Firmware Update - 4.5.9587

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by dmapr

Just as a dodgy lightning cable can damage your equipment. Using dodgy cables is not safe, it's not an inherent problem with the Lightning/USB-C or any other standard.

But the risk is much more serious with USB-C.

[lkmiller]

I only use the USB-C cables that came with my phone. I've never had to buy a seperate USB cable--of either type. They seem to multiply like rabbits whenever I leave two together in a closed drawer!

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

But the risk is much more serious with USB-C.

Seriously, Jon? I've seen more reports of iPhones/iPads with issues due to third party Lightning cables. As usual, purchasing from a reputable source and being willing to pay for quality helps a lot. When I want a chuckle, I hit one of the night markets and look at their cables/adapters. Hmmm.. a DVI to VGA adapter without the DVI-A pins for $3. A USB 3.0 cable without the extra pins visible. Yup, that's going to give real high speed.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by lkmiller

I only use the USB-C cables that came with my phone. I've never had to buy a seperate USB cable--of either type. They seem to multiply like rabbits whenever I leave two together in a closed drawer!

Mutating rabbits!

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by DNSB

Seriously, Jon? I've seen more reports of iPhones/iPads with issues due to third party Lightning cables. As usual, purchasing from a reputable source and being willing to pay for quality helps a lot. When I want a chuckle, I hit one of the night markets and look at their cables/adapters. Hmmm.. a DVI to VGA adapter without the DVI-A pins for $3. A USB 3.0 cable without the extra pins visible. Yup, that's going to give real high speed.

Read the following...

https://hackaday.com/2016/02/04/the-...your-computer/


As for the Apple lightning cables, I've not heard of a MiFi lightning cable causing a problem. I've always bought certified lightning cables.

[paul1508]

Hey guys,

is this last version stable now? My Glo HD became unstable since I tried newer versions.. now I am back to 4.3 something and it still isn't perfectly stable.

[darthyoda6]

I've only had the light staying on during sleep mode the last 4-5 days, and the last time I did the ota update was in July, for the 4.4.9??? update. I've got a Glo, so it was just a matter of hitting the light button. But I decided to do a sync to download the latest ebooks from Kobo, and it installed the latest update. After it finished updating it did the importing content thing for about 10 minutes then came back up. The light is working right in sleep mode now, but I lost the order of the books that were on the Kobo. They've been rearranged to alphabetical, and I can't figure out how to get them to go back to date added. I changed the sort to date added instead of recent, and it's showing the books from a-z instead of the z-a that recent was showing.

I plugged the reader into a computer, and it shows the books do still have the correct dates in Windows. I ejected the device without making any changes, and didn't get the import screen again.

Kobo downloads all purchased books to the internal memory, and Calibre puts all side loaded books on to the sd card.

Is there any way to get the books sorted by date again instead of by name?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by darthyoda6

Is there any way to get the books sorted by date again instead of by name?

You can sort by recent or date added depending on which works better for you.

[darthyoda6]

sort by recent is showing it z-a by name, and date added is showing it a-z by name.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by darthyoda6

sort by recent is showing it z-a by name, and date added is showing it a-z by name.

Open a book and with recent it becomes the first book in the list.

Date Added probably does sort a-z for books that are the same date added. But it works correctly.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Read the following...

https://hackaday.com/2016/02/04/the-...your-computer/


As for the Apple lightning cables, I've not heard of a MiFi lightning cable causing a problem. I've always bought certified lightning cables.

The problem is that Benson Leung's original article has been quoted ad nauseum to suggest that all USB type C cables are bad. I've followed his reviews and, yes, he has mentioned several bad cables/manufacturers. There are bad cable manufacturers for almost every type of cable. Not to mention the occasional lemon from reputable manufacturers.

For the lightning cables, check Apple's article Identify counterfeit or uncertified Lightning connector accessories. And yes, I have seen iPhones/iPads damaged by bad lightning cables. Not to mention one cable that fried the cable end.

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by paul1508

is this last version stable now? My Glo HD became unstable since I tried newer versions.. now I am back to 4.3 something and it still isn't perfectly stable.

