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Old 10-22-2021, 04:26 AM   #46
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Thanks to some help from @sherman, the patches for 4.28.18220 and 4.29.18730 have been released.
Many thanks to you both!
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Old 10-22-2021, 08:52 AM   #47
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Installed on my Forma including some patches: works fine for me.
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Old 10-22-2021, 09:45 AM   #48
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Installed on my Forma including some patches: works fine for me.
Be aware that you might encounter issues due to the increased storage needs on the device. See https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh....php?p=4164605

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Old 10-22-2021, 10:07 AM   #49
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David is undoubtedly right that after the firmware for Mark 3-7 is released, you will have to do a factory reset to delete unnecessary files. It makes little sense to install this firmware on old devices, therefore.
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Old 10-22-2021, 11:25 AM   #50
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I have put this firmware on my Aura H2O. And it appears to work fine. But, a discussion elsewhere pointed out a potential problem.

The space needed in the root partition for this firmware package is over 200MB. This is significantly larger than the 4.28 packages for the older devices. On my Aura H2O, I have about 27.3MB of freespace in the root partition. The extra space is taken by the bluetooth and audio book related drivers and code. The size of the root partitions on the Elipsa, Sage and Libra have been increased to handle this. I assume they have simply doubled it from the previous 256MB, but, can't check until I get one.

The problem is that this might not be enough space for unpacking larger books. I don't know at what point this will be a problem. Or if it will affect different formats more than others. But, it could be a problem for any format. It might also be a problem when importing new books. In that case, it could be a problem if a lot of large books were imported at the same time.

This should not be an issue when an update is issued for the older devices. The firmware update packages are built with only the drivers and libraries that are used by the devices the package is intended for.

As always, if you install a firmware update package that is not intended for your device, there is a risk, and you need to accept that.
this new firmware(kobo8 4.29.18730) currently works fine on my Kobo Elipsa (Mark 8),

only one bug: when i open Bluetooth the Wi-Fi is automatically turned on without check ....
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Old 10-22-2021, 09:18 PM   #51
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this new firmware(kobo8 4.29.18730) currently works fine on my Kobo Elipsa (Mark 8),
That was to be expected, but, it is always good to have confirmation.
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only one bug: when i open Bluetooth the Wi-Fi is automatically turned on without check ....
The way these are tied together, I'm not surprised by that happening. But, it is annoying. Can you turn them off separately? Has anyone seen this on the Sage?
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Old 10-23-2021, 02:51 PM   #52
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There is a patch for this.
I thought the patch for matching ePub and KePub font sizes no longer works until it's rewritten (if it can be).
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Old 10-23-2021, 03:10 PM   #53
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I thought the patch for matching ePub and KePub font sizes no longer works until it's rewritten (if it can be).
But you can always downgrade to an earlier firmware, if this is really important to you.

(BTW, good to see you in fine form, as always. I noticed you've been absent the last couple of days).
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Old 10-23-2021, 03:39 PM   #54
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I'm supposing it's the firmware, but I ave an issue with my Sage, it sort of freezes once in a while when I want to change page. The reader becomes unresponsive for 10 seconds and then comes back to life. Except once, I had to hard reboot the reader.
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Old 10-23-2021, 03:54 PM   #55
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But you can always downgrade to an earlier firmware, if this is really important to you.

(BTW, good to see you in fine form, as always. I noticed you've been absent the last couple of days).
Except for anyone getting this firmware OTA, I.e. Sage and Libra 2 owners, and I think even Elipsa owners, there’s no firmware where this patch worked. And for everyone else upgrading to this particular firmware via side loading it from the mark 8/9 packages would have detrimental effects.

Much as I do enjoy Jon being corrected, I think this might be an instance where his dogged determination to ignore outliers (meaning anyone who doesn’t do as he does) actually resulted in a correct response.
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Old 10-23-2021, 04:34 PM   #56
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Except for anyone getting this firmware OTA, I.e. Sage and Libra 2 owners, and I think even Elipsa owners, there’s no firmware where this patch worked. And for everyone else upgrading to this particular firmware via side loading it from the mark 8/9 packages would have detrimental effects.

Much as I do enjoy Jon being corrected, I think this might be an instance where his dogged determination to ignore outliers (meaning anyone who doesn’t do as he does) actually resulted in a correct response.
Well, the person who complained about the issue said they were still waiting for it to be fixed. I took it to mean they had been waiting for a while already and were not aware about the existence of the patch. I don't know which device on which firmware they have, as they have no recent Kobo device listed on their profile.

Yes, if they have the Elipsa or one of the latest Kobos, they're pretty much screwed for now, unfortunately.
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Old 10-23-2021, 05:53 PM   #57
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Question It the browser out of beta?
Hey everyone,

While I still wait this to hit my Elipsa (I won't try to install... yet), I have a question: is the browser out of beta? Is it storing cookies?

The reason I ask is... I got really disappointed (this is the only true disappointment) when I tried to use the browser and figured out it was not storing any cookies, specially the ones that hold sessions authenticated. So every time I would like to use a service, boom... had to log in again.

Also I hope the writing experience got better.

Thank you so much for sharing all your findings.
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Hey everyone,

While I still wait this to hit my Elipsa (I won't try to install... yet), I have a question: is the browser out of beta? Is it storing cookies?

The reason I ask is... I got really disappointed (this is the only true disappointment) when I tried to use the browser and figured out it was not storing any cookies, specially the ones that hold sessions authenticated. So every time I would like to use a service, boom... had to log in again.
The browser is not out of beta, and never will. It has been part of the Beta features since it was added to Kobo firmware. Which was at least 10 years ago. It is very much a secondary function on the device. And the support reflects that. Kobo does fix problems, but, not necessarily quickly.

The other thing is that this is a relatively primitive browser. But, I would have said it supported session cookies. Cookies are not saved between session, but, I have been able to sign into some sites and keep working. I just tried the Kobo book store and that worked. Overall, the site doesn't work very well in the browser, but, I was able to sign in and continue. It probably depends on the site and how it does this.
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The browser is not out of beta, and never will. It has been part of the Beta features since it was added to Kobo firmware.
Didn't Kindle finally stop referring to the browser as beta? I seem to remember that, though it wasn't high on my radar.
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Didn't Kindle finally stop referring to the browser as beta? I seem to remember that, though it wasn't high on my radar.
As of release 5.13.6 it's still called "Experimental."
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