Firmwares 4.39.23027 and 4.38.23038

[bluepeter]

Originally Posted by Cootey

Anybody had any luck applying 4.38.23038 to a Mini?

Not yet, but I intend and expect to be trying it in a few days' time.

I bought a Mini on eBay today. When I get it - which should be no later than Monday - I'll want to increase the storage and apply 4.38. Provided that I remember and nobody else has replied by the time I do it, I'll post the result here. If you care enough and I forget, you're welcome to give me a prod.

[JSWolf]

I've applied 4.38.23038 to my Libra 2. I also applied the patches. Had no trouble at all.

It's nice to know that my advice I've been giving to go to the home screen before connecting to the USB should be a lot more valid then it was before.

[DrChiper]

I decided to update all my ereaders (Libra Color, Aura 2nd ed v1, Clara HD) OTA since last week which went without any problems.
Only my trusted Libra 2 is still not receiving the OTA update yet. Of course I can force the update myself, but perhaps there is a reason the update is not available yet, so I decided to wait a little longer.
Anyone noticed the same?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by DrChiper

I decided to update all my ereaders (Libra Color, Aura 2nd ed v1, Clara HD) OTA since last week which went without any problems.
Only my trusted Libra 2 is still not receiving the OTA update yet. Of course I can force the update myself, but perhaps there is a reason the update is not available yet, so I decided to wait a little longer.
Anyone noticed the same?

Nope. I never OTA update. I like to do it on my terms and I want to make sure the patches are ready to go.

I decided to do the update today since @DNSB has said that he tested 4.28.23038 and did not find any issue with the left open files. So I figured it was a good idea to go for it. That and the patches mostly apply.

[ghira]

I may get lots of other problems but I have never had this usb/database problem so I think I'll wait for OTA.

[Nemo1984]

Ii have tested my usual patches from the previous version on 4.38.23038 and all worked, except "Remove forgotten PIN". This is unfortunate, but not a major concern.

I get this, for reference:
Error: could not apply patch "Remove forgot pin button from lock screen": line 655: inst 4: ReplaceZlib: not a zlib stream
Error: could not apply patches: error applying patch file 'src/nickel.yaml': could not apply patch "Remove forgot pin button from lock screen": line 655: inst 4: ReplaceZlib: not a zlib stream

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by ghira

I may get lots of other problems but I have never had this usb/database problem so I think I'll wait for OTA.

I have not had the problem as well. But why tep fate when I can do something about it before it happens.

[icallaci]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

It's nice to know that my advice I've been giving to go to the home screen before connecting to the USB should be a lot more valid then it was before.

Going back to the home screen before connecting via USB had absolutely no effect on the database corruption I was experiencing in the earlier firmware. I have always returned to the home screen before connecting. 4.38.23038 has fixed the issue, so I am convinced it had nothing to do with returning to the home screen.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by icallaci

Going back to the home screen before connecting via USB had absolutely no effect on the database corruption I was experiencing in the earlier firmware. I have always returned to the home screen before connecting. 4.38.23038 has fixed the issue, so I am convinced it had nothing to do with returning to the home screen.

I always returned to the home screen and I did not have a corrupted database.

[icallaci]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I always returned to the home screen and I did not have a corrupted database.

I always returned to the home screen and I DID have a corrupted database. Every time. Unless I rebooted the Kobo.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by Cootey

Makes me a little hesitant to update my Kobo Mini. Anybody had any luck applying 4.38.23038 to a Mini?

I upgraded a Mini to 4.38.23038 and didn't see any issues in very limited testing (4 repetitions of send book, send metadata, open book, read 10-15 pages, skip to end).

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

It's nice to know that my advice I've been giving to go to the home screen before connecting to the USB should be a lot more valid then it was before.

Sorry Jon, but that advice was not all that useful before and even less useful now. My experience was similar to @iacallaci's. Using SSH or telnet still showed the database write-ahead logging and share memory files present until after a reboot.

[geek1011]

I just noticed another thing... the libra color is now kobo13 instead of kobo11... this pair of updates is becoming a really big PITA...

Originally Posted by Nemo1984

Ii have tested my usual patches from the previous version on 4.38.23038 and all worked, except "Remove forgotten PIN". This is unfortunate, but not a major concern.

I get this, for reference:
Error: could not apply patch "Remove forgot pin button from lock screen": line 655: inst 4: ReplaceZlib: not a zlib stream
Error: could not apply patches: error applying patch file 'src/nickel.yaml': could not apply patch "Remove forgot pin button from lock screen": line 655: inst 4: ReplaceZlib: not a zlib stream

Change the BaseAddress value to 0x198201E.

[geek1011]

Originally Posted by hatuluang

Hi,
I want to inform as titled said some patches from 4.38.21908 didn't work on 4.38.23038 as follows:

src/libnickel.so.1.0.0.yaml:
    Customize ComfortLight settings: yes
    Don't uppercase header/footer text: yes
    Don't uppercase header/footer text and change page number text: yes
src/nickel.yaml:
    Increase size of kepub chapter progress chart: yes

I ran kobopatch.bat one by one to the four patches and it didn't work. The other patches I used worked fine. I use Clara 2E.
So I will wait the release of kobopatch 4.38.23038 and patches my device.

Attached the log.txt

For the kepub chapter progress chart change the BaseAddress to 0x197D65A. The others will need larger updates.

[hatuluang]

Originally Posted by geek1011

For the kepub chapter progress chart change the BaseAddress to 0x197D65A. The others will need larger updates.

It works, thank you!