Kobo has beginning rolling out firmware updates for his or her line of devoted ereaders. The discharge notes don’t say a lot in regards to the adjustments, however apparently they mounted a few bugs, together with a database corruption situation that has been an issue for a very long time now.
The brand new software program model is 4.39.23027 for the three new fashions that had been simply launched two months in the past, together with the Kobo Clara BW, the Clara Color and the Libra Color.
For all the opposite fashions the brand new software program model is 4.38.23038. That features all Kobos going again to 2011, besides the Kobo Mini, which was ostracized for some purpose.
Kobo used to launch software program updates each few months however improvement has actually slowed down over the previous couple of years.
It’s been 10 months because the final software program replace was launched for something apart from the brand new fashions that got here out in April, and that was a reasonably minor replace to repair some bugs. It’s been a full calander 12 months since they final added any signifigant new options, and that was simply primarily for the notetaking fashions.
Listed below are the discharge notes for the most recent replace (each variations):
• Fastened: The eReader could crash whereas scrolling or swiping within the ‘Uncover’ tab
• Fastened: The eReader database could also be left in an incorrect state after connecting and disconnecting the eReader from a pc
Hopefully which means the database corruption situation that was launched with an earlier replace has been mounted, however Kobos have at all times been susceptible to database corruption points so at all times make certain to eject your Kobo gadget out of your laptop earlier than disconnecting the USB cable.
Obtain New Software program
Kobo ereaders will robotically test for brand spanking new software program updates whereas syncing, however Kobo doesn’t often make software program updates out there for all gadgets on the similar time, so it’d take a couple of weeks on your Kobo to auto-update by itself. However you possibly can manually set up the brand new software program everytime you need by downloading it from the Kobo Firmware Updates web page. Simply make certain to get the software program on your particular mannequin to keep away from issues.
