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Gadgetguy · 10-15-2020, 06:15 PM

Hello all,

I may have found a bug (or is it user error)?

On my Forma I usually switch the unit on (from total off) by pushing the power button and typically I do not start to immediately read - but I want it to be "ready" when I want to read.

Several times I have observed, that when I switch the unit on, the backlight comes on and it goes into "read" mode (and stays there with backlight on), even if I do not open the magnetic cover for a few minutes. Since I most of the time shortly after powering on start to read, that was fine (and I did not worry why the unit did not go into sleep after the set period)

However last night I powered it on, and then ended up not reading (and I did not touch the magnetic cover). This morning the Kobo shows battery empty (it was fully charged yesterday) and it was ON (2% battery) despite me not using it since last evening. It should have powered down (due to the power saving setting) - but it did not.

So is it possible that after a power on (without reading, without opening the magnetic cover) the usual power save settings do not activate and so the unit will discharge itself to zero?

This sounds like a bug, no? Or am I doing something wrong? What could that be?

10-15-2020, 06:15 PM	#1
Gadgetguy Connoisseur Posts: 54 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Oakville, ON, Canada Device: Kobo Forma	Kobo Forma is losing power from full to empty overnight... Hello all, I may have found a bug (or is it user error)? On my Forma I usually switch the unit on (from total off) by pushing the power button and typically I do not start to immediately read - but I want it to be "ready" when I want to read. Several times I have observed, that when I switch the unit on, the backlight comes on and it goes into "read" mode (and stays there with backlight on), even if I do not open the magnetic cover for a few minutes. Since I most of the time shortly after powering on start to read, that was fine (and I did not worry why the unit did not go into sleep after the set period) However last night I powered it on, and then ended up not reading (and I did not touch the magnetic cover). This morning the Kobo shows battery empty (it was fully charged yesterday) and it was ON (2% battery) despite me not using it since last evening. It should have powered down (due to the power saving setting) - but it did not. So is it possible that after a power on (without reading, without opening the magnetic cover) the usual power save settings do not activate and so the unit will discharge itself to zero? This sounds like a bug, no? Or am I doing something wrong? What could that be?