Losing settings on JBL when changing batteries

demingite · 03-24-2011, 05:09 PM

My JBL works great, except that when I change the batteries, it loses my place in the book, and also my recent bookmarks. Does anyone else have this problem?

GA Russell · 03-24-2011, 05:25 PM

I had the problem once not long ago of it not remembering the last place of the book I was reading when the batteries went dead. It was my guess that the problem is not a result of my changing the batteries but rather my allowing them to go dead.

As a result, the last couple of times I have changed the batteries when the meter goes down to two bars, after first closing all the books and returning to the home page. No problems with that method.

demingite · 03-24-2011, 08:39 PM

I thought that was the problem at first, because the first time it happened my batteries had died. Since then I have been careful to swap out the batteries before they died, but I still lose my settings. Oddly, my recent readings list seems to revert to a time before the previous battery change.

Catlady · 03-24-2011, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by demingite

I thought that was the problem at first, because the first time it happened my batteries had died. Since then I have been careful to swap out the batteries before they died, but I still lose my settings. Oddly, my recent readings list seems to revert to a time before the previous battery change.

That just happened to my recent reading list too, when I changed completely dead batteries--odd is right! I was between books on the JBL, so that seemed to be the only change.

ngrant · 03-24-2011, 09:58 PM

If it's not inconvenient at the time, I connect my JBL to my laptop with the USB cord while I change batteries, and no settings are lost. But even if my last place is not in Recent Readings, if I open the book I was last reading, the device remembers my place in it... so not a problem for me.

demingite · 03-28-2011, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by ngrant

If it's not inconvenient at the time, I connect my JBL to my laptop with the USB cord while I change batteries, and no settings are lost.

I will try that technique next time. After I swap batteries, I have to start it up from scratch, like turning it on for the first time.

GhostHawk · 03-28-2011, 06:36 PM

I do as ngrant does, hook it up to the usb cord to swap out battery's.

For one it starts booting up when I do that, saves me some boot time.

As to the recent readings list, (and bookmarks list) I suspect its loading a previous version saved in internal memory, but one of the tech guru's can probably explain better than I.

03-24-2011, 05:09 PM	#1
demingite Connoisseur Posts: 67 Karma: 400000 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: New Mexico Device: Aluratek Libre Pro (gifted), Ectaco Jetbook Lite	Losing settings on JBL when changing batteries My JBL works great, except that when I change the batteries, it loses my place in the book, and also my recent bookmarks. Does anyone else have this problem?

03-28-2011, 06:36 PM	#7
GhostHawk Data Privateer! Posts: 586 Karma: 62887 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Fargo ND Device: Ectaco Jetbook& Jetbook Lite	I do as ngrant does, hook it up to the usb cord to swap out battery's. For one it starts booting up when I do that, saves me some boot time. As to the recent readings list, (and bookmarks list) I suspect its loading a previous version saved in internal memory, but one of the tech guru's can probably explain better than I. __________________ Free the Backlist books, they are being held captive by giant publishing houses. Release them as ebooks for pennys each and let them run F R E E!

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03-24-2011, 05:25 PM	#2
GA Russell Argos win the Grey Cup! Posts: 3,367 Karma: 11423475 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Raleigh, NC Device: jetBook Lite, Libre Pro	I had the problem once not long ago of it not remembering the last place of the book I was reading when the batteries went dead. It was my guess that the problem is not a result of my changing the batteries but rather my allowing them to go dead. As a result, the last couple of times I have changed the batteries when the meter goes down to two bars, after first closing all the books and returning to the home page. No problems with that method.

03-24-2011, 08:39 PM	#3
demingite Connoisseur Posts: 67 Karma: 400000 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: New Mexico Device: Aluratek Libre Pro (gifted), Ectaco Jetbook Lite	I thought that was the problem at first, because the first time it happened my batteries had died. Since then I have been careful to swap out the batteries before they died, but I still lose my settings. Oddly, my recent readings list seems to revert to a time before the previous battery change.

03-24-2011, 09:58 PM	#5
ngrant Gadget Lover Posts: 154 Karma: 1854 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: North Carolina, USA Device: Kindle Fire, Sony PRS-350, iPad Mini, Nook Touch	If it's not inconvenient at the time, I connect my JBL to my laptop with the USB cord while I change batteries, and no settings are lost. But even if my last place is not in Recent Readings, if I open the book I was last reading, the device remembers my place in it... so not a problem for me.


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