Firmware 4.40.23081

[geek1011]

Firmware 4.40.23081 has been released.

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[DNSB]

The following are what I have listed as changes in 4.40.23081

• [Clara Colour/BW] 1 white pixel appearing on the bottom panel of screen
• Waveform improvements
• Removed sleep screen illustration from Colour devices
• Preloaded assets for China sideloaded mode
• Updated certs

Again, note that this firmware is only for the Libra Colour, Clara Colour and Clara BW.

[DrChiper]

Originally Posted by DNSB

• Waveform improvements

Would that mean better color rendering?

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by DrChiper

Would that mean better color rendering?

Less ghosting and rainbow effect is likely.

[911jason]

Do these updates roll out over time? I just got my Libra Colour this week, checked for an update and it says I'm up to date on 4.39.23027.

[DrChiper]

Originally Posted by 911jason

Do these updates roll out over time? I just got my Libra Colour this week, checked for an update and it says I'm up to date on 4.39.23027.

Yes, it will take some time to get it Over The Air (OTA), provided you activate your WIFI and Kobo decides to send it in your region.
As an alternative, you can install it manually (see this forum for details on how to do that).

[911jason]

Originally Posted by DrChiper

Yes, it will take some time to get it Over The Air (OTA), provided you activate your WIFI and Kobo decides to send it in your region.
As an alternative, you can install it manually (see this forum for details on how to do that).

Thank you!

[rashkae]

Pretty disappointing update. B&W greyscale images in Kepub/Epub are still displayed with awful banding unless you pinch zoom them to get a proper refresh. (Colour images have the same problem, but is much less noticeable unless looking for it.) Also still lots of ghosting on images, can clearly still see text as a white shadow.

[Cootey]

Originally Posted by DNSB

Less ghosting and rainbow effect is likely.

Neat. I’ll have to toggle off the rainbow reduction to see if there’s been an improvement. I’ve found that toggle very helpful for reading B&W manga.

[foosion]

Will patching work without modification (compared to prior version)?

From the list of changes hardly seems worth installing, at least on my Clara BW on which I don't read manga.

[DNSB]

The few patches I tested worked. As for whether or not you install the update, that is up to you. For me, the cert update made this update worthwhile. And please note, that the list of changes is simply what I know about.

[sparajoy]

Originally Posted by foosion

Will patching work without modification (compared to prior version)?

From the list of changes hardly seems worth installing, at least on my Clara BW on which I don't read manga.

I cracked the patches open yesterday alongside the firmware files with 4.40 and so far many work but a few have different offsets yet again (notably the ComfortLight patch, and some of the header/footer patches). I could make a quick list of the patches that fail on 4.40 a little bit later.

[Liesse]

I patched mine on Sunday and installed this firmware. I can't live without both page buttons go next and a few other bits. All worked for me. I can't say I have noticed any difference in this firmware.

I downloaded the new firmware and installed it on my Libra Colour. Then copied the downloaded firmware into the correct folder in the patch structure and just renamed the zip file to that of the old firmware I previously used to patch and reran the patch file, as explained by Slantybard here : https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...77&postcount=6

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[sparajoy]

here's the offset changes to fix all but the PDF map widget and my 24 line spacing patches for 4.40:


allow info panel on random screensaver: FullScreenDragonPowerView -> BookCoverDragonPowerView
don't uppercase header/footer: offset 282 -> 298
don't uppercase header/footer + change page number text: offset 282 -> 298
allow rotation on all devices: readingmenuview offset 236 -> 238
customize comfort light settings: base address 0xE82E2C -> 0xE9841c
remove forgot pin button: base address 0x1972E04 -> 0x1C3E4E7
increase size of kepub chapter progress chart: base address 0x196E0F6 -> 0x1C20EAC

from my pr in the repo

edit to add: here's an attached zip of the built kobopatch for 4.40.23081

[nraudigy2]

Is there patch to change system font to Unicode font?