Touch Kobo Touch Firmware 2.0

[DrNefario]

For the cover thing, I just close and re-open the same book. That way the previous book is also the current book and the right cover shows.

(This bug could actually be a bonus, if I choose to read something embarrassing.)

[Jewitch]

This new update makes me afraid to use my Touch.

For some time, whenever I turned on my Touch, I got the last update again, followed by the "welcome" screen as if my Touch was new (none of my books disappeared, fortunately). Whenever that happened, something else went goofy. First, all books on the SD card appeared as generic book icons rather than cover pictures. Next, stuff I'd converted from other formats through Calibre appeared as generic icons, then epub books from other sites appeared as icons.

When I sideloaded a Kobo book I'd mistakenly deleted appeared as just an icon, I stopped turning my Touch off & just put it into sleep mode.

Last night I synced a few new Kobo books through the desktop app, & got 2.0 update. Now all the books that had appeared as icons are just blank space. The home page with the books I'm reading (the carousel, I think) had all been icons. That was really frustrating as I had to open & close two or more before I found what I wanted to read.

Now I have a blank home page & don't even know where on the screen to touch.

I don't know what to do. I had unsuccessfully tried to cure the problems with soft resets. I've been reluctant to do a factory reset because the mere thought of reloading 1300+ ebooks makes my eyes cross.

I emailed kobo help desk this morning & I'm waiting for an answer. In the meantime, I've gone back to reading 'hard copies'.

[ponds]

Originally Posted by Canorka

Hmm. Having downgraded to 1.9.17 because of the side-loaded font issue, all my menu text, page number display at the bottom of the screen, etc, appears embiggened and/or uglified, in some bold Rockwell-like font. Any ideas on how to solve this issue?

I had this issue as well. I downgraded from 2.0 back to 1.9.17 (the no clock was a deal breaker and the page turns were brutally slow) .. and found all the screen menu fonts look weird / wrong as did the keyboard. After a little playing around I found the following as a solution:

1. Factory reset (annoying yes) skipping set up
2. Install and upgrade via zip file to the 1.9.17 firmware
3. Connect to kobo desktop to register, the 2.0 upgrade will download automatically, but before ejecting the kobo delete the upgrade files from the .kobo folder (upgrade folder, .tgz zip file and manifest file)
4. Eject kobo and 1.9.17 will remain (with normal menu fonts) and the device will be registered and able to have books added


My guess is going back from 2.0 was the issue with the fonts, but not really sure, hope that helps.

[Xennex1170]

Originally Posted by DrNefario

For the cover thing, I just close and re-open the same book. That way the previous book is also the current book and the right cover shows.

(This bug could actually be a bonus, if I choose to read something embarrassing.)

That may be true, but the the reverse could also happen where you're reading a normal book but the 'embarrassing' book's cover shows up.

[PeterT]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Since nobody has yet answered, I'll repeat...

In version 2.0.x, is the font-family in body bug fixed?

The bug is that if you embed a font and then try to activate it by placing the font-family in the body CSS style, it gets ignored and the embedded font doesn't display.

Jon; I went back to an old post of yours where you had included an ePub. I have tried it on the Touch using both Document Default and Delima on the Touch.

Attached find some screen shots.

The first two images (49 and 50) show the Document Default; the next two (51 and 52) show Delima.

Not sure you can see but on the second Delima shot, the 5th line

Az öreg ekkor megfordult és rideg, fürkésző tekintettel nézett rájuk.

the end of the word fürkésző has been replaced by a [].

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by PeterT

Jon; I went back to an old post of yours where you had included an ePub. I have tried it on the Touch using both Document Default and Delima on the Touch.

Attached find some screen shots.

The first two images (49 and 50) show the Document Default; the next two (51 and 52) show Delima.

Not sure you can see but on the second Delima shot, the 5th line

Az öreg ekkor megfordult és rideg, fürkésző tekintettel nézett rájuk.

the end of the word fürkésző has been replaced by a [].

The problem is that I have no idea how that is supposed to look on an eink screen as I have never loaded that ePub on my 650. I'll find a different ePub for you to test so I'll know if it worked or not.

[voom]

Hmm, so I did not use my KT for quite a while and did not read here either so I missed the fw-update until today. Having worked my way through this thread I came to the conclusion to avoid the update in any way. The only feature I might like is the new dictionary-lookup but this does not seem to work for all languages as I read here. Since I only use sideloaded ePubs and very much like some sideloaded fonts the font-issue and slow pageturn are absolute no-gos. Also I would miss the options for customization I have with the plugin now. The only thing I dislike about the 1.9.17 with plugin is the slim topmargin, but that only occurs in some books.

Is there a screenshot of the new home-page somewhere? I am curious how it looks with 2.0

[rjcroy]

Here is a screenshot of the home page for 2.0.0.
It's a nice improvement on 1.9.17

[meeera]

Originally Posted by rjcroy

Here is a screenshot of the home page for 2.0.0.
It's a nice improvement on 1.9.17

... or a major downgrade, depending on your priorities and the way you use your device. I don't want to use my Kobo to "Discover!" or "Wishlist!" anything, but I do want my Shortlist at my fingertips.

[rjcroy]

Originally Posted by meeera

... or a major downgrade, depending on your priorities and the way you use your device. I don't want to use my Kobo to "Discover!" or "Wishlist!" anything, but I do want my Shortlist at my fingertips.

Yeah, true. It's an improvement in the area less of screen clutter, and not have recommendations forced down your throat on the home page.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by mXb

What do other eReader companies do regarding updates ?

The Kindle auto-updates its firmware. But it seems to be pretty much free of significant bugs. I don't recall any update which introduce a real bug, although there's been the odd thing that some people didn't like.

[voom]

Thanks for the screenshot; better that way! Thats almost how my screen looks now with 1.9.17 and the plugin, only it's even more minimalistic... Also the home-menu lacks all the entries I never use anyway, but has direct links to things I use often like the browser included...

[Anak]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Since nobody has yet answered, I'll repeat...

In version 2.0.x, is the font-family in body bug fixed?

The bug is that if you embed a font and then try to activate it by placing the font-family in the body CSS style, it gets ignored and the embedded font doesn't display.

I guess it's not fixed. It does not load the embedded font. KT uses the user selected font of the device.

[Shai-Hulud]

Originally Posted by toeragamuffin

I have wifi enabled but it is utterly unable to connect. I've tried deleting my home wireless setting and rescanning then trying to reconnect but it just cannot go online. I've tried it in other wifi areas but to no avail. It gets busy for a long time then finally says 'cannot connect'. For what reason? I have tried every option, I know i am using the correct password. I know i have wireless working (laptop is using it right now)

Before resigning yourself to a factory reset, have you tried manually entering ALL the wireless data for your access point as opposed to simply selecting your network from the list and entering the password? (to clarify further; I mean creating a new wifi profile by explicitly typing the SSID of your access point, selecting wireless encryption type, then entering your password).

I only say this because:
a) Clearly your KT has working wifi otherwise you wouldn't be able to see the presence of *any* other networks.
b) I once had a similar issue on a laptop that used an intel wireless chipset that categorically refused to connect to any "available" network including my own. Yet when I manually entered all that data (as per connecting to a hidden SSID) - boomshanka.
(This problem was permanently rectified when I binned the intel and changed to a card with an atheros chipset - a choice you don't have with the KT).

[Shai-Hulud]

Originally Posted by voom

Thats almost how my screen looks now with 1.9.17 and the plugin, only it's even more minimalistic... Also the home-menu lacks all the entries I never use anyway, but has direct links to things I use often like the browser included...

Now I like that! Add the clock and that'd work for me