Keep ya eyes open... 3.1.0

[Joques]

BTW, davidfor, I could just wait and see, but I'm curious: Will 3.1 be compatible with Aura 6 inch?

[davidfor]

I am sure that 3.1.0 is going to be sent to the Glo, Aura and Aura HD. I'm pretty sure it won't go to the Mini. I'm not sure about the Touch, but I suspect not.

[Canuck_in_Japan]

Does anyone know if we can do the changing distributor trick in the Kobo folder in order to get the download faster?

[paola]

Originally Posted by davidfor

I am sure that 3.1.0 is going to be sent to the Glo, Aura and Aura HD. I'm pretty sure it won't go to the Mini. I'm not sure about the Touch, but I suspect not.

David, do you get any impression that the Mini is being phased out? I noticed Mondadori (Kobo affiliate in Italy) does not sell it any longer - it could be that 5" are not popular, but coupled with the slower pace of firmware updates for the Mini as compared to the other devices, wonder whether the Mini is on the way out...

[volpo]

Originally Posted by davidfor

I am sure that 3.1.0 is going to be sent to the Glo, Aura and Aura HD. I'm pretty sure it won't go to the Mini. I'm not sure about the Touch, but I suspect not.

Oh drat, the sleep bug really is annoying.

[icallaci]

This is great news. The font size changing at file breaks and the in-margin page numbers have been driving me crazy. Thanks for the heads-up.

Originally Posted by davidfor

Here are the changes that I know of. There might be more. I don't know what differences there are between devices.

• Library settings has "Book management" settings.
  • Allows to remove download books, previews or "imported" books
  • And Pocket article management has been moved here.
  • Includes counts of books and total sizes.
• "Pocket" settings page has been removed.
• Menu on "Reading Stats" and "Awards" now has "Dictionary".
• Disabling the info panel now works for both sleep and power off.

Fixed bugs:

• Light level not being set to 0%.
• Font changing when reading an epub on the SD card and the device has been to sleep while reading.
• In-margin page numbers displayed when reading an epub on the SD card after the device has been to sleep while reading.
• Doesn't go back to sleep after about a minute if the screen isn't touched.

The above is from my notes with the beta firmware versions and a quick check with the released firmware.

[PurpleStar]

Wow another new firmware and I'm still stuck on 2.10.0

[MacEachaidh]

Originally Posted by volpo

Oh drat, the sleep bug really is annoying.

What are you on, Volpo?

I synched my Touch last night with the desktop, and was surprised as all get-out that it's been upgraded to 3.01! (I haven't seen any mention of that on these threads, but maybe I just haven't looked in the right places.)

I wish we could modify the fonts included in the firmware. A few of them have really annoying kerning issues (like Amasis with any word containing "rr") that are distracting when reading. No doubt they'll be way down any priority list, so I'd be happy to fix them myself ... but the fonts don't exist in separate files, do they?

[PeterT]

The fonts are in seperate files; just not on the user side of the Kobo.

You need to expand the tgz file from the upgrade and look within it. Fonts are in

\usr\local\Trolltech\QtEmbedded-4.6.2-arm\lib\fonts

21/11/2013  11:58           256,224 Amasis-Bold.ttf
21/11/2013  11:58           308,800 Amasis-BoldItalic.ttf
21/11/2013  11:58           312,880 Amasis-Italic.ttf
21/11/2013  11:58           248,080 Amasis.ttf
21/11/2013  11:58            56,544 Avenir-Bold.ttf
21/11/2013  11:58            50,560 Avenir-BoldItalic.ttf
21/11/2013  11:58            49,760 Avenir-Italic.ttf
21/11/2013  11:58            54,704 Avenir.ttf
21/11/2013  11:58           274,560 Caecilia-Bold.ttf
21/11/2013  11:58           281,344 Caecilia-BoldItalic.ttf
21/11/2013  11:58           284,928 Caecilia-Italic.ttf
21/11/2013  11:58           291,632 Caecilia.ttf
21/11/2013  11:58            78,864 Dyslexie-Bold.ttf
21/11/2013  11:58            81,872 Dyslexie-BoldItalic.ttf
21/11/2013  11:58            86,960 Dyslexie-Italic.ttf
21/11/2013  11:58            83,360 Dyslexie.ttf
21/11/2013  11:58           134,304 georgia.ttf
21/11/2013  11:58           137,744 georgiab.ttf
21/11/2013  11:58           123,056 georgiai.ttf
21/11/2013  11:58           123,504 georgiaz.ttf
21/11/2013  11:58            54,288 GillSans-Bold.ttf
21/11/2013  11:58            48,336 GillSans-BoldItalic.ttf
21/11/2013  11:58            48,304 GillSans-Italic.ttf
21/11/2013  11:58            54,272 GillSans.ttf
21/11/2013  11:58         6,142,864 Gothic MB101.otf
21/11/2013  11:58           108,176 KoboNickel-Bold.ttf
21/11/2013  11:58           100,256 KoboNickel-BoldItalic.ttf
21/11/2013  11:58            93,024 KoboNickel-Italic.ttf
21/11/2013  11:58            97,824 KoboNickel.ttf
21/11/2013  11:58           160,160 Malabar-Bold.ttf
21/11/2013  11:58           144,048 Malabar-BoldItalic.ttf
21/11/2013  11:58           152,992 Malabar-Italic.ttf
21/11/2013  11:58           165,344 Malabar.ttf
21/11/2013  11:58            32,144 OpenDyslexic-Bold.otf
21/11/2013  11:58            56,592 OpenDyslexic-BoldItalic.otf
21/11/2013  11:58            49,632 OpenDyslexic-Italic.otf
21/11/2013  11:58            28,192 OpenDyslexic-Regular.otf
21/11/2013  11:58         9,449,936 Ryumin.otf

but I seem to recall they are either encrypted, or obfusticated.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by PeterT

but I seem to recall they are either encrypted, or obfusticated.

They are encrypted. I checked with Sigil and they are not obfuscated.

[PeterT]

Obfustication does not have to mean the standard ePub approach; we've seen examples of Kobo using other means such as an XOR'ing of data as a means of hiding stuff.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by PeterT

Obfustication does not have to mean the standard ePub approach; we've seen examples of Kobo using other means such as an XOR'ing of data as a means of hiding stuff.

The fonts are not obfuscated using either Adobe's or IDPF's way. So if they are obfuscated, it's in a non-standard way.

Does anyone know how to turn these fonts back into standard fonts?

[ploum]

Any idea if the wifi issues are fixed with 3.1*?

[Mostly Math]

Originally Posted by PurpleStar

Wow another new firmware and I'm still stuck on 2.10.0

I was too, but I got 3.10 last night. It seems I totally skipped 3.01. So maybe you will too.

S

[davidfor]

From Kobo:

2.10.0 was for Glo, AuraHD, and Aura eReaders
3.0.0 and 3.0.1 were only for Kobo Touch eReaders.
3.1.0 is going out to Glo, AuraHD and Aura eReaders.

And:

3.1.0 is rolled out to a small set of users, so it's likely if you haven't upgraded to v2.10.0, you will receive 2.10.0. However, if you fall under the small set of users that we've configured, you'll skip 2.10.0 and directly receive 3.1.0.

For touch users, users should be receiving 3.0.1.

Kobo have stated before that they roll out according to their affiliates. From something else they have said, I suspect the first affiliate chosen is near their headquarters or development lab. That might allow them to get their hands on any device that doesn't update properly.