Mini Firmware 3.4.1 - Released for Mini - Page 4

teija · 06-06-2014, 01:57 PM

Installed the Mini-Me update on my parent's Mini and immediately noticed faster response, the "Kobo guy" is definitely still there, and the menu tiles are now there (not sure if my folks will like those more or less - harder to see the book artwork from the main menu page). Hooray! Going to have a quick look through it and - after more than a year on 2.5.1 - will FINALLY update my Mini later this evening.

Skydog · 06-06-2014, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by teija

Installed the Mini-Me update on my parent's Mini and immediately noticed faster response, the "Kobo guy" is definitely still there, and the menu tiles are now there (not sure if my folks will like those more or less - harder to see the book artwork from the main menu page). Hooray! Going to have a quick look through it and - after more than a year on 2.5.1 - will FINALLY update my Mini later this evening.

I'm still on 2.5.1 too. You may have encouraged me to finally upgrade as well.

morgoth · 06-07-2014, 06:08 AM

Nice news ! Installed from Zip as I didn't have updates through wifi or Kobo Desktop and now I'm downloading articles from Pocket

samhy · 06-09-2014, 06:35 AM

The update isn't available in France yet, but with the three-day weekend I'm not surprised. Hopefully it will reach us later this week

teija · 06-09-2014, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by samhy

The update isn't available in France yet, but with the three-day weekend I'm not surprised. Hopefully it will reach us later this week

samhy: The update wasn't available for ours yet either, so we did our first ever sideload for these using the direct-links firmware and it was so easy!

samhy · 06-09-2014, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by teija

samhy: The update wasn't available for ours yet either, so we did our first ever sideload for these using the direct-links firmware and it was so easy!

I might do that at some point (maybe next week), but by waiting I'll know for sure when it will be available here (and some people around won't sideload the firmware).

DomesticExtremis · 06-11-2014, 11:01 AM

I picked this up the other day and I have to say I'm very impressed with it.
There don't seem to be any bugs, Pocket is support great - far better than
trying to read through the browser and (I'm not sure if this is my imagination)
text and images seem to be a lot crisper.
Only thing I miss is the per-book reading stats on kepubs.

jersysman · 06-16-2014, 06:52 PM

Finally got the updates for my two Minis. Just wanted to see how long it would take to get the update over the air.

samosa · 06-16-2014, 10:56 PM

Small complaint - the "< Books" button is now missing from the bottom left. You know when you are reading a book and you press the bottom middle to access the Home etc., there used to be the "< Books" where I could go directly to the books.

Now I need to go to "Home" and then access the book list from there.

samhy · 06-18-2014, 05:31 AM

I got it yesterday!
As expected, the highlight function works much better now (it was hit and miss at best before).
Pocket is here.
The download went fine.

So all in all I'm a happy bunny

Dr. Drib · 06-18-2014, 07:37 AM

I got mine yesterday - Peru.

pedrogaza · 06-19-2014, 01:15 PM

I tried it for a week, and here is my review :

- I can't stand the delay after click. Sometimes click do not do anything, maybe It is due to the ability to turn pages by sliding your finger from right to left (which is not very useful). Moreover, now I can't anymore laugh at ipad user who try to turn pages with sliding

- The home screen is clear, and better with the tiles.

- The stat for kepub does not appear anymore during the reading

-*I tought pocket will be better, It does not know how to parse wikipedia

I will continue to use instapaper instead.

Finally I go back to the old one.

If someone know if it is possible to inhib page turning by sliding the fingers, it would be great.

samhy · 06-19-2014, 04:55 PM

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Originally Posted by pedrogaza

- The stat for kepub does not appear anymore during the reading

It doesn't work for sideloaded kepubs, but it should be working just fine with genuine Kepubs. Press the underlined part on the bottom left of the menu to prompt the stats.

DNSB · 06-19-2014, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by pedrogaza

I tried it for a week, and here is my review :

- I can't stand the delay after click. Sometimes click do not do anything, maybe It is due to the ability to turn pages by sliding your finger from right to left (which is not very useful). Moreover, now I can't anymore laugh at ipad user who try to turn pages with sliding.

AFAIK swiping to change pages in a book has been in the Kobo firmware for quite a while now. Swipe right to left to page forward in a book, left to right to page back. In the library view on my Aura HD, swipe to go backward and forwards in the library, tap to open a book. The Kobo Mini user guide I downloaded in 2012 shortly after it's release also mentions swiping as a means of changing pages as does a Touch user guide from 2011. Hmmm... perhaps I should recover some space by deleting some of those old files.

