Bug report - Page 14

Billi · 05-20-2011, 02:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wolframk

Where can I get older firmware versions? (older than 2.0.5)?

Hi Wolfram, 2.04 is still here:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...75&postcount=1

danielaluz · 05-23-2011, 11:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Billi

Daniela, welcome to MobileRead!

It's not a bug, it's a feature and it even has a name - ghosting

!
You can diminish it's effects by setting page refresh to every time in the configuration menu. But this will slow down the time the device takes to open a new page.
And you're right, ghosting can be very annoying. If it is too annoying try to exchange the device. But I have my doubts that the replacement reader will show a different behaviour.

Thanks Billi. Unfortunately, I sent the photos to Pocketbook and they confirmed that the device was defective so I will have to get it replaced

rkomar · 05-23-2011, 05:01 PM

I have been fooling around with adding fonts to the /system/fonts/ directory, uploading epubs that reference those fonts, and trying to use them with AdobeViewer, but haven't had any luck, so far. The viewer just acts like those fonts don't exist on the system. If this is the case, can AdobeViewer.app be fixed to look in the /mnt/ext1/system/fonts/ directory, as well?

This is on a 902 with North American firmware, in case that's important.

sassanik · 05-23-2011, 10:42 PM

I had a weird issue the other day. I downloaded a epub from Smashwords and I got an error that it would not open, that maybe it was protected etc etc.

It was adobeviewer that was throwing the error, when I opened it with FBreader it was fine.

Not sure why this would happen. I can point you to the ebook if you need.

I am not sure if anyone else has had this issue yet.

Amy

J.C. · 05-24-2011, 12:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sassanik

I had a weird issue the other day. I downloaded a epub from Smashwords and I got an error that it would not open, that maybe it was protected etc etc.

It was adobeviewer that was throwing the error, when I opened it with FBreader it was fine.

Not sure why this would happen. I can point you to the ebook if you need.

I am not sure if anyone else has had this issue yet.

Amy

Not a new bug for me, happened with every unprotected epub in adobeviewer.

sassanik · 05-24-2011, 05:25 AM

Weird, it must have defaulted to Adobeviewer instead of FBreader.

I usually read epub books so its an odd one that I have not had it before... ahh well. Its good to know that it is a known issue.

Amy

jackie_w · 05-24-2011, 01:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sassanik

I had a weird issue the other day. I downloaded a epub from Smashwords and I got an error that it would not open, that maybe it was protected etc etc.

It was adobeviewer that was throwing the error, when I opened it with FBreader it was fine.

Not sure why this would happen. I can point you to the ebook if you need.

I am not sure if anyone else has had this issue yet.

Amy

I use AdobeViewer all the time to read non-DRM epubs on my PB360. It's not a known issue by me

J.C. · 05-25-2011, 12:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jackie_w

I use AdobeViewer all the time to read non-DRM epubs on my PB360. It's not a known issue by me

I do it on the 602 and yes, its not every epub that does it, i think i localized it to the path having these characters: # ' [ ]
Its just that most of the books i read have some of those in the title and the issue crops up (or so it seems) when opening non-drm epubs with adobeviewer.

Edsger · 06-08-2011, 02:20 AM

Yesterday I received my new Pocketbook 903 and after using it for an evening I came across an annoying bug.

While reading a pdf and using a dictionairy the device stops working. In more detail this is what I found out. When selecting the dictionairy, the Dictionairy UI presents itself and a seemingly random word is selected. At this point the cursor blinks slowly (every 3s) and after some long waiting (30s) I still can get back. But if I now try to select a word by using the touch screen, the cursor stops blinking and the device stops responding to all input and I can't do anything except turning off the device.

I really would like some help with this, because this is the functionality I mainly bought this device for.

troll05 · 06-08-2011, 02:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Edsger

Yesterday I received my new Pocketbook 903 and after using it for an evening I came across an annoying bug.

