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Old 10-04-2013, 11:56 AM   #31
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My issue was that without fail ANY book I tried opened the first time and froze the 2nd. Regular as clockwork.
Me too, I could replicate the freez each time. And I only could unfreez the device by connecting it to the PC, deleting the book and reloading it with calibre.

Anyway, I just connected my device and used the Kobo Utilities-plugin to take a look at the fonts. De reader font was already set in a font different than 'Document default' (it was in Gill Sans).

I had the impression the page was loading 'quicker' (sort of ...) if I set 'Document default' or another font (than Gill Sans).

Strangely enough, after this fiddling around with the Utilities plugin, the issue only comes up now and then when navigating from the home screen tot the book I am reading.
Furthermore, now I can unfreez the screen by tapping the menu at the top of the screen followed by tapping the text-area of the device. After this, the text magically reappears?!

Can any of the Kobo- or calibre-wizards help out here. Obviously, I'm willing to send out logs of the device or perform some tests.

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Old 10-04-2013, 02:28 PM   #32
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Navigating from a book to home and back again causes a 'freeze' for kepubs sent to the device using the calibre extended plugin.

My workaround is to tap and hold the screen which brings up a dictionary definition of the insible word; dismissing the dictionary results in the book loading every time.
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Old 10-04-2013, 02:48 PM   #33
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I've had the same problem here as many others. Something's definitely funky with the 2.8.1 firmware. Hopefully the problem is fixed in the next release.

For me, tapping the menu area the top of the screen and then dismissing the menu dropdown displays the book. Before that, it will be a blank screen with Loading... on the bottom. Happens with kepubs (that worked great on prior firmwares), tried removing all embedded fonts: no dice, no other tweaks on.
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Old 10-20-2013, 07:22 AM   #34
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I've had the same problem here as many others. Something's definitely funky with the 2.8.1 firmware. Hopefully the problem is fixed in the next release.

For me, tapping the menu area the top of the screen and then dismissing the menu dropdown displays the book. Before that, it will be a blank screen with Loading... on the bottom. Happens with kepubs (that worked great on prior firmwares), tried removing all embedded fonts: no dice, no other tweaks on.
I had the same problem. Never got the .kepub I was reading to reopen again, and had to delete it.

I tried the suggestion of buffaloseven, and tapped the top of the screen in the middle, and got some menu to open. After dismissing this menu, the page was now loading fine!

For me this is a great solution so thanks a lot!
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Old 10-21-2013, 04:31 PM   #35
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I just went back to normal epubs, other than the annoyingly large footer it is all working ok for now.
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Old 10-21-2013, 05:39 PM   #36
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If you're sending .kepubs to the device through jgougen's extended driver, make sure you have your reference.kepub.epub file in the right place. I had mine inside a KoboTouchExtended folder in Calibre's plugin folder, and it seems like it was changed to the root plugin director at some point. When I moved the file out of the folder into the root plugin folder and re-sent my books to the device any freezing on load problems vanished.
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Yes! You were right! I updated calibre, removed all plugins and reloaded the newest Kobotouchextended plugin. Everything seems to be working perfectly.
Thank you for your reply!
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Old 10-26-2013, 05:03 AM   #38
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I solved this problem by putting a small (and invisible image) on top of html file.

I also noticed that this problem occurs with some fonts while some other fonts (like Georgia) are fine. Another parameter is the length of html file in the epub.
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Old 11-01-2013, 04:12 PM   #39
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I registered just to post in this thread. I've just bought my first e-book reader after reading e-books on my phone and tablet. It's an Kobo Aura 6".

After getting familiar with the device and Calibre + KoboExtended plugin, I managed to set it all up to my liking, only to have the exact issue described by the OP.

- Load a book, no problem
- Go back to homescreen
- Load back into the same book
- Frozen screen, only solved by holding on an invisible word for the dictionary, or tapping the book name and dismissing the menu again.

After lots of messing around, the only way I'm able to fix it is by using the "Use Full Book page numbers" option in the KoboTouchExtended plugin. I've just tested it with a couple of books, and where I was able to reproduce the problem 100% of the time before, it's now been fine each time (so far).

So unless someone finds a way to fix this, the solution might be to live without chapter pages remaining.

I hope this helps.
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