Firmware update 5.12.4

[shalym]

Originally Posted by Proximanova

Does anybody else have this problem, where the font family menu always starts from the top instead of the current font, and it also disappears from time to time (thereby forcing the Themes tab to display on pressing Aa again, something others have also pointed out)? Having to scroll from the top every time I want to change a font is an infuriating experience, which was never the case before.

I wrote to Amazon about this but got an automated reply (which clearly shows that this bug is not going to go away soon): Email support is not available at this time. This is a huge deal-breaker and I’m staying off my Kindle for the foreseeable future until this is fixed.

I don't understand the question. How many fonts do you have installed on your Kindle?

I press Aa, and it takes me to the Themes menu. Next to that is Font. I touch to change to Font, then Font Family, then I choose a font. No scrolling needed. Maybe I just don't have enough fonts installed to see the problem?

Shari

[tomsem]

Originally Posted by shalym

I don't understand the question. How many fonts do you have installed on your Kindle?

I press Aa, and it takes me to the Themes menu. Next to that is Font. I touch to change to Font, then Font Family, then I choose a font. No scrolling needed. Maybe I just don't have enough fonts installed to see the problem.
Shari

‘Hundreds of fonts’, apparently. This seems pretty unmanageable to me, even if the list could be sorted by Most Recently Used. The Kindle is just too slow to handle a lot of scrolling.

[Proximanova]

Originally Posted by shalym

I don't understand the question. How many fonts do you have installed on your Kindle?

I press Aa, and it takes me to the Themes menu. Next to that is Font. I touch to change to Font, then Font Family, then I choose a font. No scrolling needed. Maybe I just don't have enough fonts installed to see the problem?

Shari

Perhaps it will be clear from this video. https://youtu.be/LZ7eUuU7_OE

There are four problems (which are only clear with a lot of fonts installed):

1. The font family menu (FFM) takes a very long time to load, which was not so long before.

2. Instead of starting from Clan OT, my chosen font, which was previously the case, the FFM starts from the very top, requiriing heavy scrolling.

3. Before the update, the Kindle never had any problem scrolling quickly from the top to the bottom, though it was tedious (which is why my themes had fonts from the top, middle and bottom of the list, and nearby fonts in the alphabetical order could be quickly accessed from there). Now, despite the addition of up and down buttons, the FFM suddenly disappears either after scrolling too much, or when you have not touched the screen for more than 5 seconds or so.

4. Minor, but the number of fonts (454 in my case) is no longer displayed after the update.

What am I supposed to do? Scroll slowly, because the FFM is going to crash otherwise, or scroll quickly, because it will take forever to reach a font whose name is unlucky enough to start with V?

I think the only solution (though exactly what I did not want) is to cut down the 454 fonts to 54, and choose from only a limited selection, instead of having so many fonts to play around and experiment with, because this problem sure as hell isn’t going to be fixed (either with a restart/reset or from Amazon’s side, as they refuse to be contacted by email).

[shalym]

Originally Posted by Proximanova

Perhaps it will be clear from this video. https://youtu.be/LZ7eUuU7_OE

There are four problems (which are only clear with a lot of fonts installed):

1. The font family menu (FFM) takes a very long time to load, which was not so long before.

2. Instead of starting from Clan OT, my chosen font, which was previously the case, the FFM starts from the very top, requiriing heavy scrolling.

3. Before the update, the Kindle never had any problem scrolling quickly from the top to the bottom, though it was tedious (which is why my themes had fonts from the top, middle and bottom of the list, and nearby fonts in the alphabetical order could be quickly accessed from there). Now, despite the addition of up and down buttons, the FFM suddenly disappears either after scrolling too much, or when you have not touched the screen for more than 5 seconds or so.

4. Minor, but the number of fonts (454 in my case) is no longer displayed after the update.

What am I supposed to do? Scroll slowly, because the FFM is going to crash otherwise, or scroll quickly, because it will take forever to reach a font whose name is unlucky enough to start with V?

