[nebcanuck]

For the sake of full disclosure, I will say that I have dropped my Kobo e-reader once on a tile floor. At that time, the casing came open slightly but clicked shut very easily. There did not seem to be any damage at the time.

A while later, a few lines appeared along the entire length of the right edge of my screen that seem to be reversed. They show up as grey/black when they should be white, and then flip to white when the page turns or any other wiping takes place. The position of the lines seems to shift slightly over time, and the number varies between two and six, but they don't move far, and they don't ever disappear entirely.

The lines do not interfere with any of the text in my books. They do interfere some with a zoomed-in pdf, or sometimes the cover of the book.

Since then I have done the firmware upgrade. The lines were there before, and the upgrade did not affect their presence. Hitting the reset button does not affect them either.

It is certainly not the end of the world, but they are midly distracting, and I was wondering if there was a way to get the screen to wipe fully and reset polarity or whatever is required of e-ink.

Thanks