Kobo Firmware 2.6.1

[Skydog]

Originally Posted by Anak

If you don't want the top header you should use fw 2.5.1 (for now). Or use fw 2.5.2 with this patch.

The patch works beautifully but there is one other difference between these two versions. With 2.5.1 the Sync tile can be "dismissed"/removed from the home page. With 2.5.2 (and subsequent) it cannot be removed and remains on the home page permanently.

[jackastor]

Originally Posted by 0x55

There's been some talk of slower page turns on 2.6.1. Can anyone who's made the jump speak to this?

Specifically:

• Which reader are you using? (Glo, Mini, etc)
• KEPUB / EPUB / both?
• Internal / SD / both?
• Does it seem to get better after some reading?

Thanks!

I can comfirm that there is a bit of a lag at times on page turns with the glo initially. Today though I was reading Rama II and suddenly my book read finished and the Glo Crashed using 2.6.1 So to work around this I have decided to do a clean install and re add my books and to see what happens. Just a tiny bit frustrating. I still have not officially had 2.6.1 come over yet either.

Currently reading Epub, sd card and KG


Other then that I do like things.

regards

Jack

[AlPe]

Originally Posted by MDK

Thanks for reporting it. Will look into this.

You are welcome, I hope you can fix this problem asap.

[jackie_w]

Originally Posted by Skydog

With 2.5.1 the Sync tile can be "dismissed"/removed from the home page. With 2.5.2 (and subsequent) it cannot be removed and remains on the home page permanently.

If you're feeling brave you can try the suggestion in this post. There's a bit more detail in the posts immediately following. It worked for me in fw2.5.2.

[Ankh]

Well, this is the second time that I come to Mobile Read to learn that Kobo firmware is available for a couple of days, but not to me.

This morning, I tried at least ten times to sync, and my touch was "looking for an update" for a second, every time. Took his sweet time to "download content", every time. The trouble is, there was no new content to download. There is a new firmware, as I am still running 2.5.2.

Has anybody figured out when do they declare a general availability for the new firmware images, so that any owner can download them?

[Willa]

Originally Posted by Ankh

Well, this is the second time that I come to Mobile Read to learn that Kobo firmware is available for a couple of days, but not to me.

This morning, I tried at least ten times to sync, and my touch was "looking for an update" for a second, every time. Took his sweet time to "download content", every time. The trouble is, there was no new content to download. There is a new firmware, as I am still running 2.5.2.

Has anybody figured out when do they declare a general availability for the new firmware images, so that any owner can download them?

When new firmware is released it is sent out on a rolling basis . . so a few people get it first and then it spreads out to everyone. Obviously the new 2.6.1 hasn't reached your area yet - so your reader stays on 2.5.2.

If you wait a few more days it will be with you . . or you can sideload the new firmware if you feel confident by going here and following the instructions Please note though, manually updating is not officially supported by Kobo.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=185660

[Jeff1192]

It's been almost 2yrs that I've had my touch and I still can't figure out how they roll out the updates. My buddy got a notification on his touch yesterday that the new firmware was available. His wife's touch did not. I live 20min from him in the same city and I still am not seeing anything today.

Jeff

[mr_nihilism]

Originally Posted by Ankh

Well, this is the second time that I come to Mobile Read to learn that Kobo firmware is available for a couple of days, but not to me.

I've learned to accept and embrace the snails pace in which Kobo rolls out their updates by realizing there is a silver lining to being excluded for several days: the benefit is that I can decide whether to take the leap or not based on the reaction of all the MR members.

Just keep telling yourself that as you're left out in the cold. Thanks, Kobo !

[Uschiekid]

Originally Posted by tempest@de

Do the custom dictionaries work with the 2.6.1 firmware? In the past there was a problem with the custom dictionaries, I don’t remember exactly with which firmware but I don’t want to upgrade if I can’t use my custom dictionary.
Thank’s

The custom dictionary I'm using works with 2.6.1...as far as I can tell there has been no change in this regard.

