Firmware 4.15.12920 - Page 5

DrChiper · 06-14-2019, 09:14 AM

Using FW 4.15.12920 immediately produced the highlighting problem again. For every book I tried. (Attached one of them) Did not yet encountered the page problem yet, but previously that happened after a day of usage.

rashkae · 06-14-2019, 09:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrChiper

Using FW 4.15.12920 immediately produced the highlighting problem again. For every book I tried. (Attached one of them) Did not yet encountered the page problem yet, but previously that happened after a day of usage.

1st Observation: I can immediately replicate the issues

2nd Observation: Completely regenerating a new TOC fixes it, so David's guess was right on.

I will continue to see if I can identify what, exactly, about the Toc is causing the Kobo to loose it's ..... lunch.

DrChiper · 06-14-2019, 09:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rashkae

2nd Observation: Completely regenerating a new TOC fixes it, so David's guess was right on.

There are 6 options to regenerate the TOC: which one did you use?

rashkae · 06-14-2019, 11:04 AM

Okay, wow, the conditions to replicate this are a little exotic.

First, you need 2 TOC entries that point the same file. In the sample file provided, you can see an example in the first Chapter:

<navPoint id="num_3" playOrder="3">
<navLabel>
<text>WXAJAX CGASHKR 10</text>
</navLabel>
<content src="Text/Section002.htm"/>
<navPoint id="num_4" playOrder="4">
<navLabel>
<text>JTV</text>
</navLabel>
<content src="Text/Section002.htm#u45555f1e-69fc-48ec-bef8-8b9f79f176a2"/>
</navPoint>

(Note, It doesn't matter if the two entries are nested or not.)

Then, you have try to save a position that is significantly after the position of the TOC position ID, (but still in the same file), either by highlighting, or exiting the book (ie, trying to save your current page.) The text immediately following the ID is ok, but the text approx 2 pages after will not save in the database.

PS: Have you ever tried the KoboTouch Extended Driver in Calibre? I know some people prefer the more technically accurate formatting of pure epub, but trying to test this was a great reminder to me how terrible the performace of epub reader is compared to Kepub.. especially when it comes to Highlighting and footnotes.

DrChiper · 06-14-2019, 11:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rashkae

PS: Have you ever tried the KoboTouch Extended Driver in Calibre?

Yes I did about 2 years ago. I was not impressed by the margin layout of the resulting kepub, and you had to use an kobo_extra.css, so I decided not to go that way. It might be improved at the moment, though. I've not checked it out lately, because until the latest FW there was no need.
Footnotes are indeed horrible in kobo for epubs.

davidfor · 06-16-2019, 02:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rashkae

Okay, wow, the conditions to replicate this are a little exotic.

First, you need 2 TOC entries that point the same file. In the sample file provided, you can see an example in the first Chapter:

<navPoint id="num_3" playOrder="3">
<navLabel>
<text>WXAJAX CGASHKR 10</text>
</navLabel>
<content src="Text/Section002.htm"/>
<navPoint id="num_4" playOrder="4">
<navLabel>
<text>JTV</text>
</navLabel>
<content src="Text/Section002.htm#u45555f1e-69fc-48ec-bef8-8b9f79f176a2"/>
</navPoint>

(Note, It doesn't matter if the two entries are nested or not.)

Then, you have try to save a position that is significantly after the position of the TOC position ID, (but still in the same file), either by highlighting, or exiting the book (ie, trying to save your current page.) The text immediately following the ID is ok, but the text approx 2 pages after will not save in the database.

That's what I missed. I tested early in the chapters where everything works. Going to the end of the chapter, it had the problem. And with a little testing, it appears that anywhere in the first 25 paragraphs, everything is OK. Somewhere after that, the problems occurs.

