Touch Firmware 2.1.5 - Thanks

[Genesis]

i just upgraded, but 2.1.4 is version that came in...

no wait.. the Change list is for 2.1.4
but the firmware version is 2.1.5

wtf? )

[MisterBuggie]

No, you'll find it's 2.1.5 if you check. The patch notes contain the patch notes for all the versions, however there were no notes for 2.1.5, so it displays the last notes it has, 2.1.4.

[murg]

Originally Posted by davidfor

It is either that or store the images so they waste space. The complaints will be about the same either way.

They could cache the images for the 5 books on the front screen. Doesn't take much space, and would behave a lot better.

Originally Posted by davidfor

No, with 2.1.4 and later they are definitely not removed. I've done a LOT of experimenting and examination of the database and have a very good understanding of what is happening in it.

In any case it is very easy to test. Put 10 books on an SD card and insert it. After a few moments the screen will flash and the processing screen will come up. This will count the percentage processed and then display the home screen. Wait until the screen is finished and eject the card. The home screen will update to show books on the main menu. Then put the card back in. The home screen will flash and update to put the books from the SD card on it again. But, the processing screen won't display.

If you really want to confirm it, take the card out, connect to a computer and have a look at the database. Search the "content" table for contentId like "%/sd/%". There will be rows for each book you have on the SD card.

I haven't looked at the database in 2.1.4 yet, been too busy reading...

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by MisterBuggie

Uhhh, I don't think that's right. I have several books with no integrated cover that have never given me any problem. The book I was reading when I did the upgrade I'd changed the cover and it was still showing the new cover after upgrade (which isn't integrated into the epub).
Besides, this book where it's showing the title only, that isn't the first page... There's actually a rather ugly image on the first page.

Firstly, ottdmk is right about the cover image. An epub can define what is the cover, but the Kobo devices simply use the first page. It doesn't matter if it is has an image or is just text. You can manually replace the generated cover with another image and the driver in calibre will do this automatically. I assume one of these is what you before.

For the book with the text only cover showing, that sounds like an error. The text only cover that I think you are seeing will have the book title or file name plus the book type under it. Under normal circumstances, I have only seen this for text files. It might also be used for HTML and RTF, but I'm not sure.

The other time you see this text cover is as the cover images are generated. When new books are put on the device, the home screen can flash the text cover and then replace it with the generated image. You will also see this each time a book from the SD card is displayed in the home screen.

The fact that you are seeing this for a book means something went wrong. If the first page displayed OK when you are reading it, the device should be able to use it for the cover. That leaves a bug or maybe running out of space to store the image or memory. Does it still use this after connecting to USB or doing a restart? Either of those should cause a recreation of the cover image if one isn't stored.

[dakini]

well, i updated from 2.0.0 to 2.1.5 last night ... strangely, it went from 100% battery when I turned it on to 72% by this afternoon. Not sure how it could have drained so fast. I was looking at a picture-heavy book, but that shouldn't drain the battery that fast, should it? I had maybe three hours of reading since the charge. Not put it on sleep; I always power it off.

[Tintin]

Originally Posted by dakini

well, i updated from 2.0.0 to 2.1.5 last night ... strangely, it went from 100% battery when I turned it on to 72% by this afternoon. Not sure how it could have drained so fast. I was looking at a picture-heavy book, but that shouldn't drain the battery that fast, should it? I had maybe three hours of reading since the charge. Not put it on sleep; I always power it off.

I have found recently, even pre update that if I put my Touch on sleep, the battery drains, but not if I power off! This seems a bit of an anomalie because I thought it just used power with page turns. My wifi is off by the way.
Could be a dubious side loaded book file to blame although why I don't have a clue.
Afer all the excitement of update, which I like, I am too exhausted to do a reset at this stage. Will just see how it goes over next few days!

[ltr]

Originally Posted by Tintin

I have found recently, even pre update that if I put my Touch on sleep, the battery drains, but not if I power off! This seems a bit of an anomalie because I thought it just used power with page turns. My wifi is off by the way.
Could be a dubious side loaded book file to blame although why I don't have a clue.
Afer all the excitement of update, which I like, I am too exhausted to do a reset at this stage. Will just see how it goes over next few days!

The battery lasts about 10 days in Sleep and about 40 days in Power Off. Sleep requires much more power since the memory is active along with other components readied to display the book immediately.

ltr

[MisterBuggie]

Originally Posted by davidfor

Firstly, ottdmk is right about the cover image. An epub can define what is the cover, but the Kobo devices simply use the first page. It doesn't matter if it is has an image or is just text. You can manually replace the generated cover with another image and the driver in calibre will do this automatically. I assume one of these is what you before.

For the book with the text only cover showing, that sounds like an error. The text only cover that I think you are seeing will have the book title or file name plus the book type under it. Under normal circumstances, I have only seen this for text files. It might also be used for HTML and RTF, but I'm not sure.

The other time you see this text cover is as the cover images are generated. When new books are put on the device, the home screen can flash the text cover and then replace it with the generated image. You will also see this each time a book from the SD card is displayed in the home screen.

The fact that you are seeing this for a book means something went wrong. If the first page displayed OK when you are reading it, the device should be able to use it for the cover. That leaves a bug or maybe running out of space to store the image or memory. Does it still use this after connecting to USB or doing a restart? Either of those should cause a recreation of the cover image if one isn't stored.

Odd, the first thing I did when I saw the cover wasn't showing was to reboot, and it didn't work. I just rebooted again, and now the cover is showing. And yes, it was showing the title and type of file.

So if the KT doesn't use the cover images uploaded, what are the options in the driver for?
If I understand correctly, when changing the cover, Calibre inserts it as the first page? If so, if I change the cover on a book already on my KT, do I need to delete the book from my KT and add it again so it will update the cover?

[Tintin]

Originally Posted by ltr

The battery lasts about 10 days in Sleep and about 40 days in Power Off. Sleep requires much more power since the memory is active along with other components readied to display the book immediately.

ltr

Thnks Itr, I never knew that!

[JD Gumby]

Originally Posted by MisterBuggie

If I understand correctly, when changing the cover, Calibre inserts it as the first page? If so, if I change the cover on a book already on my KT, do I need to delete the book from my KT and add it again so it will update the cover?

If you mean changing the cover within the metadata editor, that just places the image file into the directory that epub is in in your calibre library, it doesn't change the epub itself, so it doesn't get copied to your Touch (or any other device). To actually change the cover inside the epub, you have to either do an epub-to-epub conversion or get yourself 7Zip, or some other archive handling program, open the epub like you would a .zip or .rar, then replace the existing cover.jpg in the base directory, if there is one (if there isn't, you'll have to do a conversion with calibre as adding a cover to an epub that doesn't have one can be a major pain to do manually).

[MisterBuggie]

Originally Posted by JD Gumby

If you mean changing the cover within the metadata editor, that just places the image file into the directory that epub is in in your calibre library, it doesn't change the epub itself, so it doesn't get copied to your Touch (or any other device). To actually change the cover inside the epub, you have to either do an epub-to-epub conversion or get yourself 7Zip, or some other archive handling program, open the epub like you would a .zip or .rar, then replace the existing cover.jpg in the base directory, if there is one (if there isn't, you'll have to do a conversion with calibre as adding a cover to an epub that doesn't have one can be a major pain to do manually).

So if Calibre doesn't edit the epub, and the KT doesn't take any notice of the cover image, how on earth do my modified covers end up showing up on my KT!?

Gah, just started the next book, same problem, no cover showing, but a reboot fixed it. Checked the rest of the series, they're all fine, then went back to the first one and again, no cover showing on the sleep screen until I rebooted.

[MisterBuggie]

Okay, I'm not sure what to check to see if something's taking up too much memory. I have over 1 GB free on main memory. I have around 200 books. The koboreader.sqlite file is 10 MB. However the .kobo/images folder is about 35 MB with 1149 .parsed files in it - 370 are from my books (the book title is in the file name), what on earth are the rest of them for?

[JD Gumby]

Like I said, you have to actually insert the cover.jpg into the epub archive - which requires actually opening the epub archive with an archiver (or a file manager that can handle it - would have to temporarily rename it to .zip instead of .epub, though) OR doing an epub-to-epub conversion within calibre (just adding a new cover through the metadata editor doesn't do anything useful; you'd have to do it this way if the file has no interior cover already)

[MisterBuggie]

Originally Posted by JD Gumby

Like I said, you have to actually insert the cover.jpg into the epub archive - which requires actually opening the epub archive with an archiver (or a file manager that can handle it - would have to temporarily rename it to .zip instead of .epub, though) OR doing an epub-to-epub conversion within calibre (just adding a new cover through the metadata editor doesn't do anything useful; you'd have to do it this way if the file has no interior cover already)

I am looking at a book right now with a working cover. The original cover was pretty ugly, so I changed it with the metadata editor in Calibre. When I open up the epub on my PC in Calibre's reader, the first page is the ugly cover. When I open it up on my KT, the first page is the new cover I chose. And the KT displays the new cover when I put it to sleep. I did not use any other software to change the cover.

So if Calibre itself doesn't edit the epub, and the KT isn't reading the cover from the image, does that mean that the KT driver in Calibre switched the cover on the first page during transfer?

[filmo]

I have changed hundreds of covers with Calibre then connected KT and let it connect and update meta data. Right click on Reader device icon in Calibre select eject device. Wait less than minute after reader divice icon disappears then unplug KT. Often I get tired of waiting for KT to update so turn KT off then back on. After spinning working indicator disappears new covers will be displayed when each book is selected. Don't know or care about details how or why this works. Glad it is so easy. Calibre is great program I depend on. I need to give them money.