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NiLuJe · 09-09-2022, 04:09 PM

Nope, apparently the Libra 2 is just a broken mess ;o).

The crashing is known, and we can't do anything about it, unlike for the Libra 1, where we ultimately managed to tame the worst of it, putting it at only a slight disadvantage on the "weird Mk. 7 EPDC crash" podium, compared to its buddies the Clara & the Forma (which also suffer from a wide range of weird epdc bugs and/or crashes).

What's fairly new is that it *has* been reproduced (a lot.) on Nickel. (Well, technically, not that new, the Libra 1 EPDC issues were also reproducible in Nickel, albeit at a lower frequency, and were somewhat sneakier to catch in the act for untrained eyes).

The higher than expected power drain for an i.MX SoC has also been mentioned before, but it's harder to quantify because battery gauges are broken by design on NTX boards. (And because it was overshadowed by the truly horrendous power efficiency of the boards with a sunxi SoC; especially on the Sage because of its tiny battery).

09-09-2022, 04:09 PM	#3449
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047202 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	Nope, apparently the Libra 2 is just a broken mess ;o). The crashing is known, and we can't do anything about it, unlike for the Libra 1, where we ultimately managed to tame the worst of it, putting it at only a slight disadvantage on the "weird Mk. 7 EPDC crash" podium, compared to its buddies the Clara & the Forma (which also suffer from a wide range of weird epdc bugs and/or crashes). What's fairly new is that it has been reproduced (a lot.) on Nickel. (Well, technically, not that new, the Libra 1 EPDC issues were also reproducible in Nickel, albeit at a lower frequency, and were somewhat sneakier to catch in the act for untrained eyes). The higher than expected power drain for an i.MX SoC has also been mentioned before, but it's harder to