Firmware 5.2.190625 (Tolino)

[kyôdai]

Recently Kobo released yet another update for firmware 5.xx, currently only used by the latest Tolino devices.

DO NOT TRY TO INSTALL THIS FIRMWARE ON YOUR KOBO!

Official changelog:

• Reading Experience:
  • You can now use the Highlight function in books with images, like comics, manga, art- or cooking-books.
• Tolino Cloud
  • You can now upload your side-loaded books into the cloud directly from your eReader.
• Big Print Mode
  • You can now increase the UI font size.
  • Go to Other -> Beta Functions to enable the Big Print mode.
• Other
  • Stability improvements
  • Bug Fixes

The german news blog "Papierlos-Lesen.de" noticed some more changes, that are not (directly) mentioned in the official changelog:

• Side-loaded fonts were (partially) fixed. They no longer appear "bold" suddenly after reopening a book.
• The font "Bitter" has been fixed.
• Huge EPUB-files (> 300 MB) now open without issue.
• The slider for text margins has been improved.
• Blurbs for side-loaded books are displayed now.

The blog also lists a few bugs, that have NOT been fixed yet:

• Embedded fonts are only displayed, when they are placed in the "fonts" folder.
• The slider for the font size still behaves weird. It needs to be adjusted far towards the middle to see any significant change in font size.
• Hyphenation still only works when it is directly embedded into the book.
• The Tolino store(s) are still only a website link and not directly implemented into the firmware like the Kobo store. This means an extra log-in when you visit the shop and some functions like watchlists are not available.
• The menu for uploading side-loaded books into the cloud has not been translated from english.

In the comments under the article users report of more issues, that have not been fixed yet:

• The reader sometimes seems to "forget" certain settings when loading a new chapter inside a book and just reverts back to the default setting. Users have noticed this with side-loaded fonts and the dark mode. To solve this issue you have to exit the book and reopen it.
• The public library function is still a mess. The wbsite is not adjusted for Tolino / Kobo devices and users report having trouble to find or log-in to their public library.
• There are still no additional backgrounds for the notepad, only a blank background.

[rantanplan]

The Tolino store(s) are still only a website link and not directly implemented into the firmware like the Kobo store. This means an extra log-in when you visit the shop and some functions like watchlists are not available.

I don't really see that as a bug. It's an inconvenience, but at the same time this is how it also was on the older Tolino software.