10-14-2012, 06:07 AM | #106 |
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I take it that as Kobo has seemingly stopped the rollout of 2.1.4, the next update will be 2.1.5 or something, so if I again manually update to 2.1.4 I will still get the latest update?
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10-14-2012, 07:14 AM | #107 |
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I manually updated to 2.1.1 and I still got the 2.1.4 update - so, probably yes.
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10-14-2012, 07:21 AM | #108 | |
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FWIW, I've decided to stick with 2.1.1. It does what I need "to just read" with some minor annoyances. |
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10-14-2012, 08:11 AM | #109 |
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Has anyone in the UK received the 2.1.4 firmware yet? If so what firmware were you on before.
I'm on 2.0.0 and I've a sneaky suspicion it's not allowing the update somehow. I say this because rather than just say there are no updates after a sync, it waits for a long time "Checking for updates" and eventually says there's a network error. However if I say use the browser first I am able to use the network. I've tried doing a factory reset but when I attach to the Desktop program it just takes me back to 2.0.0. |
10-14-2012, 08:53 AM | #110 | |
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With 2.1.4 not being sent out, the previous official release is probably being sent out. This was 2.0.0. |
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10-14-2012, 12:20 PM | #111 | |
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You only won't be able to use the finetuning with "sideloaded" fonts. |
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10-14-2012, 02:46 PM | #112 |
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Hello All
I just recd the sync update all is working fine, so far. Thanks for the info Sus |
10-14-2012, 10:34 PM | #113 |
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Just out of curiosity, what's the benefits of upgrading Kobo Touch from 1.9.17 to 2.1.4 (besides book shelf) and what's the downside? And what does aforementioned "You only won't be able to use the finetuning with "sideloaded" fonts." (two posts above) mean? Thanks.
I am asking because right now I am at 1.9.17 and happy with it (was upgraded to 2.0.0, couldn't bear the slow page turns and manually reverted back to 1.9.17), right now with cold boot, I can start READ a book within 30 seconds of sliding the power button. Just wondering whether it is worth it to get 2.1.4. Last edited by benqtitle; 10-14-2012 at 10:38 PM. |
10-14-2012, 10:57 PM | #114 |
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2.x added in an ability to tune some of the inbuilt fonts; to alter the weight and sharpness of the characters.
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10-15-2012, 04:50 AM | #115 |
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I think that being able to create and edit shelves was an addition as well.
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10-15-2012, 12:02 PM | #116 | |
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On the other hand, when upgrading from 1.9.17, you might be annoyed by the new home screen layout which has quite a bit of very visible store related stuff and the (forced) hyphenation leads to very ugly results in some languages (this can be fixed though by manually editing the update files). |
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10-15-2012, 12:04 PM | #117 | |
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+ shelves (2.1.4 adds the possibility to add a book from the books menu) + improved dictionary usability (translation/definition by tapping on a word for about 2 seconds) + 2.1.4 lets you decide which of the dictionaries you want to have installed + you can mark more than one word now and look it up (though I don't know if there are any translations/definitions in English - could be useful for Japanese, though) + hyphenation + view details lets you read the books description from the meta data (if there is one, of course) and also lets you rate your books (I think that's new, too, the rating...) + support for Japanese (interface, keyboard, dictionary, 2 new fonts for Japanese) ~ wishlist (which is rather useless to me since I can only add books recommended to me) ~ find books similar to those you are reading ~ new homescreen design with Read and Discover tabs (don't know how to feel about it, since the favorites are gone from the homepage as well, but now there's a large tap displaying your wishlist on the bottom) - hearts to mark favorites are gone (2.1.4, you can still add books to favorites using the shelves menu, but I still think that was a bad decision to remove them) - you can't select cover display seperately for sleep and power off anymore (2.1.4) - chapter progress bar is gone (2.1.4) - the ability to open the highlight menu introduced in 2.0.0 is gone in 2.1.4 - several fonts are completely gone (Delima, Felbridge, Times New Roman). You can add them manually, but... - sideloaded fonts don't look very good anymore (too thin, no finetuning possible) That and possibly some minor changes that I can't recall at the moment. Plus a few bugs, as usual... (See the other 2.1.4 thread...) I hope they will reverse some of the "minus changes" in a future version and bring back the hearts and chapter progress bar at least... |
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10-15-2012, 02:58 PM | #118 |
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I just manually upgraded and it works perfectly. I got tired of waiting and the constant daily checking. I reset the reader to factory settings (1.9.6, I think) and manually upgraded from there.
My first impression is that the menus are much more responsive than 2.0.0. I haven't read any books yet. Second impression is that page-turn speed has hugely increased. Third impression is that the reader spontaneously rebooted while I was changing the line spacing. This is with a book on the internal memory. Not good. Last edited by corroonb; 10-15-2012 at 03:28 PM. |
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10-15-2012, 06:44 PM | #120 |
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