Firmware 3.15 discussion thread

[emiliolara]

Originally Posted by dordale

I'm using 3.13.1 firmware and have hyphenation with full justification in calibre generated kePubs. It's far from perfect though. Words will be split incorrectly. (circumst-ances fore example).

And, is this problem solved in 3.15?

[GeoffR]

Originally Posted by emiliolara

And, is this problem solved in 3.15?

The KEPUB hyphenation hasn't changed, it is as bad as ever. But the EPUB hyphenation, which was already much better, has further improved in this firmware.

[Asimov1]

Hello , from Argentina , I have the Japanese kobo glo , although I was born and live in Argentina , when I arrived the device automatically 3.13.1 firmware was installed , and have the synchronization and updating enabled, then my question is if I have to do something to that actualize this new version 3.15 or it's not for my kobo glo Japanese version ?

[howyoudoin]

Originally Posted by Asimov1

Hello , from Argentina , I have the Japanese kobo glo , although I was born and live in Argentina , when I arrived the device automatically 3.13.1 firmware was installed , and have the synchronization and updating enabled, then my question is if I have to do something to that actualize this new version 3.15 or it's not for my kobo glo Japanese version ?

It's probably a matter of time. I have a Kobo Aura H2O from the UK and I didn't get the update pushed to me too. I updated it manually by following the instructions in this thread here - https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=185660 If you have the Glo, look for the Mark 4 Hardware: Glo (+ Aura HD) (, Apr 2015) 89.7 MB download in the first post of that thread.

If you're not comfortable taking this approach, you can wait until Kobo decides to push the update to your device. When that is, no one can estimate accurately. I don't see any major improvements over the 3.13.1 firmware myself.

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by Asimov1

Hello , from Argentina , I have the Japanese kobo glo , although I was born and live in Argentina , when I arrived the device automatically 3.13.1 firmware was installed , and have the synchronization and updating enabled, then my question is if I have to do something to that actualize this new version 3.15 or it's not for my kobo glo Japanese version ?

What howyoudoin said is correct. But Kobo firmware updates are based on the affiliate the device was bought from and where you are. Kobo have an agreement with the different affiliates about updates and, for some at least, the affiliate has to give permission. If you bought this in Japan, the affiliate is probably Rakutan and they don't seem to take all updates. The solution is to change the affiliate on the device. This is in the file "affiliate.conf" in the directory ".kobo". Mine looks like:

[General]
affiliate=Kobo

Yours probably has "Rakuten". Changing this to "Kobo" will mean you will eventually get the update. There are various affiliates that get them earlier but I've lost track of the best one to use.

[cramoisi]

Originally Posted by GeoffR

The KEPUB hyphenation hasn't changed, it is as bad as ever. But the EPUB hyphenation, which was already much better, has further improved in this firmware.

One solution i found with calibre is to use the plugin "hyphenate this !" and deactivate all hyphenation in the device plugin (kobotouch or kobotouch extended) and on the kobo. This way you'll get the hyphen right with the kepub (but it will mess a little when the dictionary is called.

[cerem0ny]

Anybody elses H2O perform totally, incredibly sluggishly upon manually applying the new firmware? I swear it now literally takes about half a second to turn a page. Anybody know what the problem might be? And/or how to repair it?

Help me, kind forumers! I have severely angered the reading Gods and their wrath is a fate worst than death!

[cramoisi]

Originally Posted by cerem0ny

Anybody elses H2O perform totally, incredibly sluggishly upon manually applying the new firmware? I swear it now literally takes about half a second to turn a page. Anybody know what the problem might be? And/or how to repair it?

Help me, kind forumers! I have severely angered the reading Gods and their wrath is a fate worst than death!

Yeah, mine too ! Epubs are now better, correctly hyphenated etc. but kepub are sluggish... I'm thinking going back to 3.13.1 since i use kepub a lot (i love the in-book stats). Like it has been said in a previous answer, it has to be linked with the correction on accidental page turns because turning one page / minute is sluggish but if you keep turning pages the thing is as snappy as before...

[anacreon]

Originally Posted by cerem0ny

Anybody elses H2O perform totally, incredibly sluggishly upon manually applying the new firmware? I swear it now literally takes about half a second to turn a page. Anybody know what the problem might be? And/or how to repair it?

Help me, kind forumers! I have severely angered the reading Gods and their wrath is a fate worst than death!

I read many hours on my H2O since upgrading to 3.15 and my impressions are quite the opposite: I feel taps or swipes are rather smoother and more consistent, though all in all not very different from what it was with the previous f/w. But I'd say anyone's interaction is individual (speed, pressure and such).

[Patricius]

Actually I'm baffled with weather to switch back to 13.1.3.

To me, the most improved feature is frontlight control: the choppy and non-responsive behaviour has been fixed perfectly in this update. So did the margin selection bug.

But the speed of page-turning is awkward for some books. Half a second to turn a page - that's kind of unacceptable if I'm reading a novel. Also, it still giving me some funny hyphenations like 'ont-ology' or 'appr-opriate'.

For PDFs, I really think they should use the 'top-half / bottom-half' style for page-flipping in horizontal mode.

[murg]

Originally Posted by Patricius

hyphenations like 'ont-ology' or 'appr-opriate'.

I think that these hyphenations are completely inappropriate.

[cramoisi]

Originally Posted by anacreon

I read many hours on my H2O since upgrading to 3.15 and my impressions are quite the opposite: I feel taps or swipes are rather smoother and more consistent, though all in all not very different from what it was with the previous f/w. But I'd say anyone's interaction is individual (speed, pressure and such).

sideloaded kepub as well as epub ?

[Varming]

Originally Posted by anacreon

I read many hours on my H2O since upgrading to 3.15 and my impressions are quite the opposite: I feel taps or swipes are rather smoother and more consistent, though all in all not very different from what it was with the previous f/w. But I'd say anyone's interaction is individual (speed, pressure and such).

I also feel like 3.15 is more smooth (I came from 3.12.1) with sideloaded Kepubs. I haven't tried with Kobo Kepubs or epubs.

[anacreon]

Originally Posted by cramoisi

sideloaded kepub as well as epub ?

As a matter of fact, I read sideloaded kepubs exclusively: I don't like the look of epubs on kobo - and contrary to so many people on this forum, I like to have header and footer, plus a decent margin. When reading poetry, if necessary I use smaller fonts.
And I never buy kobo's kepubs directly, since getting burnt: I download epubs to my PC, even when buying from kobo, import them into calibre, clean them with sigil and calibre and add adequate metadata before downloading to the devices.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by anacreon

As a matter of fact, I read sideloaded kepubs exclusively: I don't like the look of epubs on kobo - and contrary to so many people on this forum, I like to have header and footer, plus a decent margin. When reading poetry, if necessary I use smaller fonts.
And I never buy kobo's kepubs directly, since getting burnt: I download epubs to my PC, even when buying from kobo, import them into calibre, clean them with sigil and calibre and add adequate metadata before downloading to the devices.

Interesting. I've noticed no issues with page turn speed issues with either epubs or kepubs on my H2O but my wife has mentioned that she thinks page turns are slower in kepubs on her Aura.