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Old 03-08-2012, 12:20 PM   #1
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How common are faulty Kobo screens
Seem to be reading a fair few posts regarding faulty screens
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Old 03-08-2012, 12:29 PM   #2
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Old 03-08-2012, 12:59 PM   #3
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There are five Kobos in our family and none of them have ever had screen problems.
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Old 03-08-2012, 01:52 PM   #4
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Old 03-08-2012, 01:57 PM   #5
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The screen freezing up on the previous read cover or the black lines appearing
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The screen freezing up on the previous read cover or the black lines appearing
To me those sound like they could be two separate issues. I've had one freeze (I've had my touch for 2.5 months). I haven't seen a problem with black lines.

I do have a problem with taps being missed, https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=166744, but I wouldn't say the problems are screen related.
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Old 03-08-2012, 05:28 PM   #7
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The screen freezing up on the previous read cover or the black lines appearing
The black lines/broken-looking-but-not-actually-broken-screen problem isn't uncommon, but it's not something restricted to Kobo devices; it's more of an issue with the EPD screens. I can't speak for the Nook, but where I work, we sell Kindles, and it tends to be one Kindle every two weeks with a stuffed screen. We did also have the same issue with the previous e-readers we sold, which were also E Ink, but previous gen screens (8 level greyscale).
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Old 03-08-2012, 06:22 PM   #8
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My first Kobo 1 had black lines appear on the screen after 11 months, but after some hassle Kobo replaced it free of charge. My Mom has my replacement Kobo-1 now and nothing has gone wrong with it yet.

I also had a Kobo Touch that I returned after 16 days (Two days past the time I could return in s
tore ), because it had a faulty Micro-USB port, and I've had the replacement for about 6 Months I think. But that wasn't a screen problem.
I also know 7 other people who have various models of Kobo with and nothing has gone wrong with theirs.

So I don't think it's really common.
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Old 03-09-2012, 12:44 AM   #9
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I got my KT second hand and I have had it for 6mths and I have never had anything wrong with the screen. I also had a Kobo wifi and the screen on that was fine on that as well.
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Old 03-09-2012, 04:56 AM   #10
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I don't have any problems with my screen so far(and I hope it stays this way) but once I noticed something strange. When turning on, on that booting sequence, for like 1 second the left side of the screen went black, like a very wide black bar. It was gone before I realized something was wrong. it didn't happen since then, but I'm worried whether it was a hardware issue or a software one.
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Old 03-12-2012, 11:08 PM   #11
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Old 03-13-2012, 03:18 PM   #12
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Old 03-15-2012, 07:46 PM   #13
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kobo screen faulty
I have the kobo wifi and my screen is playing up its showing black lines where the start up screen icons would normally be, it still goes through the whole process of opening but the screen is blank shy of the lines and nothing else!! anyone had similar problems?? do you know what caused it? i sent it back and they are saying it is contact damage but i know it isnt, it hasnt been dropped i was reading from it just fine minutes before it happened. would appreciate any feedback, comments
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