Regards,
David

pedrogaza · 06-20-2014, 03:34 AM

@DNSB : Actually you are right. When I put the old FW swiping works. So I don't know why is my kobo so slow with 3.4.1...

06-19-2014, 01:15 PM	#57
pedrogaza Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 112156 Join Date: Dec 2013 Device: Kobo Mini	Bad update I tried it for a week, and here is my review : - I can't stand the delay after click. Sometimes click do not do anything, maybe It is due to the ability to turn pages by sliding your finger from right to left (which is not very useful). Moreover, now I can't anymore laugh at ipad user who try to turn pages with sliding - The home screen is clear, and better with the tiles. - The stat for kepub does not appear anymore during the reading -*I tought pocket will be better, It does not know how to parse wikipedia I will continue to use instapaper instead. Finally I go back to the old one. If someone know if it is possible to inhib page turning by sliding the fingers, it would be great.

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06-06-2014, 01:57 PM	#46
teija Gadget fiend Posts: 354 Karma: 2111100 Join Date: Apr 2013 Location: Vancouver, Canada Device: Kobo Clara HD, Aura HD, Kindle Paperwhite 2021, Sony PRS-350	Installed the Mini-Me update on my parent's Mini and immediately noticed faster response, the "Kobo guy" is definitely still there, and the menu tiles are now there (not sure if my folks will like those more or less - harder to see the book artwork from the main menu page). Hooray! Going to have a quick look through it and - after more than a year on 2.5.1 - will FINALLY update my Mini later this evening.

06-07-2014, 06:08 AM	#48
morgoth Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 11612 Join Date: Nov 2013 Device: Kobo Aura, Nook Glowlight	Nice news ! Installed from Zip as I didn't have updates through wifi or Kobo Desktop and now I'm downloading articles from Pocket

06-09-2014, 06:35 AM	#49
samhy Wizard Posts: 1,821 Karma: 9503859 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: France Device: (Sony (J) PRS 650), Kobo Mini, Kobo Glo HD (broken), Kobo Clara BW	The update isn't available in France yet, but with the three-day weekend I'm not surprised. Hopefully it will reach us later this week

06-11-2014, 11:01 AM	#52
DomesticExtremis Addict Posts: 243 Karma: 359054 Join Date: Nov 2012 Device: default	I picked this up the other day and I have to say I'm very impressed with it. There don't seem to be any bugs, Pocket is support great - far better than trying to read through the browser and (I'm not sure if this is my imagination) text and images seem to be a lot crisper. Only thing I miss is the per-book reading stats on kepubs.

06-16-2014, 06:52 PM	#53
jersysman Wizard Posts: 1,747 Karma: 3761220 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Pennsylvania Device: T1 Red, Kindle Fire, Kindle PW, PW2, Nook HD+, Kobo Mini, Aura HD	Finally got the updates for my two Minis. Just wanted to see how long it would take to get the update over the air.

06-16-2014, 10:56 PM	#54
samosa Groupie Posts: 199 Karma: 919588 Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Hong Kong & Ningbo Device: Aura, AuraHD, AuraH2O, GloHD, Mini, DXG, PW123, Voyage, NookSTG	Small complaint - the "< Books" button is now missing from the bottom left. You know when you are reading a book and you press the bottom middle to access the Home etc., there used to be the "< Books" where I could go directly to the books. Now I need to go to "Home" and then access the book list from there.

06-18-2014, 05:31 AM	#55
samhy Wizard Posts: 1,821 Karma: 9503859 Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: France Device: (Sony (J) PRS 650), Kobo Mini, Kobo Glo HD (broken), Kobo Clara BW	I got it yesterday! As expected, the highlight function works much better now (it was hit and miss at best before). Pocket is here. The download went fine. So all in all I'm a happy bunny

06-18-2014, 07:37 AM	#56
Dr. Drib Grand Sorcerer Posts: 45,386 Karma: 59504381 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Peru Device: KINDLE: Oasis 3, Scribe (1st), Matcha; KOBO: Libra 2, Libra Colour	I got mine yesterday - Peru.

06-20-2014, 03:34 AM	#60
pedrogaza Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 112156 Join Date: Dec 2013 Device: Kobo Mini	@DNSB : Actually you are right. When I put the old FW swiping works. So I don't know why is my kobo so slow with 3.4.1...

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