The VOX isn't fun any more. I want to throw it against the wall.

TonyToews · 03-16-2012, 02:45 PM

Before the update a while back that caused the sleep of death problem the Vox was a fun device. Pick it up, log in and do whatever I want. Instant on. Now with the sleep of death happening whenever I set it down for a while I have to waste my time booting the device.

So now I turn off the device and now I have to wait to reboot it. Although I do forget occasionally and sure enough I get the sleep of death problem.

I can not recommend the Vox to anyone.

TonyToews · 03-16-2012, 03:13 PM

So I just set it down and wanted to retry the download just now. Yup, I entered the movement password and it's locked up.

TonyToews · 03-16-2012, 04:51 PM

And locked again. It was displaying the finger signon screen but non responsive. Turned off this time.

mr_nobody · 03-16-2012, 04:57 PM

If you have sleep of death you need to set wifi sleep policy to never and leave wifi on. Either that or power the unit off between uses.

hpulley · 03-16-2012, 06:05 PM

Strange, the update cured SOD for me...

TonyToews · 03-16-2012, 10:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mr_nobody

If you have sleep of death you need to set wifi sleep policy to never and leave wifi on. Either that or power the unit off between uses.

Oh, I have to leave it on? I didn't realize that. Or maybe I did and I forgot. Lately I've been ensuring I turn that off.

TonyToews · 03-16-2012, 10:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hpulley

Strange, the update cured SOD for me...

I can't download the latest update as it consistently fails at 40%

unifaerie · 03-16-2012, 10:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TonyToews

I can't download the latest update as it consistently fails at 40%

Quite a few are having this problem. Whatever yiu do do not factory reset. I did and now cannot complete setup as the upgrade still times out at around 40%.

I am still trying to get a response from Kobo and will post if I get it working : )

suedenim · 03-17-2012, 11:47 AM

uni - just keep retrying the download. It took me what seemed a long time but persistence won in the end. It shouldn't be this way though - I'm afraid I have to tell people not to buy this thing due to too many annoying issues

TonyToews · 03-23-2012, 02:36 AM

I tried the update many times. Once it moved to 46% and then failed. I tried the sideload update a week ago but it failed. The latest update didn't take once but upon sideloading it a 2nd time it did do the update. So I'm happier.

TonyToews · 03-23-2012, 02:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mr_nobody

If you have sleep of death you need to set wifi sleep policy to never and leave wifi on. Either that or power the unit off between uses.

I've been leaving the Wifi on although plugged in unless I'm using it. So now more SOD issues there. Now I'll leave it unplugged for a while and see if SOD is fixed once and for all for me.

03-16-2012, 02:45 PM	#1
TonyToews Evangelist Posts: 490 Karma: 351398 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kobo Vox and Glo	The VOX isn't fun any more. I want to throw it against the wall. Before the update a while back that caused the sleep of death problem the Vox was a fun device. Pick it up, log in and do whatever I want. Instant on. Now with the sleep of death happening whenever I set it down for a while I have to waste my time booting the device. So now I turn off the device and now I have to wait to reboot it. Although I do forget occasionally and sure enough I get the sleep of death problem. I can not recommend the Vox to anyone.

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TonyToews Evangelist Posts: 490 Karma: 351398 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kobo Vox and Glo	So I just set it down and wanted to retry the download just now. Yup, I entered the movement password and it's locked up.

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TonyToews Evangelist Posts: 490 Karma: 351398 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kobo Vox and Glo	And locked again. It was displaying the finger signon screen but non responsive. Turned off this time.

03-16-2012, 04:57 PM	#4
mr_nobody Evangelist Posts: 440 Karma: 26671 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: kobo mini, nexus 7 (2012), kobo vox	If you have sleep of death you need to set wifi sleep policy to never and leave wifi on. Either that or power the unit off between uses.

03-16-2012, 06:05 PM	#5
hpulley Addict Posts: 288 Karma: 29760 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Ontario, Canada Device: Kobo Vox, Playbook32	Strange, the update cured SOD for me...

03-17-2012, 11:47 AM	#9
suedenim Connoisseur Posts: 51 Karma: 400010 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: BC Device: Kobo Vox	uni - just keep retrying the download. It took me what seemed a long time but persistence won in the end. It shouldn't be this way though - I'm afraid I have to tell people not to buy this thing due to too many annoying issues

03-23-2012, 02:36 AM	#10
TonyToews Evangelist Posts: 490 Karma: 351398 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kobo Vox and Glo	I tried the update many times. Once it moved to 46% and then failed. I tried the sideload update a week ago but it failed. The latest update didn't take once but upon sideloading it a 2nd time it did do the update. So I'm happier.

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