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davidfor · 09-02-2016, 03:57 AM

@anacreon: Wait for the firmware update. The firmware version you have is from fairly early in the 3.20.x builds. The release version will have had an extra two months of development and I believe will have removed the problems you are seeing.

As to the comment about the automatic light controls, I doubt if they are triggering a sync. But, there is probably a process running to manage them. If that was checking the time and adjusting things to often, then it could use a lot of CPU. So, if it checks every hour and sleeps in between, very little CPU and hence little battery. If it checked every microsecond, lots of CPU and battery use. It will be somewhere in between and might even change depending on the time of day (more often near sunrise/sunset, rarely near noon).

I could see the automatic sync causing a problem for the light. When it wakes the device, the light comes on and the automatic light stuff would kick in. Maybe something was getting confused with this and not sleeping quickly afterwards. Or even problems because the cover was closed and the sensors covered. Hopefully they have thought about this, but it is something that could need work to get right.

09-02-2016, 03:57 AM	#146
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	@anacreon: Wait for the firmware update. The firmware version you have is from fairly early in the 3.20.x builds. The release version will have had an extra two months of development and I believe will have removed the problems you are seeing. As to the comment about the automatic light controls, I doubt if they are triggering a sync. But, there is probably a process running to manage them. If that was checking the time and adjusting things to often, then it could use a lot of CPU. So, if it checks every hour and sleeps in between, very little CPU and hence little battery. If it checked every microsecond, lots of CPU and battery use. It will be somewhere in between and might even change depending on the time of day (more often near sunrise/sunset, rarely near noon). I could see the automatic sync causing a problem for the light. When it wakes the device, the light comes on and the automatic light stuff would kick in. Maybe something was getting confused with this and not sleeping quickly afterwards. Or even problems because the cover was closed and the sensors covered. Hopefully they have thought about this, but it is something that could need work to get right.