Firmware 3.13.1 (Japan only?)

[arspr]

Originally Posted by volpo

I have a Glo with f/w 3.13.1 and do not see this. How do I use the in-book stats?

Thanks,

V

Unless Glo is different/not supported, you should see the graph icon in the menu bar. You don't have to do anything. But AFAIK it's a kepub only feature. It doesn't work with epubs. Check if that is your case.

[Gone]

I don't know if I was just unlucky, but after a day or two that I updated my Kobo H20 to 3.13.1, the fonts looked paler and when turning the pages, the text on the screen was flickering a bit instead of a smooth transition.

I went back to the previous firmware.

[booklover6]

Originally Posted by Nick_1964

I don't use kepubs so this is not mandatory for me, thank you, I hope they fix the ghosting in a next release.
Thank you for replying.

I used to use all kepubs. I upgraded one of my Glos to this latest firmware. Terrible cut off top and bottom. And huge gaps, as if it was ignoring the widows and orphans settings. I had already started using epubs, so this made my decision final. I removed all the kepubs and replaced them with epubs.

Still a little ghosting but not bad.

[JSWolf]

When I wake up my H2O from sleep using the sleep cover, I do not see any ghosting from the cover image.

[dordale]

Originally Posted by booklover6

I used to use all kepubs. I upgraded one of my Glos to this latest firmware. Terrible cut off top and bottom. And huge gaps, as if it was ignoring the widows and orphans settings. I had already started using epubs, so this made my decision final. I removed all the kepubs and replaced them with epubs.

Still a little ghosting but not bad.

Interesting--I'm not noticing any cut offs or huge gaps with 3.13.1 on my Aura HD. I use Calibre side-loaded kepubs exclusively converted from ePub with the Kobo Touch Extended drivers.

[Nick_1964]

Originally Posted by booklover6

I used to use all kepubs. I upgraded one of my Glos to this latest firmware. Terrible cut off top and bottom. And huge gaps, as if it was ignoring the widows and orphans settings. I had already started using epubs, so this made my decision final. I removed all the kepubs and replaced them with epubs.

Still a little ghosting but not bad.

I only use epubs, in my country no one is selling kepubs exept the kobo shop itself,but Google books epubs are mostly between 20 or 30% cheaper, I use calibre and sigil to finetune it.
I am not so interested in the stats,when I read a book it doesn't matter that I know in how many time I will read the chapter,it is all relative, some parts of a book are easy to read while others take more time or even requires to go back and read again.
Thanks for the feedback

Same to JSWolf.

[Lyn2012]

Originally Posted by Nick_1964

How about the ghosting, some said it is gone since 3.12.1 but others decline.. I guess for my Aura HD I need the same firmware as the Glo.. I am a bit carefull with adding new firmwares lately, you can always jump back but still a bit afraid of "residues" and database problems.
My Glo and Aura HD are stable at 3.11 so what to do..
Makes me wonder also,what happened to 3.13.0 ??
I am a bit "afraid" that for the non Japanese readers there will be released another firmware and that it will interfear with this one,hence that it is only marked as Japanese ?

There is still ghosting upon waking from sleep with my H2O running 3.13.1, rather a shame as this was the main reason I bothered to upgrade.

[PeterT]

Originally Posted by Nick_1964

in my country no one is selling kepubs exept the kobo shop itself

No one sells kEpubs but Kobo ANYWHERE

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Lyn2012

There is still ghosting upon waking from sleep with my H2O running 3.13.1, rather a shame as this was the main reason I bothered to upgrade.

I don't have any ghosting with my H2O. In fact, I never had it with 3.11.0 and 3.12.0. But I did have lighter text upon wake from 3.12.0. I don't recall with 3.11.0 (lighter text).

[rodenti]

Originally Posted by davidfor

This has been discussed a lot. Each time new firmware is released, the people with the devices that it isn't released for ask the question. So far the answer is always yes. Well, there have been a couple of "yes, but" answers. These have always been small UI layout issues and I'm pretty sure the Mini was always the device with the problems.

So, has anyone tried this firmware on the mini? Are there any anomalies to report?

[tshering]

Originally Posted by Claude_C

I don't know if I was just unlucky, but after a day or two that I updated my Kobo H20 to 3.13.1, the fonts looked paler and when turning the pages, the text on the screen was flickering a bit instead of a smooth transition.

I went back to the previous firmware.

I can see the paler looking fonts on my Glo too. Previously I left the font weight slider in the middle position, since 3.13.1 I it put to the maximum end of the scale.

[GeoffR]

The effect of the weight/sharpness slider does seem to have changed in 3.13.1, although the values it sets in the .conf file are the same, those values seem to be interpreted differently when it comes to setting the actual weight and sharpness.

I haven't noticed change in the fonts weight on my Glo, but they do seem to be much sharper with 3.13.1.

I find most of the built-in fonts are far too dark, so I have the weight/sharpness slider set well below the default level for fonts like Georgia. In firmware 3.11.0 and 3.12.x reducing the weight caused the sharpness to reduce a lot more, so I had to use a firmware patch to keep the sharpness high when I lowered the weight. But with 3.13.1 I don't need to use the patch anymore, the sharpness seems to be much higher at low font weights.

[rashkae]

I find my H20 has become much more sluggish and slow to respond in some places since installing 3.13.1. Notable example is tapping the "Library" menu from the home page, (takes a few seconds for the menu to open, and even once the menu is open, takes a few seconds before it's ready for for one of the items to be tapped. If I tap the Books item impatiently while waiting, that tap gets transfered to the next page and opens whatever book happened to be in that spot.) It's impossible to come close to my previous high score in word scramble game. Even if I'm punching out words non stop in a grid, I can't even reach half my old score before the timer runs out. I hardly consider the 'game' of any import, but it's a good example to show how much the interface has slowed with this update.

Page turning remains unimpaired, unless turning the page to a larger image. But I'm not all sure if this is any slower than it was before.


Since my reading is not impacted, I haven't bothered to do a factory reset to return to previous firmware. I don't know what problem was solved with this firmware for Japanese users, but adding the in book reading stats certainly wasn't worth not waiting for a more widely deployed firmware update.

[mbovenka]

Originally Posted by rashkae

I find my H20 has become much more sluggish and slow to respond in some places since installing 3.13.1. Notable example is tapping the "Library" menu from the home page, (takes a few seconds for the menu to open, and even once the menu is open, takes a few seconds before it's ready for for one of the items to be tapped. If I tap the Books item impatiently while waiting, that tap gets transfered to the next page and opens whatever book happened to be in that spot.)

Ah, so I'm not the only one to have that idea. The 'tap tap...no I didn't want to open that book!'-bit has happened to me a few times as well

[arspr]

Strange. I get nearly no delay when tapping Library...

I would check the device database through davidfor's Kobo Utils calibre plug-in. Or if you don't mind uploading all your books again, go for the factory reset...