05-09-2017, 02:59 PM | #1 |
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New firmware release - 4.4.9298
Kobo has released firmware 4.4.9298. Download links below:
Mark 3 hardware-4.4.9298.zip Mark 4 hardware-4.4.9298.zip Mark 5 hardware-4.4.9298.zip Mark 6 hardware-4.4.9298.zip Have fun! |
05-09-2017, 03:07 PM | #2 |
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So this firmware gives everyone the new home screen right?
Any other bug fixes/changes? And any more depth on the new improved home screen? |
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05-09-2017, 03:14 PM | #3 |
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Request to have 4.4.9298 added to the title of this thread. Please and thank you!
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05-09-2017, 03:17 PM | #4 |
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Reading stats seem to be fixed (YEAH!!!) PIN lock available without Rakuten affiliate Author tab on My Books view though some oddities (Alexandre Dumas, Pere shows as Pere) Date Added sort for library view. On the new home screen, the lower right block (most of the time) is the current author I am reading with the number of books by that author in my library. Useful to those like me who tend to binge read a single author. The new home screen is growing on me but then I spend little time on it. Finish book, tap either My Books or Author and on to the next read. Under My Books, the Books page number entry box is still too small for 3 digit page numbers but the page number entry box for Authors or Collections are large enough. |
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05-09-2017, 03:28 PM | #6 |
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05-09-2017, 03:43 PM | #8 |
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Both mark 5 and 6 downloaded for me. Currently trying to update my H2O to test the new firmware, though it's hanging on the boot screen, it was also way out of date so it may just be a long process we saw awhile back with the first 4.x firmware.
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05-09-2017, 03:46 PM | #9 | |
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I used the Mark 6 5 & 4 firmware to update my various Kobos. (KA1, Aura H20, Aura HD, Aura) and all seemed happy enough. Last edited by DNSB; 05-09-2017 at 03:49 PM. |
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05-09-2017, 03:48 PM | #10 |
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I suspect that there are database updates that take a while if you are not on recent firmware.
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05-09-2017, 03:59 PM | #11 |
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I wasn't sure if sideloading and then syncing had caused an issue, so I opted to factory reset my H2O. Nothing to lose there since I haven't used it since I got the One. It found an update (not surprising), currently going through the basic set up. Then I'll see what firmware it gave me, and if it's not this one I'll load this on.
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Any idea if it also for Mini? |
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05-09-2017, 04:11 PM | #13 |
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There's an option to disable the swipe to adjust brightness, and several beta features seem to be back. I'm not sure if Suduko, Sketch, and Unblock It were removed for everyone, but I don't recall them on the One. Note this is on my H2O, I have not yet updated my One (I wont until we have patches).
The new home screen does seem to be forced, or at least this is the newer one we have had hints about. Not sure folks will be happy with it, but if you avoid the home screen you'll have access to your collections very easily. Last edited by MGlitch; 05-09-2017 at 04:18 PM. |
05-09-2017, 04:23 PM | #14 |
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I've put in my Aura One (altogether with the patches that work), and I dislike the new home screen.. although this is better. I've found an incoherence between collections and authors. Both order by number of books, but authors ascending and collections descending.
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05-09-2017, 04:44 PM | #15 |
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Everything seems better than previous releases. I'm testing the firmware on Aura One and until now, no problem has been found!
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