4.5.9587 is the latest version that has been released. It should have reached all devices that have synced to the Kobo servers.

How is you Glo HD unstable? I can't think of any problems with 4.5.9587 on my Glo HD that I would have called unstable.

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by darthyoda6

I've only had the light staying on during sleep mode the last 4-5 days, and the last time I did the ota update was in July, for the 4.4.9??? update. I've got a Glo, so it was just a matter of hitting the light button. But I decided to do a sync to download the latest ebooks from Kobo, and it installed the latest update. After it finished updating it did the importing content thing for about 10 minutes then came back up. The light is working right in sleep mode now, but I lost the order of the books that were on the Kobo. They've been rearranged to alphabetical, and I can't figure out how to get them to go back to date added. I changed the sort to date added instead of recent, and it's showing the books from a-z instead of the z-a that recent was showing.

I plugged the reader into a computer, and it shows the books do still have the correct dates in Windows. I ejected the device without making any changes, and didn't get the import screen again.

Kobo downloads all purchased books to the internal memory, and Calibre puts all side loaded books on to the sd card.

Is there any way to get the books sorted by date again instead of by name?

With that description, something happened that the device re-imported all the sideloaded books. When it imports a batch of books, they all are imported into the internal database in alphabetical order. I can't remember if it is based on the title or the file name, which for my books will be roughly the same. This means the books all get roughly the same timestamp for "Date added" but it means a "Date added" sort will be a-z, and Recent will be z-a. The "Recent" will change as it uses the last reading date instead of the date added if the last reading date has been set.

Firmware 4.5.9587 has a bug for sideloaded kepubs on the SD card. Whenever books are imported, it will reimport all sideloaded kepubs that are on the SD card. This will mean resetting the date added as well as the reading status. That was my first thought for the problem you described but if it didn't happen the next time you ejected the device from Windows, something else caused the reimport of the books. Usually that means a corrupted database and that needs to be fixed before to long. If you power the device off and these books disappear, or are reimported, then that is the problem. You can also check the database using my Kobo Utilities plugin.

To fix the timestamp problems, the latest version of my Kobo Utilities plugin can set the date added on the device. This updates the database and sets it to one of the dates in the calibre library. This can be "Date" (basically the date the book was added to calibre), the modified date or the date published. That won't give you exactly the date added to the device, but these might be more useful dates and it gives more options if you need to resend all the books to the device for some reason.

[Philippe D.]

Not sure if this is specific to this firmware update, but yesterday I noticed (for the first time) a strange behavior on my Aura H2O.

The information at the bottom of the page where the reader usually displays page number, or reading time remaining, was somehow "blinking" (slowly) between three displayed informations: pages remaining, time remaining, pages in chapter (or something like this). Furthermore, on some page turns each blink caused a full screen refresh, and I had to turn the page back and forward for it to stop.

I had the side light on, and the book was bought on the Kobo store, so I supposed it's a kepub (haven't connected the reader to Calibre since I downloaded this book). I checked again this morning with the light off, and it's still doing it (though it's much less noticeable, the light, and reading in the dark, was making it much more obvious - and distracting, as any kind of movement will be)

[GeoffR]

Originally Posted by Philippe D.

Not sure if this is specific to this firmware update, but yesterday I noticed (for the first time) a strange behavior on my Aura H2O.

The information at the bottom of the page where the reader usually displays page number, or reading time remaining, was somehow "blinking" (slowly) between three displayed informations: pages remaining, time remaining, pages in chapter (or something like this). Furthermore, on some page turns each blink caused a full screen refresh, and I had to turn the page back and forward for it to stop.

I had the side light on, and the book was bought on the Kobo store, so I supposed it's a kepub (haven't connected the reader to Calibre since I downloaded this book). I checked again this morning with the light off, and it's still doing it (though it's much less noticeable, the light, and reading in the dark, was making it much more obvious - and distracting, as any kind of movement will be)

Long-pressing on the page footer cycles between page number / percent read / time remaining. Could there be something stuck on the screen or bezel causing it to register a continuous touch?