Kobo firmware 4.3.9084

[dordale]

The swipe up/swipe down short cut is pretty close to unusable on my Aura One. I just use the adjustment accessed from the top menu.

The swipe light adjustment shortcut works pretty well on my Aura HD. I'm running an older (3.15) firmware on the HD.

[Insomniac55]

Originally Posted by ScalyFreak

I was actually just about to manually update on my H2O. Stand by, I will report back on the brightness shortcut.

UPDATE: The screen seems to flicker every time I lift my finger after swiping up or down to adjust the brightness. Is that what you're seeing too?

Yep, that's it.

Basically what's happening is that as your finger lifts off, it doesn't happen perfectly symmetrically. The IR sensors interperet this as a slight finger movement and adjust the brightness accordingly.

The algorithm should be smarter, and ignore all brightness changes made in the final few milliseconds before your finger lifts off (when your finger lifts off the screen, it should set the brightness to whatever it was a few milliseconds earlier).

[engine5]

Originally Posted by Katsunami

I've had this problem with most, if not all, of the firmwares of the KA1. You'd need to set the brightness one step before where you actually want it. If you swipe up and let go, it goes up another step; and it goes down another step when swiping down. At least, it did a few firmwares ago. I haven't used this shortcut since.

Yes, I can confirm this. Works fine on my H2O, but on the Aura One it's unusable. I have to change the brightness over menu -and also there it's a pain. It's so laggy if you choose plus or minus -and trying it direct with the switch to slide it a litte bit to the left or right is almost impossible! ...stroke he almost. It's impossible (to get it there where you want).

[ScalyFreak]

Originally Posted by Insomniac55

Yep, that's it.

Basically what's happening is that as your finger lifts off, it doesn't happen perfectly symmetrically. The IR sensors interperet this as a slight finger movement and adjust the brightness accordingly.

That's exactly it. And it's a lot more noticeable when increasing the brightness than when lowering the light.

It's also a bit annoying.

[Insomniac55]

The frontlight is my biggest frustration with my H2O, and the most annoying thing about it is that it should not be difficult.

As a side note, does anyone with the H2O notice a big jump in brightness between 19% and 20%? I assume it's some quirk of the hardware and not something that will ever be changed (it's probably switching between different constant-current LED drive circuits or similar).

[Blossom]

I don't care for the brightness gesture so thanks to help here I disabled it. I was always accidentally hitting it.

The light does seem to be more unstable during a full screen refresh it dims then brightens. Reminds me of a CFL bulb.

Sent from my XT1528

[mbovenka]

Originally Posted by Blossom

I don't care for the brightness gesture so thanks to help here I disabled it. I was always accidentally hitting it.

Yeah, same here.

[petercreasey]

How is the brightness gesture disable?

[davidfor]

Originally Posted by petercreasey

How is the brightness gesture disable?

By deselecting the option in the settings.

Whoops, pretend you didn't see that

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by petercreasey

How is the brightness gesture disable?

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh....php?p=3478411

Sent from my XT1528

[petercreasey]

Yeah, I was afraid of that. I don't want to mess with the firmware.

Thanks anyway!

[volpo]

Originally Posted by petercreasey

Once you make the change in that file it stays that way even if you upgrade your firmware. It's a simple text edit if the config file.

[Ceiyne]

I haven't updated my Kobo Glo HD in over a year and it's on firmware 3.16-something. I only read Japanese books on the device (I'm learning Japanese, so it's slow going) and I have some custom Japanese dictionaries for this purpose.

I've been totally out of touch with the Kobo "scene" so I don't know if I should update my firmware or not. I did some digging and see posts where people were unhappy with some post 3.19 firmwares so if I'm going to take a step backward I'd rather just keep the 3.16. Can anyone give me some insight on this?

I'm assuming I still need to back up and restore my custom dictionaries after an upgrade?

[Vladi69]

I am owner of Kobo Glo HD after 2 days, never had a Kobo before.
My device is on firmware 4.3.8945 and would like to update it. If I understand well, this is done syncing the device, but nothing happens.
Is it normal? Should I update manually? Can you please link the thread with spet-by-step for manual update?

Thank you!

[Insomniac55]

Originally Posted by Vladi69

I am owner of Kobo Glo HD after 2 days, never had a Kobo before.
My device is on firmware 4.3.8945 and would like to update it. If I understand well, this is done syncing the device, but nothing happens.
Is it normal? Should I update manually? Can you please link the thread with spet-by-step for manual update?

Thank you!

The firmware you get depends on what region you are in. They release it region-by-region so that any bugs don't affect everyone at once.

If you want the fastest updates, connect to a computer and find the 'affiliate.conf' file in the .kobo directory of your device. Change the affiliate to 'RakutenBooks', and you should get the latest firmware.