Thread: Glo HD fails to resume intermittently
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Old 06-14-2021, 10:59 PM   #5
davidfor
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Originally Posted by anarcat View Post
The old card has similar weird issues. It actually hangs as soon as i unplug the USB cable, even.

It also can't bootstrap after a factory reset: it can't seem to connect to kobo to get updates and aborts (and suggests downloading the desktop app, ugh).



Well now the problem is i can't even test that because I can't boot the darn thing.



I can confirm the "20 seconds poweroff" does not work.

There's something really strange. Even with the old stock sdcard, when i plug in the USB power, it works fine, but then as soon as i unplug it, the backlight goes out, and the entire machine hangs.

Could this be a power issue?
If you had posted this first, then I would have said it was a dead battery. But, above, you do say it was running after disconnecting from USB until you let it sleep. How long was that? A few minutes or a lot longer? Even then, a battery at the end of it's life could fit what is happening. Some will appear to charge, but, don't actually retain any charge, or very little. It will depend on the battery and exactly how the charging circuit works. But, as you opened it to change the SD card, you should check you haven't accidentally unplugged the battery.

For the setup, that could be something blocking the connection to the Kobo servers. I haven't been to "Planet Ocean", so I have no idea whether they do or not. If that is the case, you will need to use a VPN or manually install the update. Of course, then you hit the problem of the device not running when disconnected from power.
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