Firmware 3.17.3 Discussion

[namenick]

@NiLuJe: I just rolled back to 3.15 and made some tests. Plugged in the wall adapter, my glo hd goes to sleep closing the sleep cover or pressing the button. With 3.17/3.17.3 firmware, it doesn't.

[the.Mtn.Man]

Originally Posted by PeterT

Could you explain what the "Pinch to Zoom" bug is please. I don't have an Aura but if you can describe the issue will make sure it's passed on to the devs.

You can use a two-finger pinch to adjust the font size, but the problem is that using the two-finger swipe to adjust the light intensity can sometimes register as a pinch, so you can find yourself drastically changing the size of text, which is annoying. Kobo introduced the ability to disable two-finger pinch to adjust the font size in an earlier firmware, but as of version 3.16, unchecking the feature in the settings doesn't actually disable it. This bug apparently exists in 3.17.3 as well.

[Desdinova]

Originally Posted by the.Mtn.Man

You can use a two-finger pinch to adjust the font size, but the problem is that using the two-finger swipe to adjust the light intensity can sometimes register as a pinch, so you can find yourself drastically changing the size of text, which is annoying. Kobo introduced the ability to disable two-finger pinch to adjust the font size in an earlier firmware, but as of version 3.16, unchecking the feature in the settings doesn't actually disable it. This bug apparently exists in 3.17.3 as well.

It actually does disable it for me in 3.17.3 but only for kepubs.

[freekobo]

I have chatted with a kobo rep about this 'pinch to adjust the font size' issue, and he told me he would inform the Devs.

edit, chatted back and asked if they got the message, apparently "the chat on 08/04/2015 which was already escalated and it is regarding the "Pinch to Zoom " option"
so next release...maybe.

[IanD]

Originally Posted by namenick

as I said, I'm, sorry for my bad english.

No need to apologise! I understood you perfectly, and in any case I'm sure your English is a lot better than my <insert name of your home country here> .

Originally Posted by namenick

I mean something like this
...
It's not supplied with kobo devices, but charges them without problems. Btw the use of a wall adapter is expected by Kobo.
But with the 3.17 firmware this doesn't let kobo go in sleep mode. It worked with 3.16, 3.15, other kobo products and cells. I'm pretty sure it's a software issue.

That does sound like a software problem, I agree. If the only thing you change is the software, and the behaviour changes, then software it almost certainly is.

My thinking about using a wall socket is that it can change the current supplied - as compared to the usual PC USB socket. That in turn could be detected by the firmware and cause different behaviour. Might not though, I have no idea really.

[frostschutz]

The firmware does detect certain chargers (it does not ask to connect to PC with them, for example, because the firmware knows there is no PC).

[NiLuJe]

That's all well and good, but on my end, it's (correctly) not detected as a wall charger (i.e., I get to 'Cancel' the connect to computer popup), and it really doesn't let me put it to sleep ;p.

Although, IIRC, that was after a reboot with the thing plugged in. I'll try a clean, unplugged, cold reboot, because I'm used to all kinds of weird and funky behaviour with the USB stack on iMX5 devices... .

EDIT: Nope, no dice.

Not that's it's a terribly critical issue, but, still, it makes testing sleep screen related stuff slightly more annoying .

[frostschutz]

A minor glitch, not sure if new in 3.17.3, but I did not notice before.

The "Computer connected" popup is drawn twice, first time a small window with incomplete image, then another time large complete image. Hard to make a photo of as it's only there for a fraction of a second... ended up using my stone age smart phone video camera

[throsu]

Originally Posted by frostschutz

A minor glitch, not sure if new in 3.17.3, but I did not notice before.

The "Computer connected" popup is drawn twice, first time a small window with incomplete image, then another time large complete image. Hard to make a photo of as it's only there for a fraction of a second... ended up using my stone age smart phone video camera

Noticed it also in 3.17.0.

[Nick_1964]

Originally Posted by frostschutz

A minor glitch, not sure if new in 3.17.3, but I did not notice before.

The "Computer connected" popup is drawn twice, first time a small window with incomplete image, then another time large complete image. Hard to make a photo of as it's only there for a fraction of a second... ended up using my stone age smart phone video camera

Wow, u are fast I didn't managed to make one..

Patches for 3.17.3 thanks to Geoffr:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=264271

[GeoffR]

On my Glo I noticed something different with the top margin when reading ePubs -- in normal reading mode there is no longer a fixed top margin of about 15px, the text can now go right to the top of the screen, same as it has always been in full-screen mode.

(of course any @page margin set in the book's stylesheet will still be in effect, so you might need to set the @page margin to zero to see this change.)

I'm not sure how big the built-in top margin was on other devices, is it now gone on all devices?

I don't know if everyone will like this change, but I do.

Edit: The change might be related to one of the patches I am using. Something has changed with the way the top margin is set, but a patch might be needed to get the benefit from it.

Edit2: Actually it looks like it is just a transient effect that happens when switching from full-screen mode to normal mode. After closing the book and re-opening it again in normal mode, the built-in top margin is back :-(

[NiLuJe]

@frostschutz: Yup, noticed that on 3.17.0, too.

[the.Mtn.Man]

Originally Posted by freekobo

I have chatted with a kobo rep about this 'pinch to adjust the font size' issue, and he told me he would inform the Devs.

edit, chatted back and asked if they got the message, apparently "the chat on 08/04/2015 which was already escalated and it is regarding the "Pinch to Zoom " option"
so next release...maybe.

Thanks for running this up the chain. Looks like I'll be sticking with 3.12.1 for the time being.

[GeoffR]

Sync appears to be super-fast, as in almost instant. But when I try to turn off the wi-fi after it has finished I get a message saying that sync is not complete and asking if I want to cancel sync. So it seems that sync is not actually faster, it is just running in the background.

[frostschutz]

Originally Posted by GeoffR

So it seems that sync is not actually faster, it is just running in the background.

It also always connects wifi when waking up from standby, not sure what it does there...