I think the only solution (though exactly what I did not want) is to cut down the 454 fonts to 54, and choose from only a limited selection, instead of having so many fonts to play around and experiment with, because this problem sure as hell isn’t going to be fixed (either with a restart/reset or from Amazon’s side, as they refuse to be contacted by email).

Ah...ok. I don't have anywhere near that many fonts installed.

Shari

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by shalym

Ah...ok. I don't have anywhere near that many fonts installed.

Shari

I loaded about a hundred when the feature was first implemented. But such an amount is terribly unwieldy. So I tried them all and deleted those I knew I certainly wouldn't use. Now I'm down to about 25 and satisfied with that. Still, I actually don't even need most of these because I regularly use only 3-4. But they don't bother me, so I let them be.

[Paperbackstash]

Originally Posted by binaryhermit

I'm, umm, not really a fan of the new "Aa" menu

I liked the old one much better.

[swimon126]

Originally Posted by Paperbackstash

I liked the old one much better.

Just curious. Why do you prefer the old one? For me, the new update doesn't have much impact for me (it neither improves nor worsen my reading experience).

[jhowell]

Originally Posted by hius07

Any link for PW3 firmware download disappeared
https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custo...MQC26VQQMM8XSW

Direct links available
https://s3.amazonaws.com/firmwaredow...ite_5.12.4.bin

For several days there was no download link. Now there is a link to the previous firmware version (5.12.3).

Perhaps Amazon found a problem that only affects that particular Kindle model.

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[93terp]

Aside from the redesigned Aa menu, I've noticed that the indexing process - on my 2019 Oasis - seems to have returned to the behavior whereby when the Kindle goes to sleep during indexing, the process completely stops until the Kindle is woken up. Even when connected to a power source.

[Richwood]

Originally Posted by 93terp

Aside from the redesigned Aa menu, I've noticed that the indexing process - on my 2019 Oasis - seems to have returned to the behavior whereby when the Kindle goes to sleep during indexing, the process completely stops until the Kindle is woken up. Even when connected to a power source.

All my latest Kindle readers apparently go into a deep sleep mode, originally first seen on the Oasis G9, but now on the latest Kindle Basic and the PW4. They show a "Waking Up" notification at the bottom of the sleep screen when the cover is opened if they have been asleep long enough and the home or reading page display is delayed compared to older units. Does indexing stop when in this deep sleep mode?

[j.p.s]

Originally Posted by Richwood

All my latest Kindle readers apparently go into a deep sleep mode, originally first seen on the Oasis G9, but now on the latest Kindle Basic and the PW4. They show a "Waking Up" notification at the bottom of the sleep screen when the cover is opened if they have been asleep long enough and the home or reading page display is delayed compared to older units. Does indexing stop when in this deep sleep mode?

It is essentially hibernate, so pretty much everything stops.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by j.p.s

It is essentially hibernate, so pretty much everything stops.

But the plus side of this is insanely long-lasting battery in the hibernation mode. I think I last charged my Oasis 2 4-5 months ago or so and it still has 40% battery left. It's been in hibernation the whole time, except for when I wake it up to check the battery. I've done my reading on my Libra and the Oasis 3 this past year, mostly.

[JSWolf]

5.12.5 has been released. Please see https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=329083

[Flaviocc]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

I loaded about a hundred when the feature was first implemented. But such an amount is terribly unwieldy. So I tried them all and deleted those I knew I certainly wouldn't use. Now I'm down to about 25 and satisfied with that. Still, I actually don't even need most of these because I regularly use only 3-4. But they don't bother me, so I let them be.

Hi.

Yesterday I loaded a few fonts to test, but I didn't see all at the menu.

I tried with all kinds of books (purchased from Amazon and loaded with send to Kindle from windows).

Any tip?

Tks.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by Flaviocc

Hi.

Yesterday I loaded a few fonts to test, but I didn't see all at the menu.

I tried with all kinds of books (purchased from Amazon and loaded with send to Kindle from windows).

Any tip?

Tks.

Sorry, I'm not sure I understand completely. You didn't see all the fonts, but you saw some of those you loaded? What fonts were those you didn't see?