10-05-2011, 01:28 PM | #91 |
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Hey SameerH. I have no idea if this has to do with 1.9.11 (since it's the only firmware I've used) or if it's a risk of having a hodgepodge of ebooks from all over the place.
I've noticed on a couple of my ebooks, the page numbers are... basically reduced fractions. If there's, say, 200 pages in the book, while I'm in the book, it displays as 100, or 50. Proportionally, it still displays the "correct" page number for where I am in the book. So, if I'm 100 pages in to a 200-page book, it displays as something like "50/100." In addition, it would also display the same page number for 2 pages. That's a simplified example - the total page number that actually appears is somewhat more random, but it's always a lower number than the actual page count, and it still displays how far into the book I am accurately, relative to the total page number it displays. Not really a big deal, since it's still accurately telling me where I am (Reading Life is accurate too - and the page numbers are correct in Reading Life). Just an odd quirk, and wondering if it's my funky ePub collection or a firmware thing. Last edited by SmokeAndMirrors; 10-05-2011 at 01:32 PM. |
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10-05-2011, 01:50 PM | #93 | |
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Yours works does not mean all work. I wish you understood this simple logic as a "book after book" reader. How do you know that the hardware is exactly the same? Do you know that there are more than one uSD card out there? This is the typical mentality of blaming the victim. Last edited by Panatec; 10-05-2011 at 04:53 PM. Reason: Rage |
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10-05-2011, 01:59 PM | #94 |
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Dude, you need to mellow out a little bit. Rage, swearing and insults won't get you very far here.
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But, like I said, the page numbers are correct in Reading Life. But the ones I've noticed it on thus far are one written by a friend (RTF to ePub), an ePub of "Howl" from I-don't-know-where, and "The Importance of Being Earnest" from Project Gutenberg. |
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10-05-2011, 03:27 PM | #96 |
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It's pretty much all ebooks regardless of source. The Kobo uses a page count based, it seems, pretty much on a character count rather than on more sane methods like number of screens & page turns you'd need to get through the book based on your current font settings and any deliberate page breaks in the book (new chapters and so on). ie, the page number displayed will almost never actually have anything to do with the actual page you're on and it is perfectly normal for it to take two, three, or even four page turns for that number to advance.
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Form now on, I will use Kobo not only as a book but also as a tool to practise patience, tolerance, calmness... I wish someday it would make me into a saint. I give you one example, when the last line of my PDF file is cut off half line or more than that, I will not be offended at all. I will use it as a challenge for me to guess the meaning by myself or even rewrite the line by myself. What a creative way of reading. Authors, if you find your last line is difficult to put down on paper, check with me cause I am the best last-liner trained by Kobo. |
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10-05-2011, 03:39 PM | #98 |
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Panatec,
While I doubt anyone got offended, this is a forum populated mostly by users and is not an official support forum. The people here will try to help you as best they can in their own spare time for free. If you come off like a snarky ingrate then you'll find that nobody wants to help you. We understand that you're frustrated with the problem you are having, but if your goal was to alienate everyone else then by all means continue as you were. If you're looking for assistance then you might want to consider adjusting your tone accordingly. |
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hey everyone i have only noticed one bug with my kobo touch that bothered me. I bought my kobo touch September 22nd to replace my kobo wifi. When i upgraded to firmware 1.9.11 form 1.9.10 i ran into an issue that was really annoying. Previously i had no issues with the device and all of a sudden when i would goto turn page forward it would not respond. I would then tap again and it would jump ahead 2 pages. I would then tap back a page and continue reading.
I then tried a master reset with no luck. I only have this issue with third party epubs so i figured since i had time why not try to see if it was quality of ebooks that was issue. I then removed all ebooks and did another reset and loaded only kobo store ebooks, and some from the baen free library in epub format. All kobo epubs worked fine with no issues. All the third party from baen free library all had same issue of double page turns. So i read about manually downgrading firmware and decided why not try that. So i downloaded firmware 1.9.10 and manually downgraded it. And voilla problem was solved for every epub in my library. Even the ones from dubious sources worked. So since im not a programmer or hardware developer i cannot say if this issue is a result of the firmware or my unique setup for my kobo touch. All i can suggest is the kobo team try to isolate the issue if they can reproduce error or get more reports of problem. I have submitted a ticket to support for this and since its only been 2 days i have not received any reply as of yet. Its a little early to expect one but hope they can reproduce error and/or get more reports of flaw and can fix this. I like the new features and would like to have them. I am going to upgrade it again except this time im going to reset device and then do upgrade. When im done im gonna reload device again and see if error is reproducible. If it is i am inclined to believe its a flaw in firmware. Oh and yet because of all the reported issues with sd cards and such i will upgrade without sd card in. And i will load some ebooks from various sources to see if it has any issues. |
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Yeah, I had the old dead tap/double page turn happen once with the new FW. With 1.9.10 I would sometimes get just a dead tap.
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Update: Reset device. deleted content on sd card. Updated firmware to 1.9.11 from 1.9.10 and synced device with kobo library without sd card plugged in. Synced 3rd party epubs and was unable to reproduce issue i had before. Trying again with sd card in and library copied over. Will post more later about this. |
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I bought my kobo touch on September 22nd and when i connected to laptop it updated to firmware 1.9.10 and then i copied my entire library from kobo wifi to it on sd card and had no issues. When i upgraded to 1.9.11 i started having frequent page turn errors and some times the device would freeze while reading ebook. Oh and switching from ebook to homescreen took upto a minute. So i read about downgrading and did it. This resolved the issue completely. I then decided why not do a hard reset and upgrade firmware and then see if error was repeated. So since i had time and did not mind remaking all my bookmarks, something i had previously not wanted to have to do, i did the upgrade from virgin state, and then copied all 1,000 ebooks to sd card and checked a couple dozen for error. I was unable to reproduce error and switching ebooks was much faster. I can only conclude the unique history of setup and upgrades led to these issues. I think maybe the ebook database was corrupted or such and the kobo was functional only because of the robustness of the device firmware. So to reiterate i believe the database had been damaged by user ineptitude and such and the device worked admirably in this case. |
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10-06-2011, 11:27 PM | #104 | |
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If someone is having difficulty with .11,, they should try a clean factory reset / update cycle. Whilte at it, next time I factory reset, I have every intention of backup up my .kobo directory. Surely restoring that will be a faster/cleaner way of fixing any future oopses without completely reformating the read-only portion of the kobo firmware. |
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10-07-2011, 12:52 AM | #105 |
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In the notes for v1.9.11 there is reference to a low battery alarm, can anyone tell me what form this takes? My KT still shuts down without warning (although it does show a screen saying the battery needs to be recharged).
At least over time it has improved, this now occurs in the last bar rather than at half way as it did originally. I wish there was a percentage value shown or at least little white lines between each bar on the battery display. |
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