03-26-2013, 12:44 AM | #76 | |
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Have you thought of looking for other Android apps in the Play store that might support not only WMA format but provide more functions too?
Also do remember that WMA is in effect a container for data, and that in turn it contains an audio track. From WikiPedia: Quote:
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03-26-2013, 04:48 AM | #77 | |
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03-26-2013, 08:36 AM | #78 | |
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As far as WMA files go, we never supported them. You may have had a separate app that added the functionality. I know a lot of people use Poweramp for that format. https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...aW9wbGF5ZXIiXQ.. |
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03-26-2013, 09:39 AM | #79 | |
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03-26-2013, 09:51 AM | #80 |
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And now it won't read PDF files even though I have the Adobe app. What next? I am ready to throw this thing through a window.
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03-26-2013, 10:23 AM | #82 |
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Well after a day or two I can now see that the Koboarc with the update is not working well. I can no longer access my emails via the Email or Gmail apps; my wallpaper is no longer updating. I still have Internet access as I can access my emails via Google Chrome and Opera Mobile.
My RSS feeds are not updating and some of my apps that require a user log-in are not working. A mixed, disappointing bag... |
03-26-2013, 10:27 AM | #83 |
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Can we not imagine something like an option, to choose in the settings ? Of course, this would be specific to the Arc and "out" of Android !...
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03-26-2013, 01:14 PM | #84 | |
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Are you using a file browser to try and open the files? If so then try to first launch the PDF reading app then navigate to the folder where your files are. (In Adobe Reader: there should be a link/icon somewhere on the top left corner for this. I also suggest trying EBookDroid as it has useful features.) If this works then try the same method with your WMA files. I have a similar problem with opening images: it does not give the correct list of apps that can open my JPG images! For now we have to wait for these issues to be understood well, and hopefully be fixed in an update soon (or by allowing us to download and install the previous version). Please let me know if this fixes your problems. Best regards, Kamaal |
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03-26-2013, 04:20 PM | #85 |
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Very strange. I hadn't tested any of my PDF files since I updated and I had a few journal articles I needed to read for work so I tested it today. I opened 4 PDFs from various scientific journals and they all opened and displayed fine using the Adobe reader app. I can't speak to the wma files but if you were listening to them through the play music app (from Google) then the issue would be with Google not Kobo unless I'm missing something. I hope you get these problems worked out soon.
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03-26-2013, 05:20 PM | #86 | |
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03-26-2013, 05:30 PM | #87 |
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BTW it seems that individual Kobos came up with different bugs in response to the upgrade.
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03-26-2013, 11:46 PM | #88 |
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very upset that now I have just a bigger version of my phone . dislike the top /bottom bar layout . I am a very basic user for a bit of internet, a few games and for reading and now having so many crashes and changes to what I originally liked about the Arc. Apps just stop working for no reason and my internet is constantly cutting off even tho it says I am connected. This was so nice before.... why did you have to change things !!!!!!!!!
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03-27-2013, 04:59 AM | #89 |
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Jelly Bean
Good day
Time to enter the fray, so to speak. I have upgraded to JB and I can honestly say compared to some PC/Mac upgrades I have undertaken over the years that this OS upgrade has been pretty pain free for me. My Arc seems faster and the minor movement of the battery indicator etc to the top right of screen is not something that concerns me, we will probably find in some future OS upgrade they are moved somewhere else. I understand why Kobo wanted to keep the OS experience as near standard as possible, as is often remarked "you cannot please all of the people all of the time". Had they changed the OS experience in a significant way I'm sure there would be complaints about that!!!!!!!!! The changes to the Kobo software make sense and are an improvement on the previous book management set up. Overall I am very happy with my ARC, but not happy with the UK main re-seller WH Smiths who still have not grasped the mettle with various add ons and also the complete lack of information on the 64Gb Arc, the model I really wanted. |
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well as of a few minutes after posting here last night my actual kobo app stopped working. it says the kobo server has no internet connection and to try back later. I don't need internet to read ! shut it all down for the night but getting the same message this morning. Frustrating.
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