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speakingtohe · 11-20-2013, 12:21 AM

Well I am lucky in that I seem to get all of the undocumented features.

I have already posted on this in another thread (yesterday?)

I kept getting this message every time I opened my reader after updating to 3.0.0. Did not happen on 2.1.0. I connected to calibre and it went away only to be replaced with a reset every time I powered on. (I did not get a file dirty error/must scan error) Luckily it is a very fast reset taking only about 30 seconds.

I changed books and it started normally several times, so I thought maybe a book related problem although the book worked on my 2.8.1 mini.

Then I let it go to sleep and 1/2 hour later it reset when turning it on. I have to push the power button at least 3 times to even get it to turn on.

Also since 2.10 I have been getting a pseudo cover displayed before the real one for about 10 seconds when going to sleep. In 3.0.0 I still have that and when the home screen displays it first display a cover with two outline boxes and the title in the center, then the real covers show up.

So far my Aura HD has always turned on and/or connect, and even when I was getting the message to please format my card to FAT32 it would display the home screen and I could open the books on the card (all of my books are on the card) with no further problems until next time it woke up grumpy.

BTW this isn't a Windows message it is a message displayed on the Kobo screen and pressing X or OK would let the reader continue on it's normal way.

Helen

PS
The last time it went to sleep it did not get around to displaying the real cover. So I powered on using the increasingly familiar reset procedure, put it to sleep and the real cover showed up again and I was able to power on normally.

I am starting to think it is smarter than I thought and is messing with my head

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Helen

11-20-2013, 12:21 AM	#4
speakingtohe Wizard Posts: 4,812 Karma: 26912940 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: sony PRS-T1 and T3, Kobo Mini and Aura HD, Tablet	Well I am lucky in that I seem to get all of the undocumented features. I have already posted on this in another thread (yesterday?) I kept getting this message every time I opened my reader after updating to 3.0.0. Did not happen on 2.1.0. I connected to calibre and it went away only to be replaced with a reset every time I powered on. (I did not get a file dirty error/must scan error) Luckily it is a very fast reset taking only about 30 seconds. I changed books and it started normally several times, so I thought maybe a book related problem although the book worked on my 2.8.1 mini. Then I let it go to sleep and 1/2 hour later it reset when turning it on. I have to push the power button at least 3 times to even get it to turn on. Also since 2.10 I have been getting a pseudo cover displayed before the real one for about 10 seconds when going to sleep. In 3.0.0 I still have that and when the home screen displays it first display a cover with two outline boxes and the title in the center, then the real covers show up. So far my Aura HD has always turned on and/or connect, and even when I was getting the message to please format my card to FAT32 it would display the home screen and I could open the books on the card (all of my books are on the card) with no further problems until next time it woke up grumpy. BTW this isn't a Windows message it is a message displayed on the Kobo screen and pressing X or OK would let the reader continue on it's normal way. Helen PS The last time it went to sleep it did not get around to displaying the real cover. So I powered on using the increasingly familiar reset procedure, put it to sleep and the real cover showed up again and I was able to power on normally. I am starting to think it is smarter than I thought and is messing with my head. Helen Last edited by speakingtohe; 11-20-2013 at 12:27 AM.