Firmware 4.35.20400

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by tschucha

After two days in non-sideload mode I haven't seen anything that stands out as out of the ordinary with 4.35. From a general reading perspective I don't see anything different. It hasn't hung up on me at all. If using the buttons (I've got a Sage) you sometimes have to press twice to get to the next page but this was also the case with earlier firmware. I mucked around going to different menus and changing various parameters around but couldn't break it. This was a kind of random effort on my part just to try various things out.

There is some possibility that the battery usage is worse on 4.35 but this could have been because of me trying various things that I normally wouldn't be doing. If the battery usage is worse it isn't by too much.

After this I'm pretty confident that for my type of usage anyway 4.35 is OK. If something shows up that is an obvious bug I'll post it. For now it's back to sideload mode and just normal reading.

Thank you. I'm wondering if I should give 4.35 a go. I'll have a think on it.

[Rand Brittain]

...now that I get back to what I was doing, is it just me, or has the firmware page only got 4.34 now?

[tschucha]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Thank you. I'm wondering if I should give 4.35 a go. I'll have a think on it.

Although nothing that I could find goes wrong I didn't find anything that was noticeably better either. I think you'll be safe either way.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by Rand Brittain

...now that I get back to what I was doing, is it just me, or has the firmware page only got 4.34 now?

Correct. 4.35.20400 has been pulled from distribution.

[Rand Brittain]

Originally Posted by DNSB

Correct. 4.35.20400 has been pulled from distribution.

Huh, so it has. I saw people talking about "Kobo doesn't usually pull firmware", and assumed that people wanted something rolled back, but that it hadn't been, because, uh, Kobo doesn't usually pull firmware.

I guess I will join the chorus of people wondering, then.

[Uncle Robin]

A question: I have just now found a book on Kobo that I actually really want to buy that is in nglish and Hindi. The preview shows lots of devanagari text. I'd love to buy it and try out the new Hindi font feature,in 35.20400, but if I turn wifi on to download it, will lose the very update that would let me read it?

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by DNSB

Correct. 4.35.20400 has been pulled from distribution.

I was just coming here to ask whether anyone elses' Kobos got stuck in an endless 'checking for updates' when trying to sync.

Not sure if it was the firmware itself glitching, or whether Kobo just didn't know how to handle the 'latest' version being a lower version than installed. I am downgrading now so hopefully that should help.

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by Uncle Robin

A question: I have just now found a book on Kobo that I actually really want to buy that is in nglish and Hindi. The preview shows lots of devanagari text. I'd love to buy it and try out the new Hindi font feature,in 35.20400, but if I turn wifi on to download it, will lose the very update that would let me read it?

Sideloading an option? If you're worried about duplicates, just delete it when the firmware's updated again so you can sync.

[lkmiller]

Originally Posted by Uncle Robin

A question: I have just now found a book on Kobo that I actually really want to buy that is in nglish and Hindi. The preview shows lots of devanagari text. I'd love to buy it and try out the new Hindi font feature,in 35.20400, but if I turn wifi on to download it, will lose the very update that would let me read it?

I received the 4.35.20400 update OTA, and it has not reverted.

eta: And it hasn't gotten stuck when syncing.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by Uncle Robin

A question: I have just now found a book on Kobo that I actually really want to buy that is in English and Hindi. The preview shows lots of devanagari text. I'd love to buy it and try out the new Hindi font feature,in 35.20400, but if I turn wifi on to download it, will lose the very update that would let me read it?

The pull from distribution means that it is not be available as an OTA update but if you have already updated, it will not automagically roll back to 4.34.20097.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by DNSB

The pull from distribution means that it is not be available as an OTA update but if you have already updated, it will not automagically roll back to 4.34.20097.

To go back, you have to download the previous firmware and manually install it. That;s not something most Kobo owners can do as you need to know the URL for the 4.34 firmware.

You can get 4.34 from here.
https://pgaskin.net/KoboStuff/kobofirmware.html

[Uncle Robin]

Thank you all for that reassurance, I'll go ahead and buy it, and see how Kobo's new devanagari font looks

[christianbk]

As an owner of a Sage and the disastrous PowerCover:

This new update, so far, has allowed the charge behavior to work as intended. Normally, I would remove the cover, read, attach for a quick dip of charge from the cover only for it to charge very little and then show zero charge left with the cover. So far during my trip, I’ve done this about 8 times or so with another recharge of the cover and everything has worked well!

Fingers crossed I didn’t jinx it. But I thought I’d mention this positive behavior with this update.

[JSWolf]

Given all the positives I'm reading about 4.35, I'm really wondering why it was pulled.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by christianbk

As an owner of a Sage and the disastrous PowerCover:

This new update, so far, has allowed the charge behavior to work as intended. Normally, I would remove the cover, read, attach for a quick dip of charge from the cover only for it to charge very little and then show zero charge left with the cover. So far during my trip, I’ve done this about 8 times or so with another recharge of the cover and everything has worked well!

Fingers crossed I didn’t jinx it. But I thought I’d mention this positive behavior with this update.

That's good news. I haven't used my PowerCover for months, but I might try again now.