04-25-2018, 08:53 AM | #61 |
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That's odd. I also have a fairly small patched custom footer and it works OK for me in kepubs. I admit I have sometimes needed to have multiple attempts at hitting the correct spot to get it started.
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04-25-2018, 09:27 AM | #62 | |
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Unfortunately, I think it does to much. As well as turning off any reporting to Kobo, it also turns off the stats collection. Nothing mentions this, but if you go to the Activity page after turning of this open, there is a message to tell you how it is turned on. As I like the reading stats, I have complained to Kobo. Hopefully they will decide that separating these two things is a good idea. |
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04-25-2018, 09:45 AM | #63 |
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I did manage it to work once or twice, but most of the time doesn't work, the footer is really small, I reduced is from 70px to 28px, without the patch it works ok.
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04-25-2018, 09:46 AM | #64 |
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So anybody with a first generation Aura, has the two-finger light adjustment finally been fixed? Last firmware, it still had oddities, like accidentally turning pages, or selecting text when making the adjustment, and using the pop-up from the menu would only change the brightness after you lifted your finger making it difficult to use. I've been using a patched version of 3.12.1 for the longest time because that's the last version where the two-finger brightness adjustment works flawlessly.
Edit: I bit the bullet and installed the latest firmware, so I can answer my own question and am able to report that after some brief testing, it appears that the two-finger light adjustment has been restored to a usable state on the first-generation Aura. There is some slight lag, and it seems to very occasionally "miss", requiring a second swipe to register, but it's otherwise adequately functional, and I have not seen any other anomalous behavior like inadvertently turning pages or selecting text. The pop-up still isn't real-time and only changes the brightness after you lift your finger, but it works well for fine adjustments by tapping the sun icons. I have it patched up, mainly to allow advanced font settings for side-loaded fonts and to fix the default fonts bug in epub files, and everything seems to be working as expected with a noticeable increase in responsiveness. I'll decide after a few days of use, but this seems it may finally be the firmware that convinces to leave my beloved 3.12.1. Last edited by the.Mtn.Man; 04-25-2018 at 01:00 PM. |
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04-25-2018, 11:41 PM | #73 | |
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04-26-2018, 01:48 AM | #74 |
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Just an update on my Touch (4.8.x) firmware update and ePubs. Still no luck. I have emailed someone at their GitHub site (as suggested by geek1011) and will let you know if there is anything to report. Meanwhile I think I would hold off updating your Touch (unless you want to test and verify - or not - that this happens to you also). It would be nice to know if this a problem for everyone or just an issue on my specific Touch. The ePub books in question still work fine on the non-updated Touch.
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04-26-2018, 02:13 AM | #75 |
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It shouldn't be. The discussion on the new versions was started because of the model id. That is different and should be in the request. I suppose they could be validating the serial number as well, but they haven't for any of the other machines.
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