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Originally Posted by davidfor
If we are going to whip them out and compare, then the first relational database I used was DB2 V1. Though I might have used one of the last beta's. But, yes, I assume that people no nothing until they prove otherwise.
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Oh, good for you! I was never comparing and never said I knew more than you. I'm sure you know more than I do in some areas and that I know more than you in some other areas. Assuming that people know nothing might not be very wise in all situations though, but I'm not going to tell you what to do... It's only personal opinion I guess.
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Originally Posted by davidfor
Yes I am to. And guess who maintains the KoboTouch driver?
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OK, good for you as well here. You already said that you use Calibre, and since you said that you assumed I wasn't, I only indicated that I am indeed a Calibre user, as it might be relevant if you were still to help me.
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Originally Posted by davidfor
You tested it? Don't rely on the driver reporting an error as it depends on exactly what parts of the database is corrupted.
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I did, not very thoroughly because I don't really have the time, but it seemed OK (As I mentioned before, although I know more than what you thought, I'm not an expert, so might be missing something). It is interesting though how in your first response you indicated that Calibre will surely say if the database is corrupt and that now you say you don't trust the driver...
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Originally Posted by davidfor
If you don't restart the device, you don't see this happening. That means a lot of people think the corruption was caused by a firmware update because that is the only time the device is restarted.
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I appreciate the explanation, and I restarted the device, since it is one of the first things anybody would recommend.
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Originally Posted by davidfor
I never said it was. I said signing out of the device and back in was the way to fix the problem.
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Well, you only said: sign out, with no further explanation or anything. I appreciate Robko explanation, and I reckon that signing out has helped with some of the books.
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Originally Posted by davidfor
I'm willing to put money on it being a coincidence.
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Well, if an update makes the database corrupt, it is causing a problem, as it shouldn't do it. Wether other factors can turn the database corrupt and then after reseting everything to factory settings get things back to normal is a different thing...
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Originally Posted by davidfor
Can you point to other similar cases so I can look at them? Maybe there's something going on that I haven't seen, or have seen and haven't connected to your symptoms.
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I was talking about the issues after the update in general. I haven't seen anybody with the progress problem, but in this forum you can see tons of people with the light problem.
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Originally Posted by davidfor
I'm also willing to put money on this being wrong. But, there's probably no way to prove it one way or the other. Unless maybe a fix for something that people say that Kobo don't care about suddenly turns up.
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I see you like putting money on things... I only said that (and I point out that I said "seem" and didn't state that they don't care) because I contacted Kobo Customer Care (only mentioned the problem with the light) and they suggested me to buy one of the newest devices and said that it should not be a problem with the update. It was maybe the Customer Care representative that talked to me, but that sort of response indicates that they seem not to care, and that as they don't reckon that there is an issue they are not working on it.
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Originally Posted by davidfor
PeterT's suggestion about the time is something to check.
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Checked. Time is fine. Thanks.
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Originally Posted by davidfor
And just to be clear, you reported a problem. I gave you the most common reason for that problem to occur. Plus a fix. If that isn't the reason, then we need more details so we can work out what is wrong. And those details could include, "I teste the database and it isn't corrupt."
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And that is why I came to the forums. I really appreciate anybody taking the time to reply and try to help, but I believe that you took some of my responses as an attack and they were never intended as such. Maybe you had a bad day when you read it (hey, bad days happen!) and that's the reason why you misinterpreted them and took it personally, or maybe you have had other people attacking you in forums in the past, I don't know, but believe me when I tell you that I didn't attack you.
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Originally Posted by davidfor
I was asking for information to try and work out the pattern. I don't see the problem on my devices no matter what I try.
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And that's fine, sometimes some problems are specific to a device or are almost impossible to replicate, but that doesn't mean they don't exist. Sometimes they are stupid things that can be easily solved and some others they are much more complicated than that... Even if you know a lot about something or are very experienced, nobody can expect anybody to know everything and solve every possible problem!
So well, let's just hope there is somebody at Kobo working on fixing the issue with the light, and that they launch an update soon.