Firmware 3.19.5613 discussion

davidfor · 12-07-2015, 07:36 PM

Kobo have started releasing firmware version 3.19.5613. Yes, I know, it's a strange number, but they have changed the build process are producing these numbers.

This release is for: Kobo Touch, Kobo Glo, Kobo Aura HD, Kobo Aura, Kobo Aura H2O, Kobo Glo HD, Kobo Touch 2.0.

This release is mainly fixes. The biggest is a fix for all the refresh/flashing problems that were added in firmware 3.18.0. The list of changes I know about are:

Fix the flashing/refresh issues that were introduced in 3.18.0. This includes the chapter start, post sleep and panning in PDF.
Gothic and Ryumin fonts replace with "Kobo Tsukushi Mincho" and "Kobo UD Kakugo". As far as I can tell, they are identical. The change was something to do with changing their font supplier.
Devices will sleep when plugged in. There were some other sleep timing issues that should be fixed.
Improvements to Turkish translations.
Japanese reading experience improvements
Correct book selected for "Current read" search.
Keyboard or web view could have been blacked out if you slept/woke the device quickly
Improved performance for certain books with large chapters. This is for kepubs with lots of chapters in a single internal file.
Other performance improvements for different formats.

The above is a mix of what Kobo told use was in the beta's and what I found during my testing. I have a long list of my "favourite" bugs that I test, and I test most of what is reported here. This means the answer to the question "Is x fixed?" is "I don't know" and probably "No".

Changes reported by others here are:

On the Aura, the option to turn off pinch to adjust font works.
On the Aura, refresh at the start of the chapter is working.
Syncing will not work if you skipped registration by updating the database. This means newer firmware cannot be downloaded without the registration being done.

The desktop is also being updated. The version information for the firmware and desktop applications are:

Kobo eReaders: 3.19.5613 (2015-Dec-04, 4b76aa47bd)
Kobo Desktop (Win): 3.19.3619 (2015-Dec-04, 4b76aa47bd)
Kobo Desktop (Mac): 3.19.2305 (2015-Dec-04, 4b76aa47bd)

If you want to manually install the firmware, the download links are in the first post of the Direct Links to Kobo Firmware thread. And for those who like to patch the firmware, see Instructions for patching firmware 3.19.5613.

Calibre does not support this version yet, but there are no changes needed for the driver except bumping the version number. It is completely safe to use the "Attempt to support newer firmware version" option in the driver.

PeterT · 12-07-2015, 08:10 PM

I'm still on 5607

freekobo · 12-07-2015, 09:29 PM

Pinch to adjust font size on epubs has finally been fixed.

unchecking it accually disables it now
Aura now refreshes every chapter again

rashkae · 12-07-2015, 11:15 PM

The new firmware does not work with self-registered database... (The error you get is "Critical Error, Your eReader hasn't synchronized with the server yet. Any highlights, notes, or reading progress you've made on the device will be lost.".. the only option is a "Sign out" button that deletes the database.

I've had enough of Kobo for this year.. discuss amongst yourselves, back to Kindle for me.

tayseidel · 12-08-2015, 02:03 AM

Other than turning wifi off, is there a way to disable updates on the Kobo devices so that the new firmware does not download and update? I do not want to update to 3.19 until GeoffR releases his patches for it.

MGlitch · 12-08-2015, 02:19 AM

you could try the disable update over wifi patch, then you'd just need to manually update. It's not guaranteed to work though.

That said I wouldn't worry, most of the time OTA updates take longer to go out to folks than it takes Geoff to get the patches out.

murg · 12-08-2015, 04:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidfor

Kobo Desktop (Win): 3.19.3619 (2015-Dec-04, 4b76aa47bd)
Kobo Desktop (Mac): 3.19.2305 (2015-Dec-04, 4b76aa47bd)

The Kobo Apps page is still linked to the previous version (3.18.0).

murg · 12-08-2015, 04:44 AM

I've updated the first post of the Direct Links to Kobo Firmware thread (this thread!).

Lynx-lynx · 12-08-2015, 05:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rashkae

The new firmware does not work with self-registered database... (The error you get is "Critical Error, Your eReader hasn't synchronized with the server yet. Any highlights, notes, or reading progress you've made on the device will be lost.".. the only option is a "Sign out" button that deletes the database.

I've had enough of Kobo for this year.. discuss amongst yourselves, back to Kindle for me.

I'm not sure that I understand what this means. Does updating the device manually still work?

davidfor · 12-08-2015, 06:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lynx-lynx

I'm not sure that I understand what this means. Does updating the device manually still work?

What it means is that Kobo have fixed a bug in the firmware that allowed non-registered devices to sync with their servers. Manually installing still works.

murg · 12-08-2015, 06:30 AM

I'm calling this release: The Flash Sleeps With The Fishes Release.

booklover6 · 12-08-2015, 06:58 AM

I put it on my Aura HD. Nice reminder of why I use the patch! But the chapter beginning flash was really bad on that one, so I wanted to update it right away.

Lynx-lynx · 12-08-2015, 07:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidfor

What it means is that Kobo have fixed a bug in the firmware that allowed non-registered devices to sync with their servers. Manually installing still works.

Thanks David

Desdinova · 12-08-2015, 08:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rashkae

The new firmware does not work with self-registered database... (The error you get is "Critical Error, Your eReader hasn't synchronized with the server yet. Any highlights, notes, or reading progress you've made on the device will be lost.".. the only option is a "Sign out" button that deletes the database.

