New firmware release - 4.4.9298

[Lusephur]

Originally Posted by Semwize

Is it possible to post screenshots of a new home screen? What exactly has changed there? Thank you.

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[Semwize]

Thank you. I had it on 4.3 I thought something has changed.

[David0226]

Originally Posted by Poppaea

David, if I roll back to an older firmware version, can I do it without a hard reset, by just putting the firmware in like with an update? And would it restore my old stats? And if it wouldn't is there anyway to manually put them into a counter so it would count on from the numbers I put there?

I was able to roll back by placing the old copy of the firmware in the .kobo directory, just like updating. I don't use the reading stats, so I can't answer that part of the question.

I can say for others that I have not had the battery drain, or light staying on issues since I rolled back.

[PeterT]

Originally Posted by Semwize

Thank you. I had it on 4.3 I thought something has changed.

Actually I believe the tiles have changed from the original ones; my experience is there are fewer tiles related to the Kobo store.

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[danamr]

Originally Posted by Braid

Edit: Okay, so I tried with "BestBuyCA" as my affiliate, and now I'm running the new firmware. Yay!

Thanks. Did the same thing on my Aura One, and worked like a charm.
So far, I like the new layout.

[Bookworm_Girl]

I took the plunge and updated my KA1. I like the new home screen better than I anticipated. I miss having reading stats on a permanent tile, and I don't like the new way of counting books as finished. I also miss annotations on the home screen. I'm glad that reading time is fixed again. Highlighting text also seems more responsive. There has been a significant improvement from the original firmware that shipped with the KA1 at initial release.

A few other complaints:
1) When you open a book from the home screen, Kobo should make the screen automatically refresh. The ghosting from the large images on the new screen format is annoying.
2) I like the old format of 3 rows of book cover images that has been reduced to 2 rows now.
3) I wish when you are in a book that the upper left had a home (or previous) icon rather than a drop-down menu.

However, overall I'm happy that I updated.

[jackie_w]

Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl

3) I wish when you are in a book that the upper left had a home (or previous) icon rather than a drop-down menu.

It sort-of does, doesn't it?

If I open my current book from the Home page then the bottom left icon is 'Home' when I tap the screen.

Similarly, if I open my book from the 'My Books' booklist then the bottom left icon is 'Books' when I tap the screen.

[Bookworm_Girl]

Originally Posted by jackie_w

It sort-of does, doesn't it?

If I open my current book from the Home page then the bottom left icon is 'Home' when I tap the screen.

Similarly, if I open my book from the 'My Books' booklist then the bottom left icon is 'Books' when I tap the screen.

Just call me oblivious. Thanks for pointing that out!

[jackie_w]

Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl

Thanks for pointing that out!

You're welcome!

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by jackie_w

It sort-of does, doesn't it?

If I open my current book from the Home page then the bottom left icon is 'Home' when I tap the screen.

Similarly, if I open my book from the 'My Books' booklist then the bottom left icon is 'Books' when I tap the screen.

But only if you open the book from the home screen.

One thing is that without the home button there all the time, I don't visit the home screen as much. In the past, you needed to visit the home screen often to choose one of the other locations (book list, stats, shop etc.). Now you can choose it from the menu and avoid the home screen. If the purpose of the new home screen is as many think to shove advertising at us, that will work against Kobo.

[Mo_no]

Originally Posted by oren64

Okay, I manage to download mark 4, it took about 8 minutes.
Any idea if it also for Mini?

For now my Kobo Mini works with new firmware for Mark 4.

[MacEachaidh]

Originally Posted by Insomniac55

They fixed the really irritating frontlight behaviour!

Yes, a nice addition. Personally, I was more happy to see a firmware Settings option to turn the light-level swipe off completely, rather than having to use a hack, since my fingers seemed to activate it so often and unintentionally.

Perhaps it's been mentioned and I missed it, but has the ability to dismiss a tile from the Home screen been removed? For instance, I have my wi-fi disabled, so I don't need a Home screen link to the Kobo bookstore, and would rather get it out of the way. But a long press no longer brings up options -- or am I missing something?

[Insomniac55]

Originally Posted by MacEachaidh

Yes, a nice addition. Personally, I was more happy to see a firmware Settings option to turn the light-level swipe off completely, rather than having to use a hack, since my fingers seemed to activate it so often and unintentionally.

That's fair enough. You still benefit, because now the popup menu doesn't automatically jump from 1% to 0% after a delay.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by issybird

You're welcome.

Also please stickie the thread. Thanks.

[kansaskyle]

Originally Posted by MacEachaidh

Perhaps it's been mentioned and I missed it, but has the ability to dismiss a tile from the Home screen been removed? For instance, I have my wi-fi disabled, so I don't need a Home screen link to the Kobo bookstore, and would rather get it out of the way. But a long press no longer brings up options -- or am I missing something?

Partially correct -- you can remove tiles on the top row, but you cannot remove the middle or bottom row of tiles (e.g., My Books, recommended books by an author, Kobo Store, etc.).