Post-update battery weirdness - Page 9

WilliamG · 04-25-2007, 01:37 AM

Honestly can't believe there's no update for this bug.

Nightwing · 04-25-2007, 03:04 AM

Starting to think the bug is some task when its in sleep mode eating power when it should be off.

Aprilbeginnings · 04-25-2007, 10:55 AM

Oh this battery thing is starting to drive me crazy........... on one book I have gone down from full charge to 1 bar left......... (this book is taking me longer by the way) so last night I plugged the thing in with it on and immediatly the bars read up to three....... I left it charge until around 2 am in the morning when I thought I would hate for some kind of burn in with text on the screen (if that could happen) so I came back here and turned it off. Checked it this morning, still 3 bars..... plugged the plug back in and jumped to four bars....... I agree they need to fix whatever the heck it is that is ailing these batteries........ I mean was a really getting on the low side or is that a bunch of bunk, cause an immediate plug in to charger ran it right back up three bars............ argggggggggggggg

Good news is I am a cockatiel birdy grandma, LOL.......... have one little one in the cage, parents taking good care of he/she.... more ??? I am not sure........ ha!

NatCh · 04-25-2007, 11:42 AM

Congratulations on your new addition, Karen!

I don't think you need to worry about burn in, I don't think that the particles can develop an affinity for a particular point in space.

Aprilbeginnings · 04-25-2007, 11:51 AM

OKay, well I know when I leave the reader on you can always see hints of the text when I change the page so when I thought I had it on a page for hours and hours on end I might have a problem.

Little bird is doing well, it will be for my birdsitter when it grows up now..... lets say it was a baby on request thing, LOL, I usually toss the eggs but she finally wanted one so I let them be.....

here is a pic of the little fella <G>
http://members.aol.com/aprilbeginnings/baby1a.jpg

pinenut · 04-25-2007, 12:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WilliamG

Honestly can't believe there's no update for this bug.

Neither can I. Every time I recharge the battery I have to reset the reader. That has to be fixed pronto.

NatCh · 04-25-2007, 12:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aprilbeginnings

OKay, well I know when I leave the reader on you can always see hints of the text when I change the page so when I thought I had it on a page for hours and hours on end I might have a problem.

Little bird is doing well, it will be for my birdsitter when it grows up now..... lets say it was a baby on request thing, LOL, I usually toss the eggs but she finally wanted one so I let them be.....

here is a pic of the little fella <G>
http://members.aol.com/aprilbeginnings/baby1a.jpg

Oh, my, I'd forgotten how ugly new hatchlings can be -- in a cute sort of way, of course.

It's probably more that they suffer by comparison to the adults, which are always so pretty.

I know what you mean about the ghosting being more pronounced when the Reader's on the same page for a while, but it goes away after a page turn or two, so I don't really see any reason to worry about it.

(I sure seem to be getting a lot of shrugging in today ....)

Aprilbeginnings · 04-25-2007, 12:18 PM

I am not shrugging you. Must be on some other threads..... I haven't been around too much lately..... And yes, the are ugly yet cute, only a face a mother could love, LOL.....But they grow pretty fast, soon it will be a pretty bird.

Okay I won't worry at all about burn in....still this battery thing needs to be addressed by Sony....although I am sure a minor bug, it's a pain in the $$$ bug.........

HarryT · 04-25-2007, 12:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pinenut

Neither can I. Every time I recharge the battery I have to reset the reader. That has to be fixed pronto.

You really don't have to reset it. Just momentarily plug in the wall charger with the Reader switched on, after you've finished charging, and the battery meter will immediately just to 4 bars.

NatCh · 04-25-2007, 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aprilbeginnings

I am not shrugging you. Must be on some other threads..... I haven't been around too much lately.....

That should have read: "I seem to be getting in a lot of shrugging today." I meant that I was doing a lot more shrugging even than I usually do.

And I agree the battery meter needs to be fixed. It doesn't seem to bother me as much as others, but it needs to be fixed, regardless.

Aprilbeginnings · 04-25-2007, 01:27 PM

Saw your --->

And thought, *wow I could have had a v-8* LOL.......first thing that crossed my brain.......... and for some reason I am very tired, I go to read and I keep nodding off, dropping the reader on the carpet....I really think I need a nap and that is something I just don't usually do.............

KlondikeGeoff · 04-25-2007, 05:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

You really don't have to reset it. Just momentarily plug in the wall charger with the Reader switched on, after you've finished charging, and the battery meter will immediately just to 4 bars.

Or, as I do (think it was April who suggested it) when charging is done, turn it on, unplug from the Reader, plug it back in, and viola, 4 bars.

I'd quit keeping track, but last charge I kept track of page turns (and did not count bookmarks, going to the menus, etc), and got 3020 page turns. Not too bad, I guess. The battery meter went down bar by bar as would be expected. Shortly after it got to one bar, I recharged.

So, for some goofy reason, my battery and the meter seem to be working OK. Obviously this not the same for everybody.

russl · 04-27-2007, 04:30 PM

I just spoke to Sony support using the number provided earlier in this thread. I've only had my reader for a couple weeks but I noticed this issue the first time I charged it after the firmware update.