I've had enough of Kobo for this year.. discuss amongst yourselves, back to Kindle for me.

Isn't this the same behaviour as a Kindle? You have to register them?

rashkae · 12-08-2015, 08:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidfor

What it means is that Kobo have fixed a bug in the firmware that allowed non-registered devices to sync with their servers. Manually installing still works.

No, Manually installing effectively bricks your device (Untill you go through the normal setup, or a new workaround is found.)

12-07-2015, 07:36 PM	#1
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,907 Karma: 47303748 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	Firmware 3.19.5613 discussion Kobo have started releasing firmware version 3.19.5613. Yes, I know, it's a strange number, but they have changed the build process are producing these numbers. This release is for: Kobo Touch, Kobo Glo, Kobo Aura HD, Kobo Aura, Kobo Aura H2O, Kobo Glo HD, Kobo Touch 2.0. This release is mainly fixes. The biggest is a fix for all the refresh/flashing problems that were added in firmware 3.18.0. The list of changes I know about are: Fix the flashing/refresh issues that were introduced in 3.18.0. This includes the chapter start, post sleep and panning in PDF. Gothic and Ryumin fonts replace with "Kobo Tsukushi Mincho" and "Kobo UD Kakugo". As far as I can tell, they are identical. The change was something to do with changing their font supplier. Devices will sleep when plugged in. There were some other sleep timing issues that should be fixed. Improvements to Turkish translations. Japanese reading experience improvements Correct book selected for "Current read" search. Keyboard or web view could have been blacked out if you slept/woke the device quickly Improved performance for certain books with large chapters. This is for kepubs with lots of chapters in a single internal file. Other performance improvements for different formats. The above is a mix of what Kobo told use was in the beta's and what I found during my testing. I have a long list of my "favourite" bugs that I test, and I test most of what is reported here. This means the answer to the question "Is x fixed?" is "I don't know" and probably "No". Changes reported by others here are: On the Aura, the option to turn off pinch to adjust font works. On the Aura, refresh at the start of the chapter is working. Syncing will not work if you skipped registration by updating the database. This means newer firmware cannot be downloaded without the registration being done. The desktop is also being updated. The version information for the firmware and desktop applications are: Kobo eReaders: 3.19.5613 (2015-Dec-04, 4b76aa47bd) Kobo Desktop (Win): 3.19.3619 (2015-Dec-04, 4b76aa47bd) Kobo Desktop (Mac): 3.19.2305 (2015-Dec-04, 4b76aa47bd) If you want to manually install the firmware, the download links are in the first post of the Direct Links to Kobo Firmware thread. And for those who like to patch the firmware, see Instructions for patching firmware 3.19.5613. Calibre does not support this version yet, but there are no changes needed for the driver except bumping the version number. It is completely safe to use the "Attempt to support newer firmware version" option in the driver. Last edited by davidfor; 12-09-2015 at 06:05 PM. Reason: Added link to patch thread

12-07-2015, 09:29 PM	#3
freekobo Addict Posts: 250 Karma: 2731310 Join Date: Jan 2013 Device: Kobo Aura	Pinch to adjust font size on epubs has finally been fixed. unchecking it accually disables it now Aura now refreshes every chapter again Last edited by freekobo; 12-08-2015 at 11:45 AM.

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12-07-2015, 08:10 PM	#2
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,155 Karma: 73448616 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Nexus 7, Clara, Touch, Tolino EPOS	I'm still on 5607

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rashkae Wizard Posts: 1,141 Karma: 5061953 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Ontario, Canada Device: Kobo Aura HD	The new firmware does not work with self-registered database... (The error you get is "Critical Error, Your eReader hasn't synchronized with the server yet. Any highlights, notes, or reading progress you've made on the device will be lost.".. the only option is a "Sign out" button that deletes the database. I've had enough of Kobo for this year.. discuss amongst yourselves, back to Kindle for me.

12-08-2015, 02:03 AM	#5
tayseidel Zealot Posts: 146 Karma: 189664 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Glo HD, Aura H20, PRS-T1	Other than turning wifi off, is there a way to disable updates on the Kobo devices so that the new firmware does not download and update? I do not want to update to 3.19 until GeoffR releases his patches for it.

12-08-2015, 02:19 AM	#6
MGlitch Wizard Posts: 2,840 Karma: 22003124 Join Date: Aug 2014 Device: Kobo Forma, Kobo Sage, Kobo Libra 2	you could try the disable update over wifi patch, then you'd just need to manually update. It's not guaranteed to work though. That said I wouldn't worry, most of the time OTA updates take longer to go out to folks than it takes Geoff to get the patches out.

12-08-2015, 04:44 AM	#8
murg No Comment Posts: 3,238 Karma: 23878043 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Australia Device: Kobo: Not just an eReader, it's an adventure!	I've updated the first post of the Direct Links to Kobo Firmware thread (this thread!).

12-08-2015, 06:30 AM	#11
murg No Comment Posts: 3,238 Karma: 23878043 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Australia Device: Kobo: Not just an eReader, it's an adventure!	I'm calling this release: The Flash Sleeps With The Fishes Release.

12-08-2015, 06:58 AM	#12
booklover6 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,533 Karma: 14008730 Join Date: May 2008 Location: PA (USA) Device: Kobo Clara, 2E, Libre, PW4, PW5, 2022 Kindle	I put it on my Aura HD. Nice reminder of why I use the patch! But the chapter beginning flash was really bad on that one, so I wanted to update it right away.

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