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MacEachaidh · 09-08-2014, 04:32 PM

Is anyone seeing a problem with the light setting in 3.8.0?

I successfully sideloaded the 3.8.0 firmware onto my Aura HD. Haven't had a hiccup yet, except for the feature that lets you change the light intensity by sliding your finger up and down the left of the screen. I keep waking the device up from sleep to find the light has reset to just 2%.

I'm not aware of anything I'm doing to drop it down — I turn pages usually with a tap, not a swipe, and either the light is at its usual intensity when I manually put the device to sleep, or I fall asleep and the device puts itself to bed. Either way, there aren't any movements that, as far as I can tell, could be interpreted as a downward left-side swipe. Besides, each time it awakes at the same setting of 2%. You'd think, if this were happening accidentally, that figure would vary.

I've also noticed that the increase of light when you ramp it up isn't on even increments -- around 28%, it suddenly leaps to a considerably brighter level. I don't remember having seen that happen under previous firmware, and my impression is that it's new behaviour.

But for the light intensity slider, I wish there was a way to turn it off. I'd prefer it, when Kobo implements optional behaviour like this, that there would also be a way to disable it.

09-08-2014, 04:32 PM	#196
MacEachaidh Browser Posts: 745 Karma: 578294 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura HD	Is anyone seeing a problem with the light setting in 3.8.0? I successfully sideloaded the 3.8.0 firmware onto my Aura HD. Haven't had a hiccup yet, except for the feature that lets you change the light intensity by sliding your finger up and down the left of the screen. I keep waking the device up from sleep to find the light has reset to just 2%. I'm not aware of anything I'm doing to drop it down — I turn pages usually with a tap, not a swipe, and either the light is at its usual intensity when I manually put the device to sleep, or I fall asleep and the device puts itself to bed. Either way, there aren't any movements that, as far as I can tell, could be interpreted as a downward left-side swipe. Besides, each time it awakes at the same setting of 2%. You'd think, if this were happening accidentally, that figure would vary. I've also noticed that the increase of light when you ramp it up isn't on even increments -- around 28%, it suddenly leaps to a considerably brighter level. I don't remember having seen that happen under previous firmware, and my impression is that it's new behaviour. But for the light intensity slider, I wish there was a way to turn it off. I'd prefer it, when Kobo implements optional behaviour like this, that there would also be a way to disable it.