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Old 11-19-2010, 06:29 PM   #16
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The Kobo Wireless Reader had a big in firmware before 1.7.4 that would cause it not to download changes to books on our servers. This means that if there are content issues that get fixed, you will never see them.

This was the top issue with our customer service team, and necessitated a hotfix from us.

If you let it finish the update once, does it still try to keep downloading every book?
for myself, the kobo app always downloads each book with every update. the kobo device itself does not.
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for myself, the kobo app always downloads each book with every update. the kobo device itself does not.
Are you pressing Sync or Update Library in the app? Are you running 1.7.4 of the desktop as well as 1.7.4 of the reader software?
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Old 11-19-2010, 06:39 PM   #18
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Are you pressing Sync or Update Library in the app? Are you running 1.7.4 of the desktop as well as 1.7.4 of the reader software?
1.7.4 for both the app and firmware. If I hit sync, it's really quick. If I hit update library, it downloads all books again.
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Old 11-19-2010, 06:59 PM   #19
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Yes, it looks like 1.7.4 downloads all books again every time I click on "Update Library".
With 1.7.1 it would only do that if I signed out and then signed back in again (so I never signed out in order to avoid that !)
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Are you pressing Sync or Update Library in the app? Are you running 1.7.4 of the desktop as well as 1.7.4 of the reader software?
When you selected Update Library on previous versions of the desktop application, it would not update all the books every time you selected that button - only changes that had been made to your books would be updated.

It would seem that 1.7.4 updates your entire library every time the Update Library button is selected. Not a particularly good idea.

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OK--I am confused. When I choose update library from the Kobo WiFi running 1.7.4 all it does it check for changed bookmarks. It did download books that were bookmarked in I'm Reading on the desktop or the I'm Reading page on the Kobo site the first time I did it, but after that, nope. Update library works exactly like it has in the past.

Did you shut off the reader in between the times you updated? The processing thing that happens every time you start the reader up again seems important for many different things.
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OK--I am confused. When I choose update library from the Kobo WiFi running 1.7.4 all it does it check for changed bookmarks. It did download books that were bookmarked in I'm Reading on the desktop or the I'm Reading page on the Kobo site the first time I did it, but after that, nope. Update library works exactly like it has in the past.

Did you shut off the reader in between the times you updated? The processing thing that happens every time you start the reader up again seems important for many different things.
I don't have the e-reader hooked up at all.

I'm just talking about the desktop application by itself. Every time you click the Update Library in 1.7.4, the entire library of books I have purchased updates. Previous versions simply checked if there had been any changes between the desktop applications library and the web site purchases. It only took a second.

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Old 11-19-2010, 09:29 PM   #23
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Well, for one, it didn't fix the Sideloaded Epubs Sleep Problem- that's still there...
Hi amo, I'm the Kobo Developer Intern here,

This will be fixed in the next major release.
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I'm just talking about the desktop application by itself.
OK. I can't speak to that as I have a beta version of the 1.8 desktop, not 1.7.4. Updates/sync on the 1.7.4 WiFi device work fine.
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This will be fixed in the next major release.
Cool. Major release meaning 1.8, which we were promised to see before year-end?
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It took me time to get it was all about wifi version of reader.
The very idea of having it wireless is to avoid any kind of
desktop interface. So, I would go further with that. Why one
has to use computer anymore, if he/she could upgrade via
kobo public server?
Regarding book synchronization, more ways to sync particular
book, more ways to make trouble. If there is one db kind, all
other might catch on it. They chose sqlite. K. Use it. Add a
perl/python layer and script occasions. Why on planet Earth
versions 1.7 and 1.8b do not work the same? The basics have
to be the same, if one wants the device to be stable.
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Why one has to use computer anymore, if he/she could upgrade via kobo public server?
To charge the battery.

If you have to charge the battery, why not download a book at that time. I don't see much use for the wireless myself if you use the reader in the home.

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Old 11-20-2010, 10:13 AM   #28
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how do you even update
i want to download the 1.7.4 firmware and desktop app but neither seems to be updating. my current firmware is 1.7.1, and desktop app is 1.7.3. but in the past both used to automatically prompt me when an update is available as long as i am connected wirelessly. However it doesnt seem to be doing it for me now? am i supposed to update to 1.7.4 a another way? or is it not yet out for me here (I am in hong kong).

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i want to download the 1.7.4 firmware and desktop app but neither seems to be updating.thanks!
When you were connected wirelessly, did you use your device to update your library? Choosing that was what triggered the update offer for me.
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Just start the desktop app on your PC and it will prompt you that there's a new version.

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