are mixed. Some have updated with no problems and have reported faster browsing, while others are experiencing locks, boot menu problems, looping reboots, and package conflicts which seem to get fixed after a .

If you have installed anything out of the ordinary, be sure to read through the before updating. If you are not receiving Seamless Software Upgrade notifications, you might not have upgraded to the latest firmware. Read through Krisse’s tutorial on .

It sounds absolutely crazy but it’s absolutely true, switching the tablet off and on uses the same amount of battery life as just leaving the tablet switched on for a day or two. The reason is that the tablets are computers, and computers use a lot more power when they’re starting up than when they’re just switched on. If you switch the tablet off, you’ll have to switch it back on again to use it and this “start up” process drains the battery very quickly.

You don’t actually need to EVER switch the tablets off, they’re designed to be left switched on all the time like a mobile phone. You can charge them while they’re on, and they will warn you several times if the battery is running low.

Some other things that can make your tablet battery last longer:

• Exit as many applications as possible
• Turn down the screen’s brightness to the lowest level that you can cope with
• Make the screen switch itself off more quickly
• Switch off Bluetooth and Wi-Fi if you aren’t using them, either separately or by putting the tablet into Offline or Flight Mode

You can find more details on all these things, including a step-by-step video,

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Flash is very VERY easy to fix, simply click on the globe in the bottom right corner of the browser, select “Components” and then make sure the Flash option is ticked. That’s it, the Flash should start working again.

You can find out more about this fix, including a video demonstration of it, a discussion of what Flash is, and an explanation of why this bug happens,

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This optional setting is theoretically meant to make pages fit into the width of the tablet’s screen better, but it actually ends up doing more harm than good most of the time by severely distorting pages or even stopping them working altogether.

However, help is at hand! You can switch “Fit Width To View” off very very easily by clicking on the browser’s little globe icon in the bottom right hand corner, and then UNticking the option for Fit Width To View.

For more specific instructions, as well as examples of why it’s a good idea to switch FWTV off, click here to view the full tutorial on the Internet Tablet School