Kobo Glo Freezes Constantly

Wasgo · 03-08-2015, 11:41 PM

I just inherited my wife's Kobo Glo that she hadn't been using for a year, and after doing a factory reset and upgrading the firmware, I'm finding that it's freezing multiple times per day, requiring a pin to reboot it. It's happened fairly often, sometimes within minutes of a previous crash.

I only have 10 books on the device, through I did use a Calibre plugin to convert the books to kepub. Is it possible that's what's causing it to crash, or is it more likely that I just need a new device?

booklover6 · 03-09-2015, 06:24 AM

Within Calibre, run each of those books through "Edit book" and see if there is anything wrong with them.

Another thing you can do is remove all but the one you are reading, and see if it keeps happening.

I'm sure the experts here will have more ideas.

Wasgo · 03-09-2015, 12:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by booklover6

Within Calibre, run each of those books through "Edit book" and see if there is anything wrong with them.

Is that a manual process or can Calibre check for me?

booklover6 · 03-09-2015, 12:18 PM

Edit book is integrated in recent editions of Calibre. (If you are running it on WinXP, you may not have it). Mine is on my tool bar, or you can right click a book and select it from the menu. Once the window opens, there is a box in the upper right that says "Check has not been run." Run the check and see what errors come up.

Wasgo · 03-09-2015, 09:39 PM

No luck, the book had no errors.

Ripplinger · 03-09-2015, 10:40 PM

Does it happen with all books or just the one? I'd try deleting all books, then load a different book onto the reader and see if it still happens.

While I love Calibre for some things, I'd open up the book in Sigil and do a check there. And just as another thing to check, make sure it's divided up into smaller html pages and it's not one huge html file for the entire book (yes, I've actually purchased books like that). Most readers will choke on one huge file. Once they're divided up properly, response on the reader is back to what it should be.

03-08-2015, 11:41 PM	#1
Wasgo Connoisseur Posts: 82 Karma: 1060105 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Vancouver, Canada Device: Kobo Wi-Fi	Kobo Glo Freezes Constantly I just inherited my wife's Kobo Glo that she hadn't been using for a year, and after doing a factory reset and upgrading the firmware, I'm finding that it's freezing multiple times per day, requiring a pin to reboot it. It's happened fairly often, sometimes within minutes of a previous crash. I only have 10 books on the device, through I did use a Calibre plugin to convert the books to kepub. Is it possible that's what's causing it to crash, or is it more likely that I just need a new device?

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03-09-2015, 06:24 AM	#2
booklover6 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,533 Karma: 14008730 Join Date: May 2008 Location: PA (USA) Device: Kobo Clara, 2E, Libre, PW4, PW5, 2022 Kindle	Within Calibre, run each of those books through "Edit book" and see if there is anything wrong with them. Another thing you can do is remove all but the one you are reading, and see if it keeps happening. I'm sure the experts here will have more ideas.

03-09-2015, 12:18 PM	#4
booklover6 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,533 Karma: 14008730 Join Date: May 2008 Location: PA (USA) Device: Kobo Clara, 2E, Libre, PW4, PW5, 2022 Kindle	Edit book is integrated in recent editions of Calibre. (If you are running it on WinXP, you may not have it). Mine is on my tool bar, or you can right click a book and select it from the menu. Once the window opens, there is a box in the upper right that says "Check has not been run." Run the check and see what errors come up.

03-09-2015, 09:39 PM	#5
Wasgo Connoisseur Posts: 82 Karma: 1060105 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Vancouver, Canada Device: Kobo Wi-Fi	No luck, the book had no errors.

03-09-2015, 10:40 PM	#6
Ripplinger 350 Hoarder Posts: 3,574 Karma: 8281267 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Midwest USA Device: Sony PRS-350, Kobo Glo & Glo HD, PW2	Does it happen with all books or just the one? I'd try deleting all books, then load a different book onto the reader and see if it still happens. While I love Calibre for some things, I'd open up the book in Sigil and do a check there. And just as another thing to check, make sure it's divided up into smaller html pages and it's not one huge html file for the entire book (yes, I've actually purchased books like that). Most readers will choke on one huge file. Once they're divided up properly, response on the reader is back to what it should be.