Firmware 4.32.19501

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by MGlitch

When reading the page forward and backward buttons stop working, they’ll resume if you tap the screen.

I’ve now had some resistance to paging forward but I’ve still not had to tap the screen a second press of the button gets it going. I’m not entirely sure if it’s a software or hardware issue vs me not pressing optimally. I’ve been switching between the Sage and Libra 2 which don’t share the same sweet spots. I’ve also got a case on the Sage because I wanted to do a good comparison between the two. My worry is that the magnets in the case might be causing some wonky behavior. The case is the official one and the magnets are fairly strong.

It's not the case, because my Sage has no case and the buttons are still buggy. I've not encountered this issue on my Libra 2 (which has no case either).

[Uncle Robin]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

Occasionally the buttons stop responding. Touching the screen makes them respond again, so it's not anything major, but still annoying.

The Libra 2 has no such bug.

Ah, thanks. I HAVE experienced this in 4.32 then. I didn't know touching the screen fixed it, I was closing my case to put the device to sleep then re-opening. I have been reading primarily in the stock Kobo reader since 4.32 and patches, so it's reassuring to know it's a firmware bug and explains why I didn't see it in KOReader

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by Uncle Robin

Ah, thanks. I HAVE experienced this in 4.32 then. I didn't know touching the screen fixed it, I was closing my case to put the device to sleep then re-opening. I have been reading primarily in the stock Kobo reader since 4.32 and patches, so it's reassuring to know it's a firmware bug and explains why I didn't see it in KOReader

It has existed since I got the Sage, so it's not specifically a 4.32 bug.

Edit: interesting that the bug disappears in KOReader. Still, as I prefer to read kepubs on my Sage, there's no point to install KOReader there.

[Uncle Robin]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

It has existed since I got the Sage, so it's not specifically a 4.32 bug.

I'm just pleased to know it's not a mechanical issue with the physical buttons

[PeterT]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

Occasionally the buttons stop responding. Touching the screen makes them respond again, so it's not anything major, but still annoying.

The Libra 2 has no such bug.

Actually I've experienced a similar issue on every device I've owned. Currently using a Libra H2O and while it doesn't happen often, it still does. Normally for me the only recourse is a power off / power on cycle.

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[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by PeterT

Actually I've experienced a similar issue on every device I've owned. Currently using a Libra H2O and while it doesn't happen often, it still does. Normally for me the only recourse is a power off / power on cycle.

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I didn't experience it on my Libra H2O, or my Libra 2. Or on any Kindle I've had, or on a Nook. Only the Sage.

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

I seem to remember reading either in the official release notes or @davidfor's recap that that this worked best (as in, that's what it was designed for) for actual mixed language content, *not* a single stray codepoint in a sea of otherwise covered codepoints .

So, my TL;DR: would be, yeah, I suppose it's the expected behavior.

EDIT: That was indeed spelled out in @davdfor's recap .

Yes, that is correct. When I saw that individual characters were not being fixed, I asked and was given an explanation by one of the Kobo developers about what is happening. It is related to how Webkit, Qt and several other things do it, whether the fonts actually having the glyphs they claim to have, and, of course, some optimisation for speed.

[albare]

Hello. I install it in Kobo sage and all is perfect.
One of the improvement is this:
Book details:

* Page, word count, reading time in minutes as range.

But I don't know where to find this values...



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[mathil]

Originally Posted by sdothum

This is what occurred for my Libra 2: Manually installing 4.32 when i checked the firmware version from the "device information" page did not appear to update the version number (whether from 4.30 or 4.31).

What i had to do in my case was manually (re-)install 4.31 THEN do a "sync" software update to get to 4.32 before being able to apply the 4.32 patches. Manually installing 4.32 is an incomplete(?) install that disables USB port connections (at least, on my Libra 2).

Have no idea what actually gets updated with the 4.32 kobo-update files but it fails to change the version number of the firmware at the time of the manual install when attempting to upgrade from an earlier release.

Interestingly, though, the 4.32 kobo-update zip appears to be usable for kobopatch.

Having jumped through these hoops.. not sure these past two releases really buy me anything -- and there appear to be more leftover artifacts (back arrow in particular) left on the text page. i am inclined to go back to 4.30

This is exactly what happened to me when I tried to install 4.32 manually (I was starting from 4.30). It also wasn't connecting to my PC via USB and rebooted every time I disconnected the cable. Ended up having to reset the device, updated via wifi to 4.31 and only then I was able to update to 4.32 (the manual install worked this time though).

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by albare

Hello. I install it in Kobo sage and all is perfect.
One of the improvement is this:
Book details:

* Page, word count, reading time in minutes as range.

But I don't know where to find this values...

They are on the book details page in the "Details" tab. To get to the book details page, long press on the book in a list or the home screen and select View Details". And these values will be shown on the "Details" tab at the bottom for purchased books.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by davidfor

They are on the book details page in the "Details" tab. To get to the book details page, long press on the book in a list or the home screen and select View Details". And these values will be shown on the "Details" tab at the bottom for purchased books.

Will Kobo Utilities be updated to send page and word counts as part of the metadata?

[Reader1099]

Update Issue:

MacOS 12.3
Libra H2O version 4.31

1. Copy .zip file to .kobo folder on device
2. Unpack 4.32.19501.zip file and delete .zip file
3. Delete .zip file from device
4. Unmount device

Nothing happens. No indication of the update being applied

I powered off device and powered on and nothing changes.

What have I done wrong?

[patrik]

FWIW when I manually updated, it looked like the update took place, but when I checked the installed version it was still the old one. I repeated the process and now it was updated.

I can't recall this ever happened before (during the almost 10 years I have had Kobos), but it may have.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Reader1099

Update Issue:

MacOS 12.3
Libra H2O version 4.31

1. Copy .zip file to .kobo folder on device
2. Unpack 4.32.19501.zip file and delete .zip file
3. Delete .zip file from device
4. Unmount device

Nothing happens. No indication of the update being applied

I powered off device and powered on and nothing changes.

What have I done wrong?

1. Download the firmware ZIP file to the computer.
2. UNZIP the contents to the .kobo directory on your Kobo.
3. Eject the Kobo from the computer
4. Disconnect the USB cable and wait for it to install the firmware and reboot.
5. DONE!

[jsessions]

Did they change the default font/font size with this update?... Text on the home page & on some games (solitaire) look bigger to me on a Clara HD post update.