[jgoguen]

Originally Posted by davidfor

Don't power off?

It had occurred to me to set the "power off" timeout to something obscene like 2 days

Originally Posted by davidfor

Other than that, my first thought is a corrupt database. The power-off should force a write and read of the database, but if there is a problem with the database, the write might not happen and it is reading an unchanged database. You can do a check on the database to see if it has a problem.

I'm only familiar with "PRAGMA integrity_check", which returns "ok". Is there anything else you have in mind?

Originally Posted by davidfor

The only other thing I can think of is the "Kobo Reader.conf" file. This has some options about what gets shown at restart or disconnect. They should get changed so that they only happens once or once per firmware version. If something is preventing this file from being updated, then it could do what you are seeing. But, the only likely reason for this is if the file system is corrupt.

What options should I be looking for? Nothing in there jumps out at me, but maybe it's just late I'm not sure if all the options are in there; numPartialUpdatePageTurns, which another thread led me to believe should just be present under the "Reading" section, was not present even though I had previously changed the number of page turns before a full screen refresh.

Spoiler:

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selectionStyle=underline

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CurrentLocale=en_GB
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HomePageShown=true
LastChangeLog=2.4.0
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LastLibrarySorter_recommended_=sortByNull()
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LastLibrarySorter_shelf_filterByBookshelf%28Malaza n%20Universe%29=sortByDateAddedToShelf()
LastLibrarySorter_shelf_filterByBookshelf%28Single %29=sortByTitle()
LastLibrarySorter_shelf_filterByBookshelf%28Solar% 20Clipper%20Trader%20Tales%29=sortByDateAddedToShe lf()
LastLibrarySorter_wishlist_filterByWishlisted%28%2 9=sortByWishlistDate()
LastSyncTime=@Variant(\0\0\0\x10\0%{\x16\0}1'\x2)
PromotionsAvailable=true
QuickTourShown=true
ShowBrightnessToast=false
showFirstTimeExperience=0

[PowerOptions]
AutoFrontLightOffMinutes=5
AutoOffMinutes=60
AutoSleepMinutes=5
FrontLightLevel=2
InvertFooterWithFrontlight=false

[Reading]
numPartialUpdatePageTurns=90
pageTurningOption=default
readingAdobeShowPageNumbers=false
readingAlignment=
readingFontFamily=Linux Libertine
readingFontSize=24
readingLeftMargin=0
readingRightMargin=

[ReadingLife]
DeleteSocialCredentialsPending=false
FacebookAuthToken=
FacebookId=
FacebookName=
FacebookProfilePicture=
FacebookShareActivityTo=false
FacebookTokenExpiry=@Variant(\0\0\0\x10\0\0\0\0\xf f\xff\xff\xff\xff)
FacebookUpgradeShown=true
SendSocialCredentialsPending=false
StatsTrackingEnabled=true

[Services]
ContactUsURL=http://webstore.kobobooks.com/71187/contact.html
EulaURL=http://webstore2.kobobooks.com/boutique/webstoretermsofuse
FirstTimeUXURL="https://secure.kobobooks.com/71187/ftux?pwspid={0}&wsa={1}&pwsdid={2}&pwsav={3}&pwsdm ={4}&pwspos={5}&pwspov={6}"
ForgotPasswordURL=https://www.kobobooks.com/passwordretrieval.html
ImageHandlerURL=http://ecimages.kobobooks.com/Image.ashx
PartnerProxyHandlerURL=https://mobilepartner.kobobooks.com/71187/mobileRequest.ashx
PrivacyURL=http://webstore2.kobobooks.com/boutique/webstoreprivacypolicy
PurchaseURL=https://partner.kobobooks.com/checkout.html
RequestURL=http://mobile.kobobooks.com/71187/mobileRequest.ashx
SecureURL="https://secure.kobobooks.com/71187/Purchase/Index?wscid=&ctype=&wsukey=&wsuid=&pwspid=&wsa=&Is Gift=False&isfte="
ServiceDomain=.kobobooks.com
SignInURL=
SocialAuthorizationURL=https://social.kobobooks.com:8443
SocialURL=https://social.kobobooks.com
WebsiteURL=http://www.kobobooks.com
WebstoreProxyURL=https://partner.kobobooks.com/71187
WebstoreURL=http://webstore2.kobobooks.com/71187

Would it be safe, do you think, to sideload the 2.4 upgrade and let the reader "upgrade" from 2.4 to 2.4 again? I'd like to avoid a factory reset if I can, mostly so I don't have to re-import all my books...