Firmware 4.39.22861

[Haesslich]

Originally Posted by DNSB

From the feedback I've received, the database corruption issue should be fixed in 4.39.22861. The key word there was should so keep an eye open.

If I don't have to factory wipe my Sage every few months, that will be a great thing. I haven't seen it yet on the Sage, and will just enjoy the novelty of a faster ereader for now.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Haesslich

If I don't have to factory wipe my Sage every few months, that will be a great thing. I haven't seen it yet on the Sage, and will just enjoy the novelty of a faster ereader for now.

You don't have to factory wipe your Sage ever. What should be doing is using calibre with Kobo Utilities to backup the database when you connect to your library. That way if you do have a corrupt database, you can restore the last backed up database, reboot, and no need to factory reset.

[Haesslich]

The last time I tried, I ended up having to do a factory reset anyways. I've never had luck with it on the Sage or Forma. It's not like I had a lot of sideloaded books at that point - not after the third time I couldn't sync the Kobo because it couldn't ever finish checking for updates (or occasionally, connecting to WiFi), which was usually a sign of database corruption.

The changes to the new interface and adding Dropbox to the Forma firmware caused so many issues for me with my readers, which inevitably resulted in it getting corrupted after a few months of use. Even trying the database integrity check didn't do anything after that happened.. not at soon as I added any new books or read anything, which caused changes.

[Cootey]

I couldn’t find in a search if anybody had mentioned this before, so I’ll mention it here.

There is now a Notifications bell in the top menu bar in the Home Screen. I didn’t notice it until an Overdrive book became available. The attached graphic shows no notifications, but this is where updates on Holds at the library will show up from now on. I find it handy. I often miss borrowing a book because I miss the update emails.

I wonder what else they’ll put in there? I wouldn’t mind being made aware of a new book by an author I have previously borrowed or purchased, but I hope they don’t start upselling in there.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by Cootey

I couldn’t find in a search if anybody had mentioned this before, so I’ll mention it here.

There is now a Notifications bell in the top menu bar in the Home Screen. I didn’t notice it until an Overdrive book became available. The attached graphic shows no notifications, but this is where updates on Holds at the library will show up from now on. I find it handy. I often miss borrowing a book because I miss the update emails.

I wonder what else they’ll put in there? I wouldn’t mind being made aware of a new book by an author I have previously borrowed or purchased, but I hope they don’t start upselling in there.

The notification bell has been there for several years (the first reference I noted was in 2020).

[Aleron Ives]

What causes it to appear?

[DNSB]

I'm not certain. Connecting to Overdrive? My notes were more on an issue where some library books did not trigger a notification. This turned out to be an issue where the library and the Kobo Store copy did not have the same ISBN so the book could not be synced.

[Cootey]

Originally Posted by DNSB

The notification bell has been there for several years (the first reference I noted was in 2020).

Really? It's not on my Elipsa.



I can’t recall if my Kobo Clara 2E showed it or not. I’m afraid I sold it a while ago.

[Aleron Ives]

I've never seen it either, maybe because I've never used OverDrive directly.

[Cootey]

Originally Posted by Aleron Ives

I've never seen it either, maybe because I've never used OverDrive directly.

I *do* use OverDrive, so that's probably the difference. Which leaves me wondering why it never worked on my Kobo Clara 2E, but that's water under the bridge since I sold it.

Well, to get back on topic. Boy, howdy! That notification thingie sure works great under this firmware! Wowzers! I received two notifications for library holds becoming available tonight.

[SilentPartner]

Originally Posted by geek1011

Firmware 4.39.22861 has been released.

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Hi!

Are the patches for Kobo Colour ready to use?

Thanks.

[Aleron Ives]

Nope. New devices with new firmware require a lot of extra work to verify that existing patches are still compatible.

[Skydog]

Originally Posted by Aleron Ives

Nope. New devices with new firmware require a lot of extra work to verify that existing patches are still compatible.

Indeed. That said, I have successfully applied some patches from the previous version to my Libra Colour.

[Aleron Ives]

The kobopatch repo also has WIP patches that you can try if you're feeling brave.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by Skydog

Indeed. That said, I have successfully applied some patches from the previous version to my Libra Colour.

For my purposes, the only two patches I use worked. The more important one to me is the Unify font sizes font.