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Old 05-31-2018, 05:04 PM   #61
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Thumbs up Kobo Aura 2013 (so many ebook files on uSD Card) Now on Firmware 4.8.11073

Hello:

I've upgraded my Kobo Aura 2013 to Firmware 4.8.11073.

So far, no library or collection information lost, all ebooks and library data intact

I do note some lag (10 seconds or so) when I switch from current reading to the Home screen; some lag also to reach the Search engine from the Home screen or vice versa. Mind you, I'm writing a few minutes after the upgrade, so that response time might change...

What I do like a lot are the tiles at the home screen, specially so the tiles for collection or author related to current reading. Also, the library now has many very useful options and filters to find books according to their reading status, author and so forth.

The Collections (and I have 343 collections ) are way more fast to reach than on my previous firmware 3.19.5613 installation, so that is an improvement.

Reading progress info, changing pages, reading configuration (font, spacing), table of contents, sleepcover function: all of that is working OK and there are no problems that I could detect.

When I get a better feel of reading and general ereader experience, I might post some more.

So far, so good...

Kind regards,

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Old 05-31-2018, 05:40 PM   #62
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Hello:

I've upgraded my Kobo Aura 2013 to Firmware 4.8.11073.

So far, no library or collection information lost, all ebooks and library data intact

I do note some lag (10 seconds or so) when I switch from current reading to the home screen; some lag also to reach the search engine from the homescreen or vice versa. Mind you, I'm writing a few minutes after the upgrade, so that response time might change...

What I do like a lot are the tiles at the home screen, specially so the tiles for collection or author related to current reading. Also, the library now has a many very useful options and filters to find books according to their reading status, author and so forth.

The Collections (and I have I have 343 collections ) are way more fast to reach than on my previous 3.19.5613, so that is an improvement.

Reading progressinfo , changing pages, reading configuration (font, spacing), table of contents, sleepcover function: all of that is working OK and there are no problems that I could detect.

When I get a better feel of reading and general ereader experience, I might post some more.

So far, so good...

Kind regards,

INCANUS
thank you that's nice to know, if only i liked the new home screen which sadly i don't. i have installed this firmware on my Touch and i agree i can't fault it so far and i do like the pin lock.

i can have a dozen or so collections on the old home screen all at the same time which i do quite often unfortunately the same can't be said for the new home screen.


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Old 06-02-2018, 10:03 AM   #63
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Is there anyway to adjust the time format?
After updating, time displayed is now 24 hr format. I don't see any settings. I tried searching in ereader.conf but couldn't find it. Forum search did not show any useful results as well.
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Old 06-02-2018, 01:59 PM   #64
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Is there anyway to adjust the time format?

After updating, time displayed is now 24 hr format. I don't see any settings. I tried searching in ereader.conf but couldn't find it. Forum search did not show any useful results as well.


Oh, really! They made 24h the default? I like it! Also makes sense now they're all over Europe.

It's a locale setting in the config file (or it used to be anyway). I changed mine to en_GB or something I think to get it to display 24h. Maybe en_US will turn it back to 12h for you? ('en' being the language...)
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Old 06-02-2018, 02:39 PM   #65
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My H2O2 is on a 12 hour clock, Locale en_GB latest firmware.
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Old 06-02-2018, 02:46 PM   #66
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My H2O2 is on a 12 hour clock, Locale en_GB latest firmware.
Eh??? That doesn't make sense. I mean it does, it makes more sense than me having 24h under GB... But... eh?? I'll have to have a look in my config file next time I connect.
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Old 06-02-2018, 03:17 PM   #67
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Sorry my mistake.
I was thinking of the Time and Date setting, that was London UK.

Looking in .kobo > kobo > kobo eReader.conf I find the setting was

[ApplicationPreferences]
CurrentLocale=en_US ----------that gave a 12 hour clock

Changed it to:

[ApplicationPreferences]
CurrentLocale=en_GB ----------this gives a 24 hour clock (after restarting)
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Old 06-02-2018, 04:00 PM   #68
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Sorry my mistake.

I was thinking of the Time and Date setting, that was London UK.



Looking in .kobo > kobo > kobo eReader.conf I find the setting was



[ApplicationPreferences]

CurrentLocale=en_US ----------that gave a 12 hour clock



Changed it to:



[ApplicationPreferences]

CurrentLocale=en_GB ----------this gives a 24 hour clock (after restarting)


Aaahhhh phew I'm not (that) crazy then. Thank you for checking and confirming!
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Old 06-03-2018, 01:27 PM   #69
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Exclamation Kobo Aura 2013 (+11K ebook files on uSD Card) Experience on Firmware 4.8.11073

Hello:

After a couple of Calibre 3.24.2 syncs (no problems whatsoever) and a few turn-off / turn-on cycles, I'll report that, having +11K e-books on a 32Gb Class 4 uSD SanDisk Card, organized on +340 collections, my Kobo Aura 2013 experience on Firmware 4.8.11073 is as follows:
  • There is a consistent 23 seconds lag when I switch from current reading to the Home screen
  • Also a 8 seconds lag to reach the Search engine from the reading screen or from the Home screen or vice versa
  • Collections access time is a 16 seconds affair, either from Home Screen, library or reading
  • The rest of the functions and the features work with no problems or delay at all, though I've yet to test the browser; not a critical feature to me

Arguably, the lag time might be explained because I have a huge library of either e-books or Collections on an Aura 2013 hardware.

I do enjoy the look and feel of the interface and the library features of this firmware, so I'm not planning on downgrading to a previous firmware... unless someone is aware of a 4.* version that works with no lag on an Aura 2013 housing a library such as mine...

Kindly yours,

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Old 06-04-2018, 04:31 PM   #70
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I just updated to this version from an old version from last summer. Is the font weight options gone in this release? I cannot find it anymore. :S
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Old 06-04-2018, 04:54 PM   #71
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I just updated to this version from an old version from last summer. Is the font weight options gone in this release? I cannot find it anymore. :S
Still there and still in the same place. However if you are looking to adjust the weight of sideloaded fonts, you'll have to apply the patches. See the patch thread in the Kobo Developers forum.
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Old 06-05-2018, 04:06 AM   #73
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I think I may have found a bug with this firmware version, having to do again with reading stats. In my case at least, reading stats for a single book are recorded correctly while the book is being read, and the overall reading stats for the device are also updated accordingly; but when I try accessing the reading stats of a book I already finished, I will get zeros all over the page, almost as if with the book marked as read, all of the stats for that book reset themselves automatically. IIRC that didn't use to be the case with previous firmware versions (of course before the one that broke reading stats completely).

I should specify that this applies at least to sideloaded .kepubs, and that none of the books I've marked as read on the device, even before updating to this firmware, have reading stats anymore. The overall reading stats, as I said, are fine.

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I think I may have found a bug with this firmware version, having to do again with reading stats. In my case at least, reading stats for a single book are recorded correctly while the book is being read, and the overall reading stats for the device are also updated accordingly; but when I try accessing the reading stats of a book I already finished, I will get zeros all over the page, almost as if with the book marked as read, all of the stats for that book reset themselves automatically. IIRC that didn't use to be the case with previous firmware versions (of course before the one that broke reading stats completely).

I should specify that this applies at least to sideloaded .kepubs, and that none of the books I've marked as read on the device, even before updating to this firmware, have reading stats anymore. The overall reading stats, as I said, are fine.
That happens to me too.
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