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Originally Posted by jackie_w
If you're going to rant at least get your facts right. As with all modern Kobos, if you accidentally turn off the Kobo light in a darkened room, a simple swipe of the finger up the left edge of the screen will turn it back on again. You don't need to turn a light on to do that, do you? Or do I have a rare talent?  |
Apologies if it came across as a rant, it was more a sad reflection of my experiences.
I did of course try to turn the light up with the swipe of the finger
- that was how I turned it down in the first place. It didn't work, multiple times. I'm not a total noob!
I also did have the latest version of the firmware installed. Didn't help, even after a reset.
If I'd thought my experience was unique I'd put it down to my unit, but it seems to be indicative of a common issue.
As it is I'm happy again with my Glo HD, and I've saved £180 in the process. Might come back to the One when they've matured the manufacturing.
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Originally Posted by ratinox
And you know what? If current and future generations of Kindles have lights that can't be turned off? I'm never buying another Kindle (never mind that I doubt Amazon will produce another large format device so I have no reason to get one anyway). One of the major points of electronic paper is that it's supposed to be like paper. It doesn't need to be self-illuminated. And I don't want it to be self-illuminated.
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My experience is limited as I don't own such a Kindle but IIRC that's their behaviour. It's always on with a very low brightness level, you wouldn't see it apart from in a totally dark room. That seems to be quite a smart bit of design if you ask me.