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Old 09-06-2024, 10:09 AM   #1
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Firmware 5.2.190625 (Tolino)
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.
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Old 09-06-2024, 10:37 AM   #2
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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.
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Old 09-08-2024, 07:45 PM   #3
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Sounds like a mess. Are we certain Kobo is moving towards a unified firmware for Kobo and Tolino as some have suggested? These sound like completely different systems. Part of me covets that cloud sync for side-loaded books, but I don’t covet all the bugs.
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Old 09-08-2024, 07:48 PM   #4
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Sounds like a mess. Are we certain Kobo is moving towards a unified firmware for Kobo and Tolino as some have suggested? These sound like completely different systems. Part of me covets that cloud sync for side-loaded books, but I don’t covet all the bugs.
Yeah. We really don't need Tolino bugs in addition to the Kobo ones.
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Old 09-09-2024, 01:11 PM   #5
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Why are we posting firmware update notices for devices that aren’t Kobos in the Kobo forums?

This firmware will never populate to a Kobo device naturally, and while some speculate that Kobo is going to unify the two brands that hasn’t happened yet.
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Why are we posting firmware update notices for devices that aren’t Kobos in the Kobo forums?

This firmware will never populate to a Kobo device naturally, and while some speculate that Kobo is going to unify the two brands that hasn’t happened yet.

Because as a Kobo person, it's interesting to see what FW kobo are releasing. I do believe FW 5.x will come to at least the new Kobo devices. When that happens is anybody's guess, but my gut feeling is that FW 5 needs a bit more time in the oven before they roll it out to Kobo devices.
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I tend to agree with Sherman so I'm willing to see the messages posted here.
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I also agree, for the record. There's almost no way Kobo won't ever be 5.x, or why would they retain and improve the Kobo-specific stuff in it?
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Old 09-10-2024, 01:34 PM   #9
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I really like my tolino Vision color, especially that i can use the tolino cloud.
Iupload all my books from caliber with a script to the cloud and love the freedom of having all my books available.
Only thing i find annoying is that the statistics don’t work for the sideboards books.
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is there a link to download this version for the vision color because on the tolino website the link is wrong
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is there a link to download this version for the vision color because on the tolino website the link is wrong
It looks like none of the latest firmware versions have a download link.
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Old 09-21-2024, 07:19 AM   #12
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It looks like none of the latest firmware versions have a download link.
they have on https://mytolino.de/software-updates-tolino-ereader/
but they make an error under vision color



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found the Link
https://ereaderfiles.kobo.com/firmwa...625/update.tar
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they have on https://mytolino.de/software-updates-tolino-ereader/
but they make an error under vision color
I do see now how they do it. It just looks like the new firmware is missing at a quick glance.

I suggest you contact them and them know about the error.
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yeah i wrote them and find the way to get the firmware. links is in the previous post
Now my Tolino libra Color is up to date.

Now the waiting time when kobo reader goes v5 firmware too
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About a month later Kobo / Tolino has released yet another update.

Firmware version 5.3.195056 seems to concentrate on fixing some of the bugs.

Not much though. Users report they are having less issues with side-loaded fonts now.

-> https://mytolino.de/software-updates-tolino-ereader/
-> https://rustysoft.de/literature/2024...te-5.3.195056/

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Why are we posting firmware update notices for devices that aren’t Kobos in the Kobo forums?

This firmware will never populate to a Kobo device naturally, and while some speculate that Kobo is going to unify the two brands that hasn’t happened yet.
I posted this here, because the previous 5.XX firmware updates were discussed here as well.

Tolinos are essentially just rebranded Kobos at this point.
The hardware is 100% identical and they are using Kobos firmware now aswell.

It is likely, that Kobo will eventually merge their 4.XX and 5.XX firmware versions.

That seems to be the whole point. Tolino had its own android based operating system before, which saw little development and was increasingly riddled with bugs over the last couple of years. This showed that Kobo was either not able or willing to develope two seperate operating systems at the same time.

I don't know how the mods want to handle this in the future.
Yes, this situation makes the Tolino sub-forum a bit redundant.
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