Kobo Firmware 3.5.0

[meeera]

Originally Posted by anacreon

Since everyone else has no problem, I might try a reset, but it is a long and painful process which I will wait to be back home to try.

Two things you can do without needing to be at home are to do a full power off and power on (hold button for 20 seconds or so, not just sleeping); and logging out of your Kobo account on the device and back on again (which will rebuild the database).

[wafthrudnir]

Is the firmware 3.5 also good for the mini? Or is it still stuck at 3.4.1?

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by wafthrudnir

Is the firmware 3.5 also good for the mini? Or is it still stuck at 3.4.1?

It's been discussed here and here. The answer is that it is safe to use.

[anacreon]

Originally Posted by meeera

Two things you can do without needing to be at home are to do a full power off and power on (hold button for 20 seconds or so, not just sleeping); and logging out of your Kobo account on the device and back on again (which will rebuild the database).

Just full power off/on worked. I feel stupid. Thank you Meera.

[meeera]

Originally Posted by anacreon

Just full power off/on worked. I feel stupid. Thank you Meera.

Splendid! Enjoy.

[timberwraith]

Has anyone had problems with large PDF files (40 pages or so in length, with many images) loading and paging slowly with 3.5.0?

I've been using my Glo to read sideloaded PDF files of the magazine The Nation. With 3.3.0, the files opened quickly and I was able to page through the magazine without any delays. Now, it takes forever to load the same editions of the magazine and the first few page turns from the cover image take forever. Also, zooming in beyond a certain zoom level results in a black screen.

This has been so frustrating that I've reverted to 3.3.0. That's a shame because the web browser in 3.5.0 behaves far more gracefully than 3.3.0.

Any insights?

[Jellby]

I think someone reported that swipes in dictionary search windows tended to cause two-page turns. I noticed the same in 3.3.0, but not in 3.5.0.

[timberwraith]

I experienced that problem, too, Jellby.

I found an easy "solution", though. You have to make sure that you use small swipes to ensure that you only advance one page at a time. Long swipes will skip over multiple pages.

Ironically, the length of the swipe you should use is approximately the same length of space occupied by the characters "Page X of Y" (where X is the page you are on and Y is the total number of pages) which appears in the lower left-hand corner of the dictionary look-up box. Swipe from right to left in a space just two lines above those characters (from "Y" to "Page") and the dictionary listing should advance one page at a time.

That probably sounds strange, but it works.

[leftright]

Originally Posted by timberwraith

the length of the swipe you should use is approximately the same length of space occupied by the characters

Thanks to the above posts I finally know how to turn pages in the Dictionary Pip screen.

Thanks.

[Nick Payne]

Since loading firmware 3.5.0 onto my Aura HD, I've had several instances of the reader completely freezing while adding an annotation. When this happens, the power/sleep switch is completely unresponsive as well - the only option is to reset the device with a paper clip in the small hole at the bottom. I didn't have this problem with any previous version of firmware.

And on a somewhat related note, does anyone know if the bug that caused annotations to disappear when books were stored on the internal memory of the reader is still there? My library has been stored on the SD card in my Aura HD since shortly after I got the reader last year, as I found that the bug only happened when storing books in the internal memory, not when they were stored on the SD card.

[Dryhte]

Originally Posted by leftright

Thanks to the above posts I finally know how to turn pages in the Dictionary Pip screen.

Thanks.

You can also tap (on the left of the screen, though in normal reading mode you would tap on the right to advance a page).

It makes no sense.

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by Nick Payne

Since loading firmware 3.5.0 onto my Aura HD, I've had several instances of the reader completely freezing while adding an annotation. When this happens, the power/sleep switch is completely unresponsive as well - the only option is to reset the device with a paper clip in the small hole at the bottom. I didn't have this problem with any previous version of firmware.

I haven't seen this, or not often enough to worry me. To get it going again, have you tried holding the power switch in the off position for about 20 seconds and then turning it on? That should force it to turn off. The paper clip is easier, but not as convenient.

And on a somewhat related note, does anyone know if the bug that caused annotations to disappear when books were stored on the internal memory of the reader is still there? My library has been stored on the SD card in my Aura HD since shortly after I got the reader last year, as I found that the bug only happened when storing books in the internal memory, not when they were stored on the SD card.

I doubt if anything has changed. I don't lose any annotations in this circumstance, but it does mess-up the display in the annotations list of where they are.

[Jellby]

My reader usually freezes while suspended, or with a buggy epub (I have yet to determine what exactly is the bug), but I have a patched firmware. I haven't seen it freeze while annotating or the annotations dissapearing so far, but I've had an unresponsive reader while trying to add an annotation, and in this case the power button worked: sleeping and waking up fixes it.

[violent23]

I have been getting freezing on 3.5.0 as well. But mine seems to have no rhyme or reason to it. Just now it froze on the Library screen. Then it froze while rebooting never getting to the last square of the reboot screen. Most times when it freezes I have to hold the power button to the right for 20-30 seconds to get it to reboot as it will just stay frozen otherwise. I am on stock firmware un-modded.

Kobo really needs to step up their quality control as this is unacceptable. All of these updates and there is still cut off text on all fonts when on the lowest margin for kepubs not to mention the abysmal support the .epub engine has been shown. How long did it take to fix the long paragraph bug in the .epub engine, 21 months?

[arspr]

Originally Posted by violent23

Kobo really needs to step up their quality control as this is unacceptable. All of these updates and there is still cut off text on all fonts when on the lowest margin for kepubs not to mention the abysmal support the .epub engine has been shown. How long did it take to fix the long paragraph bug in the .epub engine, 21 months?

Kobo needs to improve a lot in their software development, I do agree with you. But not about the long paragraph issue which it's not their fault but Adobe's... It is present in my old Sony PRS-650 too...