Firmware 3.16.0 Discussion - Page 14

Ripplinger · 07-19-2015, 07:56 AM

I really don't think the magnets being too weak or improperly placed are the issue. It has happened on the Kobo Glos as well as on the Glo HD periodically in different covers. And several of the magnets in the covers will turn off the book when the cover is flipped back to read, where I had to put a few layers of foil. It doesn't happen often, just enough to be annoying where you know you have to check when you close the cover. Most of my covers do not have any play in them where they don't close correctly, the magnets are lined up where they should be.

And the magnets in the cover certainly wouldn't explain why when I plug the readers into the USB cable to my PC for charging that the light stays on.

There really doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason why or when it happens unfortunately. When it decides to stay on when plugged into the USB cable though, I can unplug and replug it in several times and the light will always stay on. I have to turn the light off when it's unplugged when that happens as the only solution. Whereas when the light stays on after the cover is closed, opening it again and reclosing it will always shut the light off.

Nick_1964 · 07-19-2015, 08:52 AM

I only have this with the Glo HD, with the normal Glo it never happens (the sometimes not good reacting on the "flap" of the cover but as the timer kicks in,the light went off anyway.) but even then,it is made to work 2 months at full charge so it never drains my battery even if it would stay on and that was where some people are searching for as an explanation for a power drain.
On My device,the repositioning of the "flap" makes it to go out so in my case it has something to do with the cover.
But that one is a cheap one from ebay for 1,99.
The only thing I can say is, there are so much people with all kind of problems that i lucky never had..it alsmost looks like that a lot of devices have some hardware/software problems of their own.. almost individual.. makes it hard to solve

Chocky · 07-19-2015, 04:56 PM

Anyone else in the UK still stuck on 3.15?

I know I can force the 3.16, but I'd rather wait for Kobo to make it available.

Thanks,

Steve

cramoisi · 07-20-2015, 02:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by appoloin

When I put the reader to sleep the battery was at 50% in the morning the battery was dead. Something isn't going sleep, I'm going to enable the shutdown option see if that helps.

Hi ! What did you got for a sleepcover ? I saw two times a cheap chinese sleepcover draining the battery because of super strong magnetst. The two cases were solved by removing the magnets for the first and by going for the official kobo sleepcover for the second. If this is the issue, shut down the kobo will change nothing. You could try letting it sleep / shutdown outside the cover for a while and check if it’s depleting the same way. There is no scientific about it, even I can’t see why a magnetic field should affect a battery ; but since i’ve experienced it two times on kobo glo...

cramoisi · 07-20-2015, 02:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chocky

Anyone else in the UK still stuck on 3.15?

I know I can force the 3.16, but I'd rather wait for Kobo to make it available.

Thanks,

Steve

Just change the affiliate file or sideload it. I will change nothing more than freeing your mind with this matter

Maida · 07-20-2015, 03:00 AM

It appears that on 3.16 Kobo again forgets the last chosen dictionary and returns to default every time. If standard computer software were programmed with such expertise we would have to reinvent the wheel.

tshering · 07-20-2015, 03:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maida

It appears that on 3.16 Kobo again forgets the last chosen dictionary and returns to default every time. If standard computer software were programmed with such expertise we would have to reinvent the wheel.

I cannot see that this has changed since 3.15. If you select a definition dictionary, this dictionary will be opened the next time you select a word. If however you select a translation dictionary, the next time the default definition dictionary is opened again. If have no idea why they decided to do it this way, if this was a deliberate decision at all.

Chocky · 07-20-2015, 09:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cramoisi

Just change the affiliate file or sideload it. I will change nothing more than freeing your mind with this matter

Got fed up waiting and changed the affiliate, updated, changed affiliate back again.

Maida · 07-20-2015, 01:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tshering

I cannot see that this has changed since 3.15. If you select a definition dictionary, this dictionary will be opened the next time you select a word. If however you select a translation dictionary, the next time the default definition dictionary is opened again. If have no idea why they decided to do it this way, if this was a deliberate decision at all.

I updated to 3.16 from 3.13.1, because I didn't like 3.15 which slowed down page changes on H2O. However, I don't recall whether the dictionary problem already existed.
I am German and only need the dictionary once in a while when reading English books. Now I'm considering to buy an open Android ereader like Icarus Illumina, to have Coolreader and Goldendict installed.

tshering · 07-20-2015, 04:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maida

Now I'm considering to buy an open Android ereader like Icarus Illumina, to have Coolreader and Goldendict installed.

Are you aware of Coolreader for Kobo?

JSWolf · 07-25-2015, 10:03 AM

With 3.16.0, has the bug where search results (in a book) show the same chapter for each result no matter which chapter the results are found?

