New Kobo Firmware 4.39.22801

[JSWolf]

This URL is fie the Libra 2. I took the URL for the for the 4.38 firmware, changed the date and the firmware version. And now I have a URL for the new firmware.

https://ereaderfiles.kobo.com/firmwa...4.39.22801.zip

[geek1011]

You're 3h late... https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=360324

[rantanplan]

So, either the update takes very long, or I'm in a bootloop now.

[BillGaitas]

I noped out of the sideloaded update once I checked the files, the download link supposedly is for the Libra 2 (kobo9) but the files inside the package reveal that it is for a Mediatek device and not a Freescale one.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by BillGaitas

I noped out of the sideloaded update once I checked the files, the download link supposedly is for the Libra 2 (kobo9) but the files inside the package reveal that it is for a Mediatek device and not a Freescale one.

How can you tell the difference?

[rantanplan]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

How can you tell the difference?

Likely because in the zipfile there is a subdirectory upgrade and in there is a subdirectory mt8113t-ntx.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by rantanplan

Likely because in the zipfile there is a subdirectory upgrade and in there is a subdirectory mt8113t-ntx.

Thanks. Do you know which processor the 1st edition Kobo Libra 2 uses?

[rantanplan]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Thanks. Do you know which processor the 1st edition Kobo Libra 2 uses?

mx6sll-ntx (because, like with the other update, there's an upgrade subdirectory with a subdirectory of this name).

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by rantanplan

mx6sll-ntx (because, like with the other update, there's an upgrade subdirectory with a subdirectory of this name).

Thanks. The 4.39 firmware I downloaded is for the Libra 2 1st edition that I have. Most of the patches from 4.38 that I use do install in 4.39. And one of the ones that didnt work is not much of an issue as the line-height setting can be put in the config file if it gets changed.

[geek1011]

Originally Posted by rantanplan

So, either the update takes very long, or I'm in a bootloop now.

I did warn against doing this in my threads, as I have reason to believe it won't work properly on this package:

• It does the same to my A2v1.
• Firimware files shouldn't make too much difference as long as stuff doesn't depend on changes made in them (hence why it's best to be on the latest possible one with firmware first.
• Some changes were made to pickel which may depend on other changes.
• There's some funny stuff with fonts going on; I need to look at this more to figure out if the new update packages are actually complete.
• This firmware update is obviously still for testing, at least for the Tolinos.
• There's some other changes in Nickel which seem suspicious, at least wrt compatibility.
• I've already found some likely bugs in the firmware even though I haven't even run it yet.

[DNSB]

For what it may be worth, before I tried the update on my Clara HD and Sage, I backed up the USB exposed partition and only used the KoboRoot.tgz to do the update since neither device was going to benefit from any of the system updates.

The Clara HD was happy with the update, my Sage went into a boot loop and needed a factory reset (page turn button/power button manual factory reset) to recover.

Sadly, my major reason for trying the update was to see if it fixed the database not closed on USB connect issue. Not sure if I want to try the number of connections that the Clara HD needs to trigger error (about 1 in 50 attempts had calibre complaining about a corrupt database while the Sage complained almost every time I connected from reading a book (ePub or kepub).

[rantanplan]

Originally Posted by geek1011

I did warn against doing this in my threads, as I have reason to believe it won't work properly on this package:

I made a backup before I tried the update so nothing was really lost. It only took 10 minutes to get everything back the way it was before.