The only thing was I had to re-replace the dictionary file, since it over-wrote it with the kobo dictionary during the update. I don't know if that is what usually happens as this is my first fw upgrade since adding a custom dictionary.

[Uschiekid]

Originally Posted by Jeff1192

It's been almost 2yrs that I've had my touch and I still can't figure out how they roll out the updates. My buddy got a notification on his touch yesterday that the new firmware was available. His wife's touch did not. I live 20min from him in the same city and I still am not seeing anything today.

Jeff

I really think it's not based on location at all, but on serial number or the like. PeterT has a theory that it might be linked to where it was bought. For example I bought mine at a future shop north of toronto...and I ALWAYS immediately get updates if I sync. Good and bad, as others have mentioned. I don't sync much, so if I happen to and a new FW has been released exactly then, I don't have a chance to find out about the pros and cons on MR...sounds obscure, but it did happen to me once. But of course if I want to be a guinea pig, as soon as I read on MR, I can sync and I know I'll get the new FW, so that's good.

I speculate that this may change in the future, as the longer I have the device, the less likely I am to be in their guinea pig list...so in a few years when there are many new devices, I may not be the first anymore. I say this since you are talking about a lot of Touches, which are not newest...though they probably roll to a certain number of older devices at the same time so that any potential problems will be made known before everyone gets the update.

Who knows in reality, though eh.

[taming]

Originally Posted by Uschiekid

PeterT has a theory that it might be linked to where it was bought.

It's more than a theory. It's what we were told in the beta. They currently start with a small "partnership" with bigger partnerships, like Indigo in Canada, rolling out later. In some instances, they are also waiting for feedback from particular partners before rolling it out. I have no idea what exactly that may mean. Speculation: for partnerships where the partner provices the tech support, it may be a need for training time. They may change this, at some point, but this is how the current rollout is being conducted.

[Skydog]

Originally Posted by Ankh

Well, this is the second time that I come to Mobile Read to learn that Kobo firmware is available for a couple of days, but not to me.

This morning, I tried at least ten times to sync, and my touch was "looking for an update" for a second, every time. Took his sweet time to "download content", every time. The trouble is, there was no new content to download. There is a new firmware, as I am still running 2.5.2.

Has anybody figured out when do they declare a general availability for the new firmware images, so that any owner can download them?

This is not unique to Kobo. Amazon rolls out updates over a period of weeks. And while they will post updates to d/l, most users do not know it and simply wait.

[Uschiekid]

Originally Posted by taming

It's more than a theory. It's what we were told in the beta. They currently start with a small "partnership" with bigger partnerships, like Indigo in Canada, rolling out later. In some instances, they are also waiting for feedback from particular partners before rolling it out. I have no idea what exactly that may mean. Speculation: for partnerships where the partner provices the tech support, it may be a need for training time. They may change this, at some point, but this is how the current rollout is being conducted.

Ah makes sense. I just assumed it was a theory based on what he posted about it a couple days ago.

[Skydog]

Originally Posted by jackie_w

If you're feeling brave you can try the suggestion in this post. There's a bit more detail in the posts immediately following. It worked for me in fw2.5.2.

Thanks, jackie_w, I do know about the "fix," but the unsuspecting user not frequenting MR is stuck with it post -2.5.1. And even the fix is only partial-- one must re-edit after every sync.

[franklekens]

Originally Posted by DNSB

Quick check says that widows and orphans in epubs are unchanged.

Regards,
David

This is incredible. This is the bug that makes the reader behave weird with paragraphs that go on for more than a page, right? Resulting in sudden screens only being half-filled with text.

I'm not sure what I find more amazing: that they don't bother to fix this, or that most of the discussion in this thread is taken up by GUI details that seem very to me in comparison, as they mainly concern the state of the ereader when you're *not* reading it (such as the sleep screen).

This seems to be a malfunction of one of its basic functions: displaying text the way it should be, mimicking its display on a paper page (but with more flexibility for the user in terms of font size).
And it's still there, I gather.
Big bummer. I'd accept the ugliest sleep screen just to get *this* fixed.