Clara HD Next Kobo Model - Kobo Clara HD

[jackie_w]

Originally Posted by Mrs_Often

The one thing I know I changed was the locale in the config file... from en_US to en_GB. I just changed the locale to en_GB again and the time in the device is wrong (two hours slow), but the sorting still works fine.

Ha. This is quite funny! A locale of en_GB was one of the many tweaks I had in place before the factory reset. So for the test I left it unchanged at en_US.

[Mrs_Often]

Originally Posted by jackie_w

Ha. This is quite funny! A locale of en_GB was one of the many tweaks I had in place before the factory reset. So for the test I left it unchanged at en_US.

Ha nice coincidence But so it's definitely not part of the bug. I also realised I hadn't updated to the latest firmware after factory resetting and before testing, so my tests are useless, haha.

[jlynton]

Originally Posted by davidfor

I agree with the name, but I keep thinking of a character in the third "Back to the Future" movie. Apparently the name makes sense in Spanish.

Clara Clayton, I believe.

[jackie_w]

Originally Posted by oren64

Probably a bug in the firmware.

You can check and see the last date read in the KoboReader.sqlite in Content > DateLastRead, use sqlitestudio software.

I looked at the DateLastRead column in the database. It looks consistent with the open-actions I took. No obvious problems there.

[Mrs_Often]

Originally Posted by Mrs_Often

[...]and the site says capacitive touch screen... Shame if that's true, I liked being able to turn pages with gloves on with IR

I just found an advantage of the capacitive screen: I dropped a crispy M&M on the screen and it rolled all over the place... but nothing happened!

[TheBard]

Originally Posted by thymaster

I upgraded mind to a 64GB Class 10 microsd card. You need to clone the 8GB card, restore it on the new card and re-partition the card after to maximize the storage.

Thank you! Good to see my assumption about cloning the card was correct.

Did you repartition to multiple partitions? A FAT32 SDHC (I assume the Clara is still limited to FAT32 format) card maxes at 32GB, whereas larger capacity cards use exFAT.

[My question might be moot, since I will probably not use more than a 32GB card]

[ilovejedd]

Originally Posted by TheBard

Thank you! Good to see my assumption about cloning the card was correct.

Did you repartition to multiple partitions? A FAT32 SDHC (I assume the Clara is still limited to FAT32 format) card maxes at 32GB, whereas larger capacity cards use exFAT.

[My question might be moot, since I will probably not use more than a 32GB card]

That 32GB is a Windows formatting restriction. I think the actual file system limit is 2TB or something. Besides, Windows only acknowledges the primary or active partition anyway which by default, it cannot read (ext3 or something?).

[CH23]

Originally Posted by ilovejedd

Pic was likely taken when poster was backing up the Clara's uSD to computer.

you are correct :P

[RobertJSawyer]

Ah! I was confused by that picture, too. So, just to be sure I understand: the Kobo Clara HD does have a standard MicroSD slot on the motherboard, accessible by prying off the back of the unit, and the unit comes with an 8 GB MicroSD card in that slot, but the knowledgeable user can remove that 8 GB MicroSD card simply by pulling it out (no desoldering required) and clone its contents to a higher capacity MicroSD card, up to 32 GB in size, put the new, larger-capcity card back in the unit, and have increased storage space for ebooks. Correct?

And a standard SanDisk 32 GB class 10 card such as this one would be an appropriate replacement?

Thank you!

[ilovejedd]

Originally Posted by RobertJSawyer

Ah! I was confused by that picture, too. So, just to be sure I understand: the Kobo Clara HD does have a standard MicroSD slot on the motherboard, accessible by prying off the back of the unit, and the unit comes with an 8 GB MicroSD card in that slot, but the knowledgeable user can remove that 8 GB MicroSD card simply by pulling it out (no desoldering required) and clone its contents to a higher capacity MicroSD card, up to 32 GB in size, put the new, larger-capcity card back in the unit, and have increased storage space for ebooks. Correct?

And a standard SanDisk 32 GB class 10 card such as this one would be an appropriate replacement?

Thank you!

Higher than 32GB, I expect. I use a 64GB Samsung UHS-I uSD card on my Glo HD and I remember seeing a poster who tested up to 128GB, I think? I expect the only reason 256GB hasn't been tested yet is due to availability/cost prohibitiveness.

