Firmware 4.42.23296

[byrhias]

Originally Posted by LordP

I just checked and my WiFi stayed off, well, I never had it on in the first place.

Thanks for checking! I have no idea what's wrong with my device then

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by byrhias

Thanks for checking! I have no idea what's wrong with my device then

Did you force WiFi on at some point? If you have developer mode enabled, you can check in More => Settings => Device Information => Developer Options => Force WiFi ON. This can also be done from a NickelMenu item which will toggle between forcing WiFi on and turning off forcing WiFi on. If you use NickelMenu, the checkmark in the Force WiFi ON box will toggle.

If you are not using NickelMenu or Developer Mode, do a search for devmodeon which will enable developer mode and check the status of Force WiFi on. You can then search for devmodeoff which will disable developer mode.

On a couple of occasions when I was connecting to my Kobo over WiFi, I toggled this and then wondered a couple of days later "Why is my battery draining so fast?"

[compurandom]

Originally Posted by byrhias

Does no one else have the same issue with WiFi automatically turning on (and refusing to stay turned off) after this firmware update? If anyone has any solutions, would appreciate any input/advice.

If I pick a link in a book sometimes it turns on my wifi.

I have a nickelmenu entry to turn it back off without leaving the book.

[pennywise]

Originally Posted by Aleron Ives

The firmware will probably never support this. Kobo only enables landscape mode officially on devices 7" and larger. The only way the Clara BW will get working landscape mode is if NickelMenu gets an update to fix the inverted touch inputs, which may or may not happen.

With developer mode activated you have an option to do this

[byrhias]

Originally Posted by DNSB

Did you force WiFi on at some point? If you have developer mode enabled, you can check in More => Settings => Device Information => Developer Options => Force WiFi ON. This can also be done from a NickelMenu item which will toggle between forcing WiFi on and turning off forcing WiFi on. If you use NickelMenu, the checkmark in the Force WiFi ON box will toggle.

If you are not using NickelMenu or Developer Mode, do a search for devmodeon which will enable developer mode and check the status of Force WiFi on. You can then search for devmodeoff which will disable developer mode.

On a couple of occasions when I was connecting to my Kobo over WiFi, I toggled this and then wondered a couple of days later "Why is my battery draining so fast?"

I just checked and nope, ForceWiFi is off. I do use NickelMenu but ever since a couple months ago, the config for bluetooth/wifi no longer works on my NickelMenu. If I input the codes into the config file, I get a config error so I removed it and just turn on bluetooth/WiFi the old school way. Is there something wrong with the hardware of my device then? But I have no issues with 4.41. I'm stumped

[Aleron Ives]

Originally Posted by pennywise

With developer mode activated you have an option to do this

The touch inputs don't rotate properly, though, so the device becomes unusable. Since it's not an officially supported feature, Kobo is unlikely to fix this.

[Quoth]

Some versions of FW had a bug where WiFi was automatically on if BT was enabled.

[byrhias]

Originally Posted by Quoth

Some versions of FW had a bug where WiFi was automatically on if BT was enabled.

Mine does this all the time but at least with 4.41, I could still manually turn it off and use BT without WiFi. Now, it'll just automatically reconnect itself every time I open a book.