt there have been improvements I just don't see, but I the disadvantages far outweigh them).

[edit3]FYI: The previous update can be found under this link: http://www.imcosys.com/downloadold/update.zip

03-30-2014, 03:03 PM	#1
Cyberman tM Evangelist Posts: 439 Karma: 2248782 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Austria Device: Inkbook Prime; Icarus Illumina;ImcoV6l;EB600;Kobo	Imcov6L - Updates and problems. Since there isn't a subforum for this device, I'm opening this thread. I know a few here have an Imco, so I'd be curious to know if others have the same trouble. I've just installed update 1.15 and found that books that I had already opened before the update show no text anymore. Unopened books seem to work fine. (I just checked, when I connect the device to the PC, the files are fine.) Also, since 1.11 or so, the mp3 player starts automatically whenever I open the settings inside a book. This should have been corrected by several updates now, seems it still persists. I'm not ruling out that it is related to what I did on the device, but somehow I doubt it - the way I see it, the "update" replaces the firmware, so it should remove all changes I might have introduced. (It certainly removes the custom pictures.) [edit]Well, it must be a caching problem. Renaming the book I just read did help, in a way. The book is reset, so to speak, but the text is visible again. [edit2]Personal recommendation: Do NOT install update 1.15! Aside from the problem above, the so nicely named "Leseansicht optimiert (kein Schwarzer Balken)"(translation: Reading view optimized (no black bar) basically means removal of the status bar. No more current time (acceptable) and of course no more battery status. After all, why would a battery-operated device want you to know the battery status? Seriously, I was happy as something when I saw that the Imco had a permanent battery status - and now they remove it. I'm going to ask them for an older version of the firmware - none of the updates so far brought anything positive as far as I can tell (no doubt there have been improvements I just don't see, but I the disadvantages far outweigh them). [edit3]FYI: The previous update can be found under this link: http://www.imcosys.com/downloadold/update.zip Last edited by Cyberman tM; 03-31-2014 at 03:42 AM.