01-12-2024, 10:50 PM | #46 |
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01-12-2024, 11:24 PM | #47 |
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01-13-2024, 03:50 PM | #48 |
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01-16-2024, 10:41 PM | #49 | |
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Though my suspicion now maybe is something to do with Kindle's collections sync. All the books that were previously wiped they all were in a collection. Will test my theory and report back whether that's the case. |
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01-17-2024, 01:18 PM | #50 | |
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I did expect this and was prepared. I can live with this update and like how it is working and Wifi will be off. There is nothing like a clean fresh start. |
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01-17-2024, 02:41 PM | #51 | |
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01-18-2024, 02:49 PM | #52 |
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Has anyone else noticed that the System Font in Settings SHRANK with the new Firmware v5.16.6??? If you have vision issues..the Kindle PW 11th Gen is now ..well.. the usage has gotten worse. When Amazon implemented the new(current) GUI, the actual System Font shrunk then. Now to use the Settings Menu, while it's nicer not to have so many sub-menues, the Settings menu is almost unreadable!!! I actually Called Amazon Tech Help to complain.. but I have a feeling it will fall on deaf ears. It only took a full year and a half to get LIST on the Collections Tab.
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01-18-2024, 07:04 PM | #53 | |
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01-20-2024, 07:12 AM | #54 |
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Is this only available for the larger screen sized Kindles? Cause on my 10th gen basic, there's no "Layout Size" under accessibility.
If so, that's kinda an iffy thing to not include it in their older devices. |
01-20-2024, 08:48 AM | #55 |
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It's not under Accessibility, like you'd expect it to be, if we were talking about Windows, or any other OS. It's tucked under 'Device Options' —> 'Display Settings'.
Layout size is barely larger, and only effects a select few things. You'd really expect more on this front. Some UI fonts are very small on Scribe. It's a fairly large device, and can be used at greater distance from the eyes. I find current page and progress percentage fonts just right, but I really wouldn't mind options to have them larger, and smaller. Though, by Amazon standards, they'll increase all system fonts by 200% with no option to reverse that in the next update. |
01-20-2024, 01:55 PM | #56 | |
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But none of my Kindles (running 5.16.6) show Display Settings under Device options. Was that where it was with previous version? |
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01-20-2024, 02:17 PM | #57 |
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I ran following experiment (on PW10 and PW11, both running 5.16.6, with Date and time set to Set automatically) with side loaded AZW3 book downloaded from Amazon, and one converted from ePub to AZW3 and KFX.
Airplane mode off.
This seems to demonstrate amazon-cover-bug hack is no longer needed to restore cover thumbnails after sync, at least with 10th generation and later Kindles with Date and time set to Set automatically. (and reminder that you can also replace notebook/nbk files on Scribe without them reverting) While it is not direct evidence that side-loaded content is no longer subject to spontaneous removal when Kindle syncs, it sure seems like that should be the case (even if you set 'UI time' manually, I think). |
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Btw, update instructions for updating manually are off on their site regarding Scribe: https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custo...AE5G5UGCYA25DW Quote:
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01-20-2024, 04:51 PM | #60 |
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Btw, how do you take Screenshots? It should come handy with PDF's. I loved that feature on Pocketbook, though there it also allowed you to select area to screenshot.
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