Nemo1984 · 06-17-2019, 08:26 AM

I found another bug where I lose my current reading position in a epub.
Kobo Glo HD.
How to reproduce: While reading epub, close the sleep cover. Wait until it shuts down completely as per Power Saving settings. When I reopen it, I'm back to page 1.
Because of that and the french canadian keyboard bug, I'm back to the previous firmware version.

davidfor · 06-17-2019, 08:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nemo1984

I found another bug where I lose my current reading position in a epub.
Kobo Glo HD.
How to reproduce: While reading epub, close the sleep cover. Wait until it shuts down completely as per Power Saving settings. When I reopen it, I'm back to page 1.

That's almost definitely another way to reproduce the problem we've been discussing. Or it is an issue with the database.

lel24 · 06-17-2019, 08:53 AM

Does anyone know what this is about?

http://api.kobobooks.com/1.0/ReleaseNotes/119

Also, aren't the beta program and kobo insiders two different things? As a few other members have pointed out, the beta affiliate could be actually used for beta software soon. (I think this probably isn't the case though).

geek1011 · 06-17-2019, 12:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lel24

Does anyone know what this is about?

http://api.kobobooks.com/1.0/ReleaseNotes/119

Also, aren't the beta program and kobo insiders two different things? As a few other members have pointed out, the beta affiliate could be actually used for beta software soon. (I think this probably isn't the case though).

It may or may not have to do with the X-Kobo-Accept-Preview header which is sent in the HTTP request by the firmware under some cases.

the.Mtn.Man · 06-17-2019, 01:50 PM

I noticed they seem to have fixed the bug where the pop-up for the lighting adjustment didn't reflect the current brightness.

davidfor · 06-17-2019, 08:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lel24

Does anyone know what this is about?

http://api.kobobooks.com/1.0/ReleaseNotes/119

Also, aren't the beta program and kobo insiders two different things? As a few other members have pointed out, the beta affiliate could be actually used for beta software soon. (I think this probably isn't the case though).

It's basically a placeholder Kobo is using with the beta firmware releases.

Quote:

Originally Posted by geek1011

It may or may not have to do with the X-Kobo-Accept-Preview header which is sent in the HTTP request by the firmware under some cases.

The header is needed, plus other things. Adding the header won't get the beta firmware. But, it might block releases from being downloaded.

MeiGuddet · 06-26-2019, 05:27 PM

Sorry if this was mentioned before, but I didn't find it in the previous posts.
My reader is a Kobo Aura 1st generation which is running a patched firmware 4.15.12920. When switching the Kobo on, the backlight is always on, but the backlight icon is not shown. In order to switch the light off I need to press the button 2 times: first to show the backlight icon (and also light gets a bit more brighter) and then a second press which turns the light off. Did anybody else notice this? And is there a fix for this?

jiminrussell · 06-26-2019, 08:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MeiGuddet

Sorry if this was mentioned before, but I didn't find it in the previous posts.
My reader is a Kobo Aura 1st generation which is running a patched firmware 4.15.12920. When switching the Kobo on, the backlight is always on, but the backlight icon is not shown. In order to switch the light off I need to press the button 2 times: first to show the backlight icon (and also light gets a bit more brighter) and then a second press which turns the light off. Did anybody else notice this? And is there a fix for this?

I have access to two of the Kobo Aura 1st gen machines running 4.15.12920 and neither one has this issue. Neither machine is patched though, what patches do you have installed?

MeiGuddet · 06-27-2019, 06:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jiminrussell

I have access to two of the Kobo Aura 1st gen machines running 4.15.12920 and neither one has this issue. Neither machine is patched though, what patches do you have installed?

