Thread: New problem, old Touch
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Old 05-30-2013, 11:45 PM   #39
davidfor
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Originally Posted by Corpsegoddess View Post
I can get that, too--but then as soon as it powers down and I have to turn it on again, that's where the problem comes in.
One solution is to not have it power off. I haven't seen exactly what you are reporting, but, as I rarely power off either of my to Kobo's, this doesn't really come up. I let them automatically sleep, but have the power-off option set at never.

But, I have noticed something different recently with the SD card. The Touch has a 1GB Sandisk with about 1200 books on it. The Glo has a 16GB Patriot with less than 20 books on it. If I eject or insert the card in the Glo, the screen flashes and updates the books within a few seconds. But, I just ejected the card from the Touch it took at least 30 minutes before it responded.

From my observations, what I think happens when you insert the SD card is:
  1. Card is recognised and added to device.
  2. Card is scanned for changes.
  3. Removed or changed books are deleted from the database.
  4. New and changed books are processed and added to the database. The black processing screen is displayed for this step.

I don't know if the second and third steps are actually separate. They are logical steps, but could easily be done in one go.

In the past, the device would not respond for a short period of time, then it would respond and you could use it for a bit. Then the black processing would be displayed if there were new or changed books. If there were no new/changed books, the screen just flashed at the end and maybe the message about using the card for extra storage would be displayed.

I always assumed the freeze was during the first step. And then I could keep reading while the second and third steps ran. But, the freeze has extended. I suspect it is all the first three steps.

While I have been writing this and getting distracted by work, I have done the following with the Touch and its 1200 book card:

- Ejected the card - more than 30 minutes
- Inserted the card - more than 40 minutes
- Powered off and on - at least 10 minutes.

The one thing I didn't do was to add some books to the card while it was out of the device. That would tell me if the device does start responding before it finishes all the processing steps.
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