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Old 11-23-2010, 12:32 AM   #61
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Just let is be 5V and 1A. Less than reader wants might be a problem.
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Old 11-23-2010, 09:30 AM   #62
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Last night I updated my desktop to 1.7.5, updated my wireless Kobo to 1.7.4, disconnected, turned off and then turned on my Kobo. Now all of my books are back in the "I'm reading" list" The ones I am reading are at their proper % read amount and all the others are at 1%. I tried restarting but it did not solve the problem.
Is there a solution to this or is it a bug?
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Old 11-23-2010, 09:43 AM   #63
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Sometimes plugging Kobo in by USB, choosing "manage", and then removing/unmounting the device (not just unplugging) does some magical things. It seems most people are having a better experience with the WiFi and sync by doing it over WiFi, than through the desktop. When all the updates are released, this should not make a difference. I know my (beta) 1.8 desktop does not have any sync problems with the WiFi Kobo running 1.7.4.

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Last night I updated my desktop to 1.7.5, updated my wireless Kobo to 1.7.4, disconnected, turned off and then turned on my Kobo. Now all of my books are back in the "I'm reading" list" The ones I am reading are at their proper % read amount and all the others are at 1%. I tried restarting but it did not solve the problem.
Is there a solution to this or is it a bug?
If it is similar to issue on 1.4 for original kobo, you have to connect
again to usb/charger and disconnect also. It did the trick for me.
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Old 11-23-2010, 03:28 PM   #65
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Last night I updated my desktop to 1.7.5, updated my wireless Kobo to 1.7.4, disconnected, turned off and then turned on my Kobo. Now all of my books are back in the "I'm reading" list" The ones I am reading are at their proper % read amount and all the others are at 1%. I tried restarting but it did not solve the problem.
Is there a solution to this or is it a bug?
Same thing happened to me after my upgrade. I connected the Kobo back to my PC and then synched again and it downloaded all my books again. I sideloaded some library books as well, and those didn't come over. Went through the whole thing all over again, and then my Kobo showed NOTHING! All the files were there, though (when I looked at the file folders on my E: drive for the Kobo)! I turned it off and on after synching and disconnecting a second time, and then they were all there, and my unread books said "New" beside them.

In other words, I had to do a 'bunch of stuff' after my upgrade for everything to show up as it should. In the end, after playing around, it was all good. I am a little afraid to connect it to my PC again, as I am thinking if I synch all my books will be downloaded again...?

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I was at Borders today and got a chance to play with the Kobo and Kobo wifi. Both have a serious bug that I am surprised not to have read about on MR. This bug is serious enough that I would never ever recommend a Kobo reader to anyone until it's fixed.

The settings where you change the font to serif or sans-serif breaks an important ADE feature. It breaks embedded fonts. You get the default ADE serif or sans-serif font. So if you have an ePub with an embedded font like the Larsson eBooks, then you don't get the correct font.

This is a bug that never ever should have been allowed to leave the factory.

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Old 11-24-2010, 12:30 AM   #67
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The settings where you change the font to serif or sans-serif breaks an important ADE feature. It breaks embedded fonts. You get the default ADE serif or sans-serif font. So if you have an ePub with an embedded font like the Larsson eBooks, then you don't get the correct font.
Interesting. How did you put files to the reader? Is there any difference
if you do it by the hand? Or Calibre?
I'm quite surprised they let you play with devices.
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Old 11-24-2010, 02:01 AM   #68
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Interesting. How did you put files to the reader? Is there any difference
if you do it by the hand? Or Calibre?
I'm quite surprised they let you play with devices.
I used an SD card. None of the ePub I had with me displayed the embedded fonts due to the bug in the firmware.

Now that this bug has been pointed out, go yell at Kobo to fix it yesterday.
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Old 11-24-2010, 02:37 AM   #69
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What does the Kindle have to do with the Kobo or ADE?

That thread on FBReader for the Kindle has nothing at all to do with the problem of embedded fonts in an ePub not working on the Kobo.

The problem as I see it is that the menu's font selection is overriding the ePub's embedded fonts. An option in the font selection that says ePub default would do the trick by just turning off CSS override for the fonts.
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If it is similar to issue on 1.4 for original kobo, you have to connect
again to usb/charger and disconnect also. It did the trick for me.
Well, I tried reconnecting my Kobo to the USB and then disconnecting. It didn't help a bit. I curious to know how much beta testing was done on this update. It seems like a quite a large bug that should not have gotten out of software quality testing.
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Well, I tried reconnecting my Kobo to the USB and then disconnecting.
I assume you waited a bit for db to update? It takes time.
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Same thing happened to me after my upgrade. I connected the Kobo back to my PC and then synched again and it downloaded all my books again. I sideloaded some library books as well, and those didn't come over. Went through the whole thing all over again, and then my Kobo showed NOTHING! All the files were there, though (when I looked at the file folders on my E: drive for the Kobo)! I turned it off and on after synching and disconnecting a second time, and then they were all there, and my unread books said "New" beside them.
This must be an issue with the desktop upgrade, rather than the reader one. I don't use the desktop, and my reader upgrade to 1.7.4 went smoothly (and now I'm really glad my computer won't let me run the desktop...).
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I assume you waited a bit for db to update? It takes time.
I waited about half an hour.
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Old 11-25-2010, 12:59 AM   #74
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I waited about half an hour.
I had more time to think. After getting the reader, I used sd card to
upgrate firmware and put some epubs to it. It took time to process
them and they were all in I'm reading area. I was puzzled, but what
to do? After the battery drained, I recharged. Magically, only the
book I was reading was in I'm reading. Original reader, 1.4
I assume that code has not changed from the start. There is no chance
they did not spot all books constantly available. What if you recharge
it to get blue light?
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I used an SD card. None of the ePub I had with me displayed the embedded fonts due to the bug in the firmware.

Now that this bug has been pointed out, go yell at Kobo to fix it yesterday.
Perhaps this issue had more to do with the materials on your SD card, rather than the firmware itself? I'd be curious to see what JC has to say about this...

I am also curious to know how many Kobo users actually have ePubs with embedded fonts?
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