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Originally Posted by bookyboy
Is this accurate even today for whatever the latest firmware is in regards to the glowlight 3, 6”?
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To be clear on what is buggy with the Glowlight 3 (at least in my personal experience):
The device works perfectly fine for the most part. When reading, it is as stable as any other reader.
When not reading (searching, navigating the library, etc.) it is noticeably slow. I've never noticed any slowdown when reading. It behaves fine there.
The problems happen when you sideload (I sideload all books on all my readers). When I eject the Glowlight 3 it is very slow to rebuild its database. Using the 'Open book' icon in the middle of the bottom of the screen too soon after ejecting will open some random book rather than what I have been reading.
If I eject the Glowlight 3 and just leave it alone for ten minutes or so after ejecting, then start messing with it, things are fine.
I don't use collections (Shelves on a Nook), but I have heard some users say that those also disappear when sideloading.
Besides the 3, I have the 2015 Plus which runs the same firmware and it is faster when navigating and doesn't have any of those sideloading quirks. It just works as expected.
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I thought about trying one of those since they can be had very cheap now but the bugginess… Is that endemic to the hardware itself specifically?
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When the 3 came out, even though they advertised 8gb of internal storage, they actually only allowed 2gb for sideloading and the rest was partitioned to only allow content from B&N directly. It was a stupid decision and people complained.
B&N put out an update that swapped partitions, giving you 5gb (I think? I don't remember exactly how much). It was after that update that the bugginess started.
The 2015 Plus and 2019 Plus never had that happen, so they should be more stable (though I only have experience with the 2015).
If this helps: The 3 is used primarily by my better half. I do the sideloading and I notice the issues. She just reads and has never complained about bugs on the reader.