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I see GoodEReader has picked up this story ...
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Of course it doesn't have more information. Their source for the story is highly likely the posts in this thread (unattributed as usual )
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The real smack in the face is that all the pre-release stuff touted the 8GB of storage and the sideloading limitation was only brought up after complaints upon release. |
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Anyone who wants to party with this beta release could do so by downloading http://su.barnesandnoble.com/nook/pi....10/update.zip and doing the usual copy update.zip in over USB.
For some reason, I think this was only sent to 4 devices. I can't imagine why? This release doesn't appear to break any of the useful legacy capabilities from GLP days - but having a good way to downgrade would be recommended. Last edited by GeorgeYellow; 12-06-2017 at 11:14 AM. Reason: Checked for a couple of things in the FW |
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That's because they stole the information yet again from MR. They quite often steal news from here because otherwise, they'd have not much to publish other than new Readers being released on Mother's Day.
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I installed the beta firmware. Sure enough, I now see a partition with 6.35 GB. The books I had sideloaded to the old 0.95 GB partition were lost in the shuffle (not a surprise), but everything in the Nook partition seems intact. The Calibre driver still seems to work, though not as smoothly. I'm surprised it would work at all after the repartitioning. There's no point in having the Calibre driver adjusted until this firmware becomes official. Calibre Companion still does its job.
One advantage of the one partition is this: you can sideload books into the Nook folder, and have either the stock Nook reader, or any reader apps you install, access and open them. |
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I haven't seen any new features yet. I checked for new fonts, just in case. (None.) There are probably a number of bug fixes and enhancements under the hood, so to speak. No improvements have jumped out at me just yet. Edit: Maybe it's just me, but some functions on the NG3 seem to be just a bit quicker, and the text and book covers a tad sharper than before. Last edited by downeaster59; 12-06-2017 at 08:40 PM. |
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I want to thank you for reporting about this beta. Hopefully all this will be "mainstream" by the time I get my GlowLight 3. |
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I'm downloading the file but don't currently have a Glowlight 3 I'd be willing to test it on. I sure do hope this becomes an official release. |
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One thing I don't know is how to go back to the official firmware if anything goes wrong. So far, this beta firmware has been fine. But just beware that there is always a little risk. |
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12-07-2017, 09:17 AM | #45 |
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To clarify, copy the update.zip file to the root, or top level, folder that comes up when you connect the nook.
I too ran the update. I too found that the overall response is a little more zippy. One interesting note: I didn't lose any content after the update, as one user reported. Not only that, but my NovaLauncher was still intact. (You get stuck in a loop, when it comes back up after the update, but it's easy to exit that.) |
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