Vox shutting itself off

49Kat · 11-18-2011, 08:41 PM

I'm wondering if this is normal behavior. It's happened to me two or three times now (and I've had the Vox since yesterday).

I put the Vox into sleep mode by pressing the button. So there's no dialog about shutting down. If it's left in sleep mode for a few hours, I find that it doesn't wake up. When I press the on/off button to wake it up. Pressing the button a bit longer doesn't revive it. I've been holding the on/off button down for 15 seconds, releasing it, and then giving the button a quick press and it powers up as if it had been shut down.

Is this normal? Does the Vox power itself completely off if it's left in sleep mode for a long time?

I'm just getting used to this. The Vox takes a LOT more battery power than my Sony PRS 650, and I very seldom ever power off the Sony. I usually just leave it in sleep mode if I'm not reading. The Sony seems to get sluggish after a while, and when that happens, I'll power it down and restart it to give it a refresh.

taming · 11-18-2011, 08:45 PM

I believe this is the problem that James has said will be addressed in the update. He also hinted that it would be coming sooner rather than later. The video prob is the other thing that was high priority for the update.

pokee · 11-18-2011, 09:43 PM

Yeah, it's normal. I increased my sleep duration to 10 minutes to avoid the freezes. I also decided to power it down when I figured I wouldn't be using it for that 10 minutes.

I was definitely having less freezes after I did this, too.

BUT...I discovered another problem: powering it off sometimes doesn't really 'work'. I am not sure if the Vox still thinks it's sleeping? Reason: I turned mine off last night with almost a fresh battery, and when I tried to turn it on several hours later, I got the blinking orange light letting me know that the battery was dead. WHAA? It was turned off most of the day!!!

After I charged it, I had troubles turning it back on this morning (related to the battery drain? Not sure?) and then it corrupted some of my kobo books files and I now cannot load my Kobo books library, connect to the kobo store or reading life....

Not sure if they are all related, but something tells me that keeping your battery from completely draining should be priority A1 with the Vox!!!

taming · 11-18-2011, 10:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pokee

Not sure if they are all related, but something tells me that keeping your battery from completely draining should be priority A1 with the Vox!!!

And fortunately, James said it was. James also mentioned that some of the cases people use are apparently responsible for turning the Vox on again and that they are thinking about making a slightly longer press on the power button necessary to avoid those inadvertent start-ups.

49Kat · 11-19-2011, 02:37 PM

Well, it happened once today when it hadn't even been sleeping that long. Oh, well...As has been said, maybe a subsequent update will fix that.

mcrmama · 11-20-2011, 01:35 AM

Ours often drains the battery when asleep so hopefully the update will fix that. Looking forward to it.

11-18-2011, 08:41 PM	#1
49Kat Fanatic Posts: 580 Karma: 1309104 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: BC,Canada/NV, USA Device: iPad 9th Gen, iPhone 11, Paperwhite 10th Gen.	Vox shutting itself off I'm wondering if this is normal behavior. It's happened to me two or three times now (and I've had the Vox since yesterday). I put the Vox into sleep mode by pressing the button. So there's no dialog about shutting down. If it's left in sleep mode for a few hours, I find that it doesn't wake up. When I press the on/off button to wake it up. Pressing the button a bit longer doesn't revive it. I've been holding the on/off button down for 15 seconds, releasing it, and then giving the button a quick press and it powers up as if it had been shut down. Is this normal? Does the Vox power itself completely off if it's left in sleep mode for a long time? I'm just getting used to this. The Vox takes a LOT more battery power than my Sony PRS 650, and I very seldom ever power off the Sony. I usually just leave it in sleep mode if I'm not reading. The Sony seems to get sluggish after a while, and when that happens, I'll power it down and restart it to give it a refresh.

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11-18-2011, 08:45 PM	#2
taming Trying for calm & polite Posts: 4,012 Karma: 9455193 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mostly in Canada Device: kobo original, WiFI, Touch, Glo, and Aura	I believe this is the problem that James has said will be addressed in the update. He also hinted that it would be coming sooner rather than later. The video prob is the other thing that was high priority for the update.

11-18-2011, 09:43 PM	#3
pokee Fanatic Posts: 569 Karma: 199759 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Vancouver, BC Device: Kobo WiFi, Kobo Glo, Kobo Vox, Samsung Galaxy S4, Samsung Tab2	Yeah, it's normal. I increased my sleep duration to 10 minutes to avoid the freezes. I also decided to power it down when I figured I wouldn't be using it for that 10 minutes. I was definitely having less freezes after I did this, too. BUT...I discovered another problem: powering it off sometimes doesn't really 'work'. I am not sure if the Vox still thinks it's sleeping? Reason: I turned mine off last night with almost a fresh battery, and when I tried to turn it on several hours later, I got the blinking orange light letting me know that the battery was dead. WHAA? It was turned off most of the day!!! After I charged it, I had troubles turning it back on this morning (related to the battery drain? Not sure?) and then it corrupted some of my kobo books files and I now cannot load my Kobo books library, connect to the kobo store or reading life.... Not sure if they are all related, but something tells me that keeping your battery from completely draining should be priority A1 with the Vox!!!

11-19-2011, 02:37 PM	#5
49Kat Fanatic Posts: 580 Karma: 1309104 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: BC,Canada/NV, USA Device: iPad 9th Gen, iPhone 11, Paperwhite 10th Gen.	Well, it happened once today when it hadn't even been sleeping that long. Oh, well...As has been said, maybe a subsequent update will fix that.

11-20-2011, 01:35 AM	#6
mcrmama Addict Posts: 239 Karma: 16806 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Kobo Aura One	Ours often drains the battery when asleep so hopefully the update will fix that. Looking forward to it.

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