Currently have around 40GB worth of manga (cbz) on my Glo HD. Note, these devices have relatively weak processors so I still wouldn't load tens of thousands of ebooks on them.

Edit: Found the post.

Originally Posted by Syana344

Hi all,

Just to share my experience: I made some trials with my new Glo HD. As I had several microSD around, I checked 32GB, 64GB and 128GB internally.

All of them are Sandisk microSDs Class10, and yes, it works fine with all of them.

As it was already said, I had to reformat from exFAT to FAT32 the 64GB and 128GB with an external tool, but once done no issue for me.

Addendum: Also, just as a warning, fake SD cards are fairly common. Make sure you're buying either directly from Amazon or from an authorized retailer (not just an Amazon marketplace seller).

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by jackie_w

I looked at the DateLastRead column in the database. It looks consistent with the open-actions I took. No obvious problems there.

You might also need to check the __SyncDate column (think that's the name). Somewhere along the way, the Recent sorting seems to have changed to use the maximum of DateLastRead and __SyncDate rather than only using __SyncDate if the DateLastRead was null. I don't think this will have an affect on what you are seeing, but it is something to check.

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by geek1011

davidfor, do you know anything about the firmware (see post 407,414)?

No, I don't have any details. It was mentioned on the beta list that a different version would be out for the Clara HD, but there were no details. I assume it would just be any last minute fixes for the device, but it looks like some other changes snuck in. I'll probably try this on one of my devices over the weekend.

[geek1011]

Originally Posted by davidfor

No, I don't have any details. It was mentioned on the beta list that a different version would be out for the Clara HD, but there were no details. I assume it would just be any last minute fixes for the device, but it looks like some other changes snuck in. I'll probably try this on one of my devices over the weekend.

Ok. I uploaded the zip of the firmware. It's in one of my previous posts. You'll need to use it as there is no download link for it, and Kobo desktop does something funny to get it (I explained in more detail earlier).

[barryem]

Originally Posted by davidfor

These are NOT bugs.

If you can't change the line spacing, then it is because the device is respecting those set in the book. That is a design decision.

And if you can't change the text weight (I assume you mean the advanced font setting) then it means it is a sideloaded font. Again, a design decision.

I'd agree with you if these things were consistent but they aren't. One book will let me change the spacing and the weight. The next book won't. Or it'll let me change one and not the other. And sometimes other features don't work. I've never been able to spot a pattern of any sort related to font, etc.

I convert these books from Amazon format using Calibre and I always use the same settings. I've experimented with those settings to see if I can find a way to make the features always work. Nothing helps.

My conclusion is that these are bugs. I'm a retired programmer with 35 years experience and I've written enough bugs into programs to consider myself an authority on bugs.

That said, it's still a very nice device. There's more than enough right about Kobos to make up for the bugs.

Barry

[Ripplinger]

Originally Posted by Mrs_Often

That makes sense, thank you for sharing. Does that mean you don't use any capacitive screens/devices, so also no touch screen smart phone, no laptop trackpad, no tablet, etc? Must be quite a hassle to find things that work with your fingers. But it must be bad if you can't even comfortably hit an elevator button... And yes I now mostly read in a warm and cozy place, and I've quit using public transport so I don't have the glove issue any more.

My phone, laptop and tablet are all capacitive and I just resign myself to having to hit multiple times, but I really don't use the laptop and tablet all that often to begin with so it doesn't bother me. Keeping hand lotion on helps, or at worse just slightly licking my finger. Something I definitely don't want to do after touching an elevator button though. And I don't use those devices repeatedly like turning pages while reading. Only my phone would get answered outdoors in the cold and I don't have a problem with taking off my glove momentarily to answer a call or use the GPS. I'm not a big phone user so that's not really a problem for me.

Originally Posted by Mrs_Often

Aaahhh yes, that Clara! Well I suppose that's better than a "Clara the Cow".

Originally Posted by RobertJSawyer

I suspect the name "Clara" was chosen to suggest "Clarity," in honour of the new higher-definition screen. As for Kobo Nova, I'm putting a Russian character in my next novel; she'll be named Kobonova (Koe-BON-uh-vah).

And I always think of Clarabell the Clown from the Howdy Doody show. I really don't like the name either, Nova would have been a much better choice from the get-go.