DNSB · 07-25-2015, 06:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

With 3.16.0, has the bug where search results (in a book) show the same chapter for each result no matter which chapter the results are found?

Just tried a search in a ebook and the results showed the chapter and % into the chapter where the result was found. There are still some issues where the wrong book shows up as the search target the first time I open the search in book dialog. I've attached screen shots of two searches (first is epub, second is kepub). Tested on one of my few kepub ebooks and the search results were the same including the wrong book showing the first time I opened the search dialog.

Please note that this only works when the ebook is properly formatted. There are quite a few examples where the toc.ncx is garbage or just contains a single start entry and the search result locations are GIGO.

JSWolf · 07-26-2015, 06:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DNSB

Just tried a search in a ebook and the results showed the chapter and % into the chapter where the result was found. There are still some issues where the wrong book shows up as the search target the first time I open the search in book dialog. I've attached screen shots of two searches (first is epub, second is kepub). Tested on one of my few kepub ebooks and the search results were the same including the wrong book showing the first time I opened the search dialog.

Please note that this only works when the ebook is properly formatted. There are quite a few examples where the toc.ncx is garbage or just contains a single start entry and the search result locations are GIGO.

That's for RMDSK and not ACCESSI hope as I don't use kepub. My ePub are well formatted and the NCX is well formatted.

DNSB · 07-26-2015, 09:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

That's for RMDSK and not ACCESSI hope as I don't use kepub. My ePub are well formatted and the NCX is well formatted.

The first image was from RMSDK (epub), the second was from ACCESS (kepub).

WillysJeepMan · 07-27-2015, 04:47 PM

My Kobo Touch is still running 1.9.10. What are some of the things that I'm missing out on by not being at 3.16.0?

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07-19-2015, 07:56 AM	#196
Ripplinger 350 Hoarder Posts: 3,574 Karma: 8281267 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Midwest USA Device: Sony PRS-350, Kobo Glo & Glo HD, PW2	I really don't think the magnets being too weak or improperly placed are the issue. It has happened on the Kobo Glos as well as on the Glo HD periodically in different covers. And several of the magnets in the covers will turn off the book when the cover is flipped back to read, where I had to put a few layers of foil. It doesn't happen often, just enough to be annoying where you know you have to check when you close the cover. Most of my covers do not have any play in them where they don't close correctly, the magnets are lined up where they should be. And the magnets in the cover certainly wouldn't explain why when I plug the readers into the USB cable to my PC for charging that the light stays on. There really doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason why or when it happens unfortunately. When it decides to stay on when plugged into the USB cable though, I can unplug and replug it in several times and the light will always stay on. I have to turn the light off when it's unplugged when that happens as the only solution. Whereas when the light stays on after the cover is closed, opening it again and reclosing it will always shut the light off.

07-19-2015, 08:52 AM	#197
Nick_1964 Bookworm Posts: 975 Karma: 768585 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Netherlands Device: Sony prs-650, Kobo Glo HD (2x), Kobo Glo	I only have this with the Glo HD, with the normal Glo it never happens (the sometimes not good reacting on the "flap" of the cover but as the timer kicks in,the light went off anyway.) but even then,it is made to work 2 months at full charge so it never drains my battery even if it would stay on and that was where some people are searching for as an explanation for a power drain. On My device,the repositioning of the "flap" makes it to go out so in my case it has something to do with the cover. But that one is a cheap one from ebay for 1,99. The only thing I can say is, there are so much people with all kind of problems that i lucky never had..it alsmost looks like that a lot of devices have some hardware/software problems of their own.. almost individual.. makes it hard to solve

07-19-2015, 04:56 PM	#198
Chocky Addict Posts: 359 Karma: 162138 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Kobo Touch	Anyone else in the UK still stuck on 3.15? I know I can force the 3.16, but I'd rather wait for Kobo to make it available. Thanks, Steve

07-20-2015, 03:00 AM	#201
Maida Enthusiast Posts: 45 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Germany Device: Kobo Aura H2O, Kobo Aura, Kobo Glo HD	It appears that on 3.16 Kobo again forgets the last chosen dictionary and returns to default every time. If standard computer software were programmed with such expertise we would have to reinvent the wheel.

07-25-2015, 10:03 AM	#206
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,796 Karma: 146391129 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	With 3.16.0, has the bug where search results (in a book) show the same chapter for each result no matter which chapter the results are found?

07-27-2015, 04:47 PM	#210
WillysJeepMan Guru Posts: 656 Karma: 2877892 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kobo Touch, KFHD7, GTab 8.4 Pro, iPadAir 2	My Kobo Touch is still running 1.9.10. What are some of the things that I'm missing out on by not being at 3.16.0?

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