Old Kobo Aura H2O question on downgrading firmware

[rcentros]

Originally Posted by sparklemotion

To update in case anyone experiences something similar. I downgraded the firmware to version 4.34.20097 (thank you again cavy for the exact firmware number, that one did the magic trick for me too!) and page turns are back to being super speedy. The whole device is SO much faster and responsive now. So happy! I can't believe how badly the later updates slowed mine down. I actually initially went with a higher one, but with that one they were still really slow. Thanks again to everyone for their help. I won't be upgrading the firmware ever again. haha.

Thanks for recording your experience. I have an old Aura HD (similar to the H2O) and it was running 4.35.20400. It was "laggy." Not two seconds but, when turning the page you would have to wait and you could "watch" the page change. I downgraded to 4.34.20097 (literally one version difference) and H2O is now much more responsive. (Like you, in the Menus also.) So this may work on other older Kobos as well.

Again, thank you.

[sparklemotion]

Originally Posted by rcentros

Thanks for recording your experience. I have an old Aura HD (similar to the H2O) and it was running 4.35.20400. It was "laggy." Not two seconds but, when turning the page you would have to wait and you could "watch" the page change. I downgraded to 4.34.20097 (literally one version difference) and H2O is now much more responsive. (Like you, in the Menus also.) So this may work on other older Kobos as well.

Again, thank you.

That's great! I'm so glad it sped up your e-reader. Much more enjoyable using it now.

[rcentros]

Originally Posted by sparklemotion

That's great! I'm so glad it sped up your e-reader. Much more enjoyable using it now.

Same here. Thanks again. What's funny is that my remaining Touch is probably older, but it handles 4.35.x without issue. So it must have been something specific in the Aura HD / H2O(?).

EDIT: Looks like they both use the same CPU (Freescale i.MX507 1GHZ).