The support technician I spoke to did find some reference to the issue and said that it was currently being "researched" so hopefully there is some kind of fix on the way. The interesting thing was that she had a "workaround" which was to do a hard reset of the reader.

The problem hasn't reached the level where I'm ready to reload everything on my device but I'm wondering if a hard reset truly fixes the problem or does the same thing as the soft reset.

Russ

Aprilbeginnings · 04-27-2007, 04:31 PM

hmmmmm, well I am not anxious to try the hard reset, besides, it looked complicated.... I rather deal with the stupid thing that doesn't work right.

russl · 04-27-2007, 04:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aprilbeginnings

hmmmmm, well I am not anxious to try the hard reset, besides, it looked complicated.... I rather deal with the stupid thing that doesn't work right.

I'm with you, especially if a fix which won't require the hard reset is on the way.

I am hoping that maybe there's someone out there more frustrated than us.

It would be interesting to find out if it actually does anything other than reseting the meter from the most recent charge.

Russ

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04-25-2007, 01:37 AM	#121
WilliamG Addict Posts: 303 Karma: 60998 Join Date: Sep 2006	Honestly can't believe there's no update for this bug.

04-25-2007, 03:04 AM	#122
Nightwing Addict Posts: 303 Karma: 541 Join Date: Oct 2006 Device: Cowon A2 Dell x3i, Sony Reader & Eee PC!	Starting to think the bug is some task when its in sleep mode eating power when it should be off.

04-25-2007, 10:55 AM	#123
Aprilbeginnings Guru Posts: 632 Karma: 404 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Southern CA Device: Sony PRS-500 /prs 650 soon	Oh this battery thing is starting to drive me crazy........... on one book I have gone down from full charge to 1 bar left......... (this book is taking me longer by the way) so last night I plugged the thing in with it on and immediatly the bars read up to three....... I left it charge until around 2 am in the morning when I thought I would hate for some kind of burn in with text on the screen (if that could happen) so I came back here and turned it off. Checked it this morning, still 3 bars..... plugged the plug back in and jumped to four bars....... I agree they need to fix whatever the heck it is that is ailing these batteries........ I mean was a really getting on the low side or is that a bunch of bunk, cause an immediate plug in to charger ran it right back up three bars............ argggggggggggggg Good news is I am a cockatiel birdy grandma, LOL.......... have one little one in the cage, parents taking good care of he/she.... more ??? I am not sure........ ha!

04-25-2007, 11:42 AM	#124
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Congratulations on your new addition, Karen! I don't think you need to worry about burn in, I don't think that the particles can develop an affinity for a particular point in space.

04-25-2007, 11:51 AM	#125
Aprilbeginnings Guru Posts: 632 Karma: 404 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Southern CA Device: Sony PRS-500 /prs 650 soon	OKay, well I know when I leave the reader on you can always see hints of the text when I change the page so when I thought I had it on a page for hours and hours on end I might have a problem. Little bird is doing well, it will be for my birdsitter when it grows up now..... lets say it was a baby on request thing, LOL, I usually toss the eggs but she finally wanted one so I let them be..... here is a pic of the little fella <G> http://members.aol.com/aprilbeginnings/baby1a.jpg

04-25-2007, 12:18 PM	#128
Aprilbeginnings Guru Posts: 632 Karma: 404 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Southern CA Device: Sony PRS-500 /prs 650 soon	I am not shrugging you. Must be on some other threads..... I haven't been around too much lately..... And yes, the are ugly yet cute, only a face a mother could love, LOL.....But they grow pretty fast, soon it will be a pretty bird. Okay I won't worry at all about burn in....still this battery thing needs to be addressed by Sony....although I am sure a minor bug, it's a pain in the $$$ bug.........

04-25-2007, 01:27 PM	#131
Aprilbeginnings Guru Posts: 632 Karma: 404 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Southern CA Device: Sony PRS-500 /prs 650 soon	Saw your ---> And thought, *wow I could have had a v-8* LOL.......first thing that crossed my brain.......... and for some reason I am very tired, I go to read and I keep nodding off, dropping the reader on the carpet....I really think I need a nap and that is something I just don't usually do.............

04-27-2007, 04:30 PM	#133
russl Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2007 Device: Sony PRS500	I just spoke to Sony support using the number provided earlier in this thread. I've only had my reader for a couple weeks but I noticed this issue the first time I charged it after the firmware update. The support technician I spoke to did find some reference to the issue and said that it was currently being "researched" so hopefully there is some kind of fix on the way. The interesting thing was that she had a "workaround" which was to do a hard reset of the reader. The problem hasn't reached the level where I'm ready to reload everything on my device but I'm wondering if a hard reset truly fixes the problem or does the same thing as the soft reset. Russ

04-27-2007, 04:31 PM	#134
Aprilbeginnings Guru Posts: 632 Karma: 404 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Southern CA Device: Sony PRS-500 /prs 650 soon	hmmmmm, well I am not anxious to try the hard reset, besides, it looked complicated.... I rather deal with the stupid thing that doesn't work right.

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