These are my patches:

Code:

  src/nickel.yaml:
    Custom menubar - reduce height by 33%: yes
    Custom reading footer style: yes
    Custom synopsis/details line spacing: yes
    Custom synopsis/font size: yes
    Dictionary pop-up - increase available text area: yes
    Fix reading stats/author name cut off when series is showing: yes
    Increase the cover size in library: yes
    Increase the view details container size: yes
    Only Reading and My Books: yes
    Reduce top/bottom page spacer: yes
    Remove extra space on selection menu: yes
  src/libadobe.so.yaml:
    Keep PDF pan position: yes
  src/libnickel.so.1.0.0.yaml:
    Dictionary text font-family/font-size/line-height - beta: yes
    Wikipedia Search language: yes
    Allow searches on Extra dictionaries: yes
    Always display chapter name on navigation menu: yes
    Always show confirmation dialog before upgrading: yes
    Clock display duration: yes
    Custom Sleep/Power-off timeouts: yes
    Custom font sizes: yes
    Custom kepub default margins: yes
    Custom left & right margins: yes
    Fix three KePub fullScreenReading bugs: yes
    Force user font-family in ePubs (Part 1 of 2): yes
    Force user line spacing in KePubs: yes
    Force user line spacing in ePubs (part 1 of 2): yes
    Freedom to advanced fonts control: yes
    Increase TOC level indentation and fix extra indentation bug: yes
    My 24 line spacing values: yes
    Set KePub hyphenation: yes
    ePub disable built-in body padding-bottom: yes
    ePub uniform font scale: yes
  src/librmsdk.so.1.0.0.yaml:
    Default ePub monospace font (Courier): yes
    Disable orphans/widows avoidance: yes
    Force user font-family in ePubs (Part 2 of 2): yes
    Force user line spacing in ePubs (Part 2 of 2): yes
    Ignore ePub book Adobe XPGT stylesheet (page-template.xpgt): yes

06-14-2019, 11:04 AM	#64
rashkae Wizard Posts: 1,142 Karma: 5061953 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Ontario, Canada Device: Kobo Aura HD	Okay, wow, the conditions to replicate this are a little exotic. First, you need 2 TOC entries that point the same file. In the sample file provided, you can see an example in the first Chapter: <navPoint id="num_3" playOrder="3"> <navLabel> <text>WXAJAX CGASHKR 10</text> </navLabel> <content src="Text/Section002.htm"/> <navPoint id="num_4" playOrder="4"> <navLabel> <text>JTV</text> </navLabel> <content src="Text/Section002.htm#u45555f1e-69fc-48ec-bef8-8b9f79f176a2"/> </navPoint> (Note, It doesn't matter if the two entries are nested or not.) Then, you have try to save a position that is significantly after the position of the TOC position ID, (but still in the same file), either by highlighting, or exiting the book (ie, trying to save your current page.) The text immediately following the ID is ok, but the text approx 2 pages after will not save in the database. PS: Have you ever tried the KoboTouch Extended Driver in Calibre? I know some people prefer the more technically accurate formatting of pure epub, but trying to test this was a great reminder to me how terrible the performace of epub reader is compared to Kepub.. especially when it comes to Highlighting and footnotes. Last edited by rashkae; 06-14-2019 at 11:13 AM.

06-26-2019, 05:27 PM	#73
MeiGuddet Member Posts: 21 Karma: 1000 Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: Germany Device: Kobo Aura (Mark 5)	Issue with the backlight Sorry if this was mentioned before, but I didn't find it in the previous posts. My reader is a Kobo Aura 1st generation which is running a patched firmware 4.15.12920. When switching the Kobo on, the backlight is always on, but the backlight icon is not shown. In order to switch the light off I need to press the button 2 times: first to show the backlight icon (and also light gets a bit more brighter) and then a second press which turns the light off. Did anybody else notice this? And is there a fix for this?

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Nemo1984 Connoisseur Posts: 92 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2017 Device: Kobo Glo HD	I found another bug where I lose my current reading position in a epub. Kobo Glo HD. How to reproduce: While reading epub, close the sleep cover. Wait until it shuts down completely as per Power Saving settings. When I reopen it, I'm back to page 1. Because of that and the french canadian keyboard bug, I'm back to the previous firmware version.

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