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Ripplinger · 10-10-2014, 11:46 PM

I bought a spare Glo earlier this year for when mine dies because very few readers use infrared touch anymore and it's what I prefer. And I was able to purchase both of them locally so I could return them if there were any screen flaws or hardware issues. Any issues that have ever come up I've been able to resolve usually with firmware changes. So for now, yes, I'd buy another Kobo reader. Both of mine have been perfect as far as the hardware goes, but I'm not a fan of their firmware.

So I would also suggest downgrading the firmware before giving up on Kobo. I use the older Glo to read on daily and I keep firmware 2.4.0 on it and will not upgrade it. Upgrades made the screen very unresponsive where turning the page took up to 4 tries at least half of the time for me, and when trying different firmware I also noticed the light output levels could change quite a bit. What would be sufficient light for me at 28% on one firmware took up to 72% on another for the same light output.

So firmware might make a big difference in how your reader performs for you and might fix your issues.

10-10-2014, 11:46 PM	#6
Ripplinger 350 Hoarder Posts: 3,574 Karma: 8281267 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Midwest USA Device: Sony PRS-350, Kobo Glo & Glo HD, PW2	I bought a spare Glo earlier this year for when mine dies because very few readers use infrared touch anymore and it's what I prefer. And I was able to purchase both of them locally so I could return them if there were any screen flaws or hardware issues. Any issues that have ever come up I've been able to resolve usually with firmware changes. So for now, yes, I'd buy another Kobo reader. Both of mine have been perfect as far as the hardware goes, but I'm not a fan of their firmware. So I would also suggest downgrading the firmware before giving up on Kobo. I use the older Glo to read on daily and I keep firmware 2.4.0 on it and will not upgrade it. Upgrades made the screen very unresponsive where turning the page took up to 4 tries at least half of the time for me, and when trying different firmware I also noticed the light output levels could change quite a bit. What would be sufficient light for me at 28% on one firmware took up to 72% on another for the same light output. So firmware might make a big difference in how your reader performs for you and might fix your issues.