While reading a pdf and using a dictionairy the device stops working. In more detail this is what I found out. When selecting the dictionairy, the Dictionairy UI presents itself and a seemingly random word is selected. At this point the cursor blinks slowly (every 3s) and after some long waiting (30s) I still can get back. But if I now try to select a word by using the touch screen, the cursor stops blinking and the device stops responding to all input and I can't do anything except turning off the device.

I really would like some help with this, because this is the functionality I mainly bought this device for.

This is a already known bug with PDFs, and AFAIK Pb is working on that. There's an alpha version of new FW already on test here, and one user said, dictionary in AdobeViewer has improved, although he gets a hangup once in a while, maybe depending on format of the PDF file

Edsger · 06-09-2011, 02:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by troll05

This is a already known bug with PDFs, and AFAIK Pb is working on that. There's an alpha version of new FW already on test here, and one user said, dictionary in AdobeViewer has improved, although he gets a hangup once in a while, maybe depending on format of the PDF file

Thanks for the update. If you need any help in testing, let me know about it.

pbmaniac · 06-23-2011, 03:21 PM

bug report

device: Pocketbook 903 pro
firmware: 2.0.6

problem:
The Wifi-switch on the upper left edge of the reader doesn't seem to have any effect at all! Even if I set it to "off", I am still able to connect to any wifi-network in the midori-browser and surf the web. What is this switch good for then, anyways, if it doesn't disconnect the wifi-conenction or at least inhibits connecting the device to a wifi when the switch is set to "off"?

Shinra tensei · 06-24-2011, 12:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pbmaniac

bug report

device: Pocketbook 903 pro
firmware: 2.0.6

problem:
The Wifi-switch on the upper left edge of the reader doesn't seem to have any effect at all! Even if I set it to "off", I am still able to connect to any wifi-network in the midori-browser and surf the web. What is this switch good for then, anyways, if it doesn't disconnect the wifi-conenction or at least inhibits connecting the device to a wifi when the switch is set to "off"?

Probably, that switch is just for 3G connection. Wifi connection is turned on/off by commands on the software. For example, if your device is connected by a wifi signal, a little icon of wifi appears down on the right of the screen, near the time. If you point your pen there, an advice appears that ask you if you want to disconnect. You can switch off the wifi in this way.

Cola123 · 06-28-2011, 07:25 AM

Bug Report

Sometimes unresponsive forward button on PB902:

sometimes the forward button is unresponsive and you have to click back and then forward again to be able to turn ahead pages. When this happens the LED light does come on when you press forward, even though the page doesnt turn.

This leads me to believe its not a physical fault with the key as the machine is registering the button press and the button works to turn pages 99% of the time. For this reason I suspect its a software bug.

I have not played or messed with keymapping.

The dpad works 100% of the time and you can use dpad to go forward a page or two and then resume using the side forward button.

Issue occurs only sporadically - i.e you can turn 50 pages and then it happens or sometimes you can turn 5 pages and it happens.

It does seem to happen more in epub books than other formats.

I have tested this in both 2.0.5 and 2.1.1 - issue occurs in both version of firmware

osowiecki · 07-10-2011, 04:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cola123

Bug Report

Sometimes unresponsive forward button on PB902:

sometimes the forward button is unresponsive and you have to click back and then forward again to be able to turn ahead pages. When this happens the LED light does come on when you press forward, even though the page doesnt turn.

This leads me to believe its not a physical fault with the key as the machine is registering the button press and the button works to turn pages 99% of the time. For this reason I suspect its a software bug.

I have not played or messed with keymapping.

The dpad works 100% of the time and you can use dpad to go forward a page or two and then resume using the side forward button.

Issue occurs only sporadically - i.e you can turn 50 pages and then it happens or sometimes you can turn 5 pages and it happens.

It does seem to happen more in epub books than other formats.

