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Old 08-21-2014, 06:53 AM   #391
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Is it possible to still root the device with 3.5.0 installed, or have Kobo closed the hole?

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Old 08-21-2014, 09:45 AM   #392
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Nod. I've had this happen numerous times and have reported this to the Kobo devs. I know davidfor has also experienced it.
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Old 08-21-2014, 10:16 AM   #393
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Old 08-21-2014, 11:48 PM   #394
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Is it possible to still root the device with 3.5.0 installed, or have Kobo closed the hole?

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I have to ask what you mean by root the device? Firmware 3.5.0 is for Kobo's eInk readers and is Linux based in contrast to their LCD tablets which are Android based. You could say that the eInk readers are automagically rooted since the only security context is root.

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Old 08-23-2014, 06:59 AM   #395
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Old 08-26-2014, 12:57 AM   #396
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Am I missing a setting or is there no slider anymore with newer firmware to navigate through your Library, either by Books or by Collections? Having to flip through 100+ pages one by one is too tedious, so I can't believe it's an intentional design choice.
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Old 08-26-2014, 01:11 AM   #397
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There isn't a slider, but if you tap the page number in the top right corner, you can enter the page to go to.
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Old 08-26-2014, 02:39 AM   #398
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Thanks for that tip, didn't know about that one. That at least makes it livable without the slider.
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Old 08-26-2014, 03:45 AM   #399
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There isn't a slider, but if you tap the page number in the top right corner, you can enter the page to go to.
That really should be more obvious.
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Old 08-26-2014, 07:57 AM   #400
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That really should be more obvious.
In that case, you might want to go around tapping all the other italics in the UI. Italics are used to indicate an action.
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Old 08-26-2014, 04:04 PM   #401
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In that case, you might want to go around tapping all the other italics in the UI. Italics are used to indicate an action.
The number's not italicized, and it's not immediately obvious that (a) that text would be anything other than informational or (b) "of" is italicized.

Now, if it said Page: 1 of 184 - with the colon and the italicized numbers - that would be a bit more obvious. Even so, that field's between two Very Obvious triple-line menu icons and is neither part of the shaded bar (as the other selectors are) nor accompanied by a down-caret (as the list name is), all of which combines to downplay the number's tappability. In short, it's the only tappable element on the screen that is not accompanied by some other indicator that it is tappable, and "these two letters are in italics" is a very weak indicator for that status.

At least, in my opinion.
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At least, in my opinion.
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Old 08-26-2014, 06:18 PM   #403
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The number's not italicized, and it's not immediately obvious that (a) that text would be anything other than informational or (b) "of" is italicized.

Now, if it said Page: 1 of 184 - with the colon and the italicized numbers - that would be a bit more obvious. Even so, that field's between two Very Obvious triple-line menu icons and is neither part of the shaded bar (as the other selectors are) nor accompanied by a down-caret (as the list name is), all of which combines to downplay the number's tappability. In short, it's the only tappable element on the screen that is not accompanied by some other indicator that it is tappable, and "these two letters are in italics" is a very weak indicator for that status.

At least, in my opinion.
They should've had made those really obvious. I have 50 pages of books on my library, and I have only known about those italics recently...
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Neither my aura hd nor my touch have updated to 3.5. Can anyone tell me why not?
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Neither my aura hd nor my touch have updated to 3.5. Can anyone tell me why not?
Suspended rollout, no ETA on when it will resume.
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