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graycyn · 04-27-2013, 11:29 AM

The Aura HD is my first Kobo device and also my first device with a glow screen. A couple of times the first day I had it, I thought I detected a flicker, but it didn't seem to keep doing it, so then I thought it might just be my eyes being tired.

However, this morning, I woke up, the light in my bedroom was a bit on the dim side, and I woke the reader and started to read. But the screen was definitely flickering, subtle, but there and it was driving my eyes a bit buggy.

Brightness level was set at 4%, where I'd left it when dropping off to sleep. I showed it to my husband and he saw the flicker too. Shortly after, the room got brighter and I boosted the brightness level slightly to around 10% and then I didn't see the flicker.

I'm not sure what's normal for these devices, but I shouldn't think flicker would be right, since part of the reason for the glow screen is to be able to read in the dark.

I checked the battery level, it was at 47%, so it shouldn't have been because of low battery. (Though I am a bit disconcerted that the battery level is dropping so quickly, but for the moment, I'm putting that down to a lot of "play" with device settings and such.) I did charge it up to 100% on the 25th.

Anyway, should I ask Kobo for an exchange?

04-27-2013, 11:29 AM	#1
graycyn Wizard Posts: 1,591 Karma: 11722446 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: NE Oregon Device: Kobo Sage, Pocketbook Era, Kobo Forma, Kindle Oasis 2	Should the glow screen flicker? The Aura HD is my first Kobo device and also my first device with a glow screen. A couple of times the first day I had it, I thought I detected a flicker, but it didn't seem to keep doing it, so then I thought it might just be my eyes being tired. However, this morning, I woke up, the light in my bedroom was a bit on the dim side, and I woke the reader and started to read. But the screen was definitely flickering, subtle, but there and it was driving my eyes a bit buggy. Brightness level was set at 4%, where I'd left it when dropping off to sleep. I showed it to my husband and he saw the flicker too. Shortly after, the room got brighter and I boosted the brightness level slightly to around 10% and then I didn't see the flicker. I'm not sure what's normal for these devices, but I shouldn't think flicker would be right, since part of the reason for the glow screen is to be able to read in the dark. I checked the battery level, it was at 47%, so it shouldn't have been because of low battery. (Though I am a bit disconcerted that the battery level is dropping so quickly, but for the moment, I'm putting that down to a lot of "play" with device settings and such.) I did charge it up to 100% on the 25th. Anyway, should I ask Kobo for an exchange? Last edited by graycyn; 04-27-2013 at 11:33 AM.