I have tested this in both 2.0.5 and 2.1.1 - issue occurs in both version of firmware

I belive that after some time the device goes to sleep to preserve power. When you push the button the device wakes up and green LED flashes. That is why you need to push the button twice. First push wakes up the device, second one changes the page. Check it and tell me if I'm right.

05-23-2011, 10:42 PM	#199
sassanik Guru Posts: 774 Karma: 1211741 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Oregon Device: EB1150, iPhone, Cool-er Purple, Pocketbook 360, Kindle Fire	would not open I had a weird issue the other day. I downloaded a epub from Smashwords and I got an error that it would not open, that maybe it was protected etc etc. It was adobeviewer that was throwing the error, when I opened it with FBreader it was fine. Not sure why this would happen. I can point you to the ebook if you need. I am not sure if anyone else has had this issue yet. Amy

05-24-2011, 05:25 AM	#201
sassanik Guru Posts: 774 Karma: 1211741 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Oregon Device: EB1150, iPhone, Cool-er Purple, Pocketbook 360, Kindle Fire	ah Weird, it must have defaulted to Adobeviewer instead of FBreader. I usually read epub books so its an odd one that I have not had it before... ahh well. Its good to know that it is a known issue. Amy

06-28-2011, 07:25 AM	#209
Cola123 Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: pocketbook 902	Bug Report Sometimes unresponsive forward button on PB902: sometimes the forward button is unresponsive and you have to click back and then forward again to be able to turn ahead pages. When this happens the LED light does come on when you press forward, even though the page doesnt turn. This leads me to believe its not a physical fault with the key as the machine is registering the button press and the button works to turn pages 99% of the time. For this reason I suspect its a software bug. I have not played or messed with keymapping. The dpad works 100% of the time and you can use dpad to go forward a page or two and then resume using the side forward button. Issue occurs only sporadically - i.e you can turn 50 pages and then it happens or sometimes you can turn 5 pages and it happens. It does seem to happen more in epub books than other formats. I have tested this in both 2.0.5 and 2.1.1 - issue occurs in both version of firmware Last edited by Cola123; 06-28-2011 at 07:33 AM.

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05-23-2011, 05:01 PM	#198
rkomar Wizard Posts: 2,985 Karma: 18343081 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sudbury, ON, Canada Device: PRS-505, PB 902, PRS-T1, PB 623, PB 840, PB 633	I have been fooling around with adding fonts to the /system/fonts/ directory, uploading epubs that reference those fonts, and trying to use them with AdobeViewer, but haven't had any luck, so far. The viewer just acts like those fonts don't exist on the system. If this is the case, can AdobeViewer.app be fixed to look in the /mnt/ext1/system/fonts/ directory, as well? This is on a 902 with North American firmware, in case that's important.

06-08-2011, 02:20 AM	#204
Edsger Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Pocketbook Pro 903	Yesterday I received my new Pocketbook 903 and after using it for an evening I came across an annoying bug. While reading a pdf and using a dictionairy the device stops working. In more detail this is what I found out. When selecting the dictionairy, the Dictionairy UI presents itself and a seemingly random word is selected. At this point the cursor blinks slowly (every 3s) and after some long waiting (30s) I still can get back. But if I now try to select a word by using the touch screen, the cursor stops blinking and the device stops responding to all input and I can't do anything except turning off the device. I really would like some help with this, because this is the functionality I mainly bought this device for.

06-23-2011, 03:21 PM	#207
pbmaniac Enthusiast Posts: 42 Karma: 10308 Join Date: May 2011 Device: PB Pro 903, F/W 2.1.3=>downgraded to 2.1.2-fastdrv because of WIFI-bug	bug report device: Pocketbook 903 pro firmware: 2.0.6 problem: The Wifi-switch on the upper left edge of the reader doesn't seem to have any effect at all! Even if I set it to "off", I am still able to connect to any wifi-network in the midori-browser and surf the web. What is this switch good for then, anyways, if it doesn't disconnect the wifi-conenction or at least inhibits connecting the device to a wifi when the switch is set to "off"?

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