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Originally Posted by salinda
hi, i have a problem reading outdoors, i love to read in the sun, but after a while my kobo glo freezes, and i must do a soft reset, i upgraded the latest firmware because kobo said it had freezingproblems with the sleepcover, and it did indeed, but now it freezes during reading.
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Same happens with the Touch, especially if it's black. It's not an IR thing, I'm pretty sure it's just heat build-up.
I was in Las Vegas with my Touch a couple of weeks ago and, being an Engineer, spent a couple of hours a day at the 2nd nicest pool in Vegas experimenting. (and staying hydrated ;-) Not a cloud in the sky, no humidity, and really hot. After about 30 minutes of reading in full sun, the Kobo would freeze so bad it needed a pin reset, and after that, would freeze every few minutes.
Put the reader in the shade for 10-15 minutes and the freeze went away for about 15 minutes, then came back as the Kobo heated up again. Cooling the Kobo in the shade fixed the freeze 100% of the time until the unit heated up again.
Reading on my stomach with my head shading the Kobo never caused any freeze.
No freeze since coming home to the relatively frigid Great White North.
Conclusion: a black Touch in full sunlight exceeds the limits of some of the Kobo Touch/Glo components. Strangely, my wife's black Kobo Mini never missed a beat.