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Old 02-20-2013, 08:35 AM   #196
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Just a friendly reminder. While sideloading a new update package might work just fine when you do it, sometimes it will not work and might result in undesirable behaviour. I recommend waiting for the update to be made available to your unit.

Sideload new updates at your own risk
I understand the reasons why Kobo does not give the timetable for the rollout of new firmware but it would be helpful if it could be annonced when a rollout is complete.

This would perhaps mean that fewer people logging on to see if the latest version of firmware was available in their area.
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Old 02-20-2013, 10:18 AM   #197
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I understand the reasons why Kobo does not give the timetable for the rollout of new firmware
You do? You're a better man than I, Gunga-Din.
My experience of software change release is when the changes are finished and have been satisfactorily tested in-house, you publish a schedule of changes together with a release timetable in advance to those impacted by it. I cannot see why this simple courtesy shouldn't extend to Kobo customers.
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Old 02-20-2013, 02:44 PM   #198
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I just noticed that I can zoom and rotate images in my kepubs. Is this new in 2.4.0 or did I just not notice it before?
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Old 02-20-2013, 02:46 PM   #199
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I thought I could pinch and zoom too, but my eyes were deceiving me.
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Old 02-20-2013, 03:56 PM   #200
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So I finally was able to get the update via wifi sync for my Kobo Glo. Problem now is that it seems to be frozen. It's at downloading software 100% at the top of the screen and not responding to anything. I doubt my battery's run out, it was at 50% when I updated, and the light is still active. Been like this for maybe 10 min, what should I do?

Edit: Never mind, found the pinhole reset at the bottom, update went through the second time.
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Old 02-20-2013, 04:47 PM   #201
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2.4.0 available here as well. Upgrade went fine.
Now, don't really know what to look for. Because I must admit, in the 6 days I was on 2.3.1, I for some reason didn't experience any issues.

And I thought my Glo would blow up when I accidentally installed 2.3.1
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Old 02-20-2013, 05:03 PM   #202
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Does the touchscreen seem more responsive or is it a placebo effect?
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Old 02-20-2013, 06:44 PM   #203
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I have updated (side loaded) two touches and one Glo from 2.1.5 to 2.4. Another new Glo was side loaded from factory firmware to 2.4. then synced. All books are on MSD cards.
I have the same two problem on all four units.

1. On starting all readers boot to the home screen message "your library is empty add a book" and stays there. Tapping Reading (even though it is on reading) brings up the home screen and the five covers which take some time to load. I get the double flash on the home screen on boot which used to load the reading covers on 2.1.5.

2. All covers on all four units now have white bars down the sides. I never get the high definition full screen covers now. Also, even though the images folder has all the required images the Library images all load slowly, one at a time all the time.

This seems to be a retrograde on the covers compared to 2.1.5, which I may revert to yet again.

Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated.
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Old 02-20-2013, 08:15 PM   #204
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I just noticed that I can zoom and rotate images in my kepubs. Is this new in 2.4.0 or did I just not notice it before?
It has been there a while. Definitely in 2.1.4, I don't know about earlier. But, the only time I notice it is with the cover. I think it only works for images that are the only thing on the screen.
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Old 02-20-2013, 08:43 PM   #205
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It has been there a while. Definitely in 2.1.4, I don't know about earlier. But, the only time I notice it is with the cover. I think it only works for images that are the only thing on the screen.
You're right David. I was thinking there was some little trick with that, and that's what it is. I just checked in a book with maps and one map where it is the only thing on the page is zoomable, but if there is also text on the page it's not.
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Old 02-20-2013, 09:23 PM   #206
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Old 02-20-2013, 10:38 PM   #208
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This seems to be a retrograde on the covers compared to 2.1.5, which I may revert to yet again.

Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated.
If you do not sync your reader with Kobo cloud, I would revert to 2.1.5. Other than Series info (which might be a killer feature for some people, despite the limitations of current implementation,) all the newer firmwares only seem to introduce new bugs.
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1. On starting all readers boot to the home screen message "your library is empty add a book" and stays there. Tapping Reading (even though it is on reading) brings up the home screen and the five covers which take some time to load. I get the double flash on the home screen on boot which used to load the reading covers on 2.1.5.
I have seen that a couple of times as I have changed firmware. The first time it scared me, but I just had to do something to refresh the home page, I stopped worrying.
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2. All covers on all four units now have white bars down the sides. I never get the high definition full screen covers now. Also, even though the images folder has all the required images the Library images all load slowly, one at a time all the time.

This seems to be a retrograde on the covers compared to 2.1.5, which I may revert to yet again.
For the recent firmware, the cover images for books on the SD card are generated on the fly each time they are needed. They are no longer stored in the main memory. And any cover images stored for them will be ignored.

The white bars down the side are probably because of how the images are generated. The device is using the first page of the book as the cover. That means if the cover image in the book does not fill the page, there will be empty stripes down the side. And the generation is done with the settings you use for reading the book. If you have non-zero margins set in you reader settings, these will be used. This is how it has been done for all firmware versions.

The only thing I can think of for "high definition full screen covers" is that you are using calibre to send the covers to the device. I don't think the driver sends the covers when sending the books to the SD card, but if it does, they will be ignored. I'll have to check what the driver does and fix it if needed.

I thought the SD card and cover related changes started with 2.1.4, but it might have been 2.2.0.
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If you do not sync your reader with Kobo cloud, I would revert to 2.1.5. Other than Series info (which might be a killer feature for some people, despite the limitations of current implementation,) all the newer firmwares only seem to introduce new bugs.
Thank you for reminding me to curb my enthusiasm for the new and improved firmware.
I have reverted the two touches and two Gloes to 2.1.5 yet again. ALL is now back to normal with my home screens and the covers are again full screen.

How four different readers can get identically screwed up with an update is ....... scary.
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