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Originally Posted by Sir Loyne
I have a Glo HD that I can plug into a USB cable that is plugged into a wall adapter and it, like everything else I own, charges without a problem. My Aura One however, since the day I got it almost a year ago, will charge for a random amount of time and then turn on and say it's connected to a computer. I then have to hit cancel and put it back to sleep. This may not, but almost always does happen again at some point. Plugging it in while it's on and then putting it to sleep doesn't work any better than plugging it in while it's already sleeping. Frankly I think this is BS and Kobo should have, at this point, realized there's a problem and fixed it. Am I the only one who sees this? I'm running the latest firmware.
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Considering how many variants of how to tell a device that it is connected to a USB charger have been used? Ranging from Apple and Sony's resistive voltage dividers to adding 10K pullup resistors to the data lines to the dead short the data pins approach popular in China? I have multiple chargers and some will cause my Aura One to think it is connected to a computer while others don't.
As for sleeping? Put your Aura One in a sleep cover and it will stay happily sleep through the charging cycle while offering some protection against mishaps.
BTW, I think the continuous criticism of Apple for their approach to USB charging is not deserved. Considering the lack of standards at the time that Apple created their approach which at least allows the charger to report it's current output capability compared to such approaches as dead shorting the data pins which allows no information about the charger other than it is unlikely to be a USB host device.