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Old 02-04-2016, 07:05 AM   #106
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Why is it still not possible to display the battery percentage left. Drives me mad trying to guess.
I honestly can't see the benefit in seeing an exact percentage. All anyone cares about is whether it's full, half empty, or will soon need charging. What do you perceive the benefit to be of seeing a number?
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Old 02-04-2016, 07:11 AM   #107
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I honestly can't see the benefit in seeing an exact percentage.
It would be more accurate than squinting at a small battery image to see if it's nearly empty or not? People are used to things like tablets & phones displaying a percentage and are comfortable with this? People just like to know!?

Doesn't particularly bother me since the battery life isn't so crucial on a Kindle, but I can certainly understand people wanting a more accurate gauge.
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Old 02-04-2016, 07:30 AM   #108
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It would be more accurate than squinting at a small battery image to see if it's nearly empty or not?
I do see your point, but I would have thought personally that a small number would be more prone to misreading than a small analogue indicator. It's very difficult to confuse a "nearly full" with a "nearly empty" gauge, but very easy to misread "30%" as "80%" if the numbers are small.
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Old 02-04-2016, 08:48 AM   #109
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Just updated and I like the new look so far, however Ive reverted to using my cloud collections added all of them to the kindle but so far not a single book hs downloaded only the collection.

Im sure when I did this previously adding the collection also added the books?

Am I wrong? If not then how can trigger all the books to download.
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Old 02-04-2016, 08:51 AM   #110
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Just updated and I like the new look so far, however Ive reverted to using my cloud collections added all of them to the kindle but so far not a single book hs downloaded only the collection.

Im sure when I did this previously adding the collection also added the books?

Am I wrong? If not then how can trigger all the books to download.
Books have to be downloaded one at a time. It's always been that way, to the best of my knowledge. Downloading a Cloud collection shows you which books are in that collection, but it doesn't automatically download the books themselves. You have to tap on a book to download it from the Cloud.
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Old 02-04-2016, 08:53 AM   #111
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ugh really? Well thats a pain. They really need a download all option then!
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Old 02-04-2016, 09:23 AM   #112
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I loaded the new version on my Voyage, and I like it.
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Old 02-04-2016, 09:51 AM   #113
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I loaded the new version on my Voyage, and I like it.
No issues while reading with the new thinner fonts ? I can barely read on my PW2 because of the fine lines and thus contrast reduction. Though my settings has the smallest font, smallest border and smallest linespacing applied (to get more content on a page). With 5.6.5 and less I was able to read clearly and easily that way. With 5.7.2 it turned out to be impossible. Even increasing the font size by 1+ or 2+ didn't change much. Even worse when you use the Beta-Browser or Kindle Shop. Try reading the thin lines of fonts - Close to impossible for me now.
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Old 02-04-2016, 10:28 AM   #114
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I just got a new Voyage last week (upgraded from Kindle Keyboard). I'm guessing it hasn't updated yet because I still have the dots for progress. Where do you check on the unit for Update?
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Old 02-04-2016, 10:36 AM   #115
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I just got a new Voyage last week (upgraded from Kindle Keyboard). I'm guessing it hasn't updated yet because I still have the dots for progress. Where do you check on the unit for Update?
It'll take months for the OTA upgrades to happen. They always allow manual installations for a few weeks first, probably to catch any obvious bugs before they start the OTA upgrade.

If you want it now, download the installation file from Amazon.
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Old 02-04-2016, 10:42 AM   #116
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I just got a new Voyage last week (upgraded from Kindle Keyboard). I'm guessing it hasn't updated yet because I still have the dots for progress. Where do you check on the unit for Update?
BTW, if your current firmware is 5.6.5 (or lower), you might want to wait a couple of days, because a Kindle Developer has announced that he'll release a jailbreak on Friday or Saturday. (You can install the latest firmware after the upgrade.)

However, if you're not interested in installing KOReader for reading ePubs and PDFs, you might as well download the firmware from the Amazon website.
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However, if you're not interested in installing KOReader for reading ePubs and PDFs, you might as well download the firmware from the Amazon website.
Unless you feel a particular urge to be an "early adopter", personally I always feel it's worth waiting a week or so to see if any bugs show up. Amazon are pretty good at testing things prior to release, but it does occasionally happen.
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Finally getting use to the update, and I have to say I like it. I like seeing the percentage of book completion. And I am getting use to the new home page.
But I do have a question about the voyage, what happened to the page turn button sensitivity settings. I can not find them.
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I do see your point, but I would have thought personally that a small number would be more prone to misreading than a small analogue indicator. It's very difficult to confuse a "nearly full" with a "nearly empty" gauge, but very easy to misread "30%" as "80%" if the numbers are small.
But if you read 80% and the battery meter is not nearly 80% full then you'll easily know you misread 30%.
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No issues while reading with the new thinner fonts ? I can barely read on my PW2 because of the fine lines and thus contrast reduction. Though my settings has the smallest font, smallest border and smallest linespacing applied (to get more content on a page). With 5.6.5 and less I was able to read clearly and easily that way. With 5.7.2 it turned out to be impossible. Even increasing the font size by 1+ or 2+ didn't change much. Even worse when you use the Beta-Browser or Kindle Shop. Try reading the thin lines of fonts - Close to impossible for me now.

I use Bookerly, which I like. But no: No issues. Everything seems to work fine with me.

Does your PW2 have the higher resolution screen? (I can't remember when they went to a higher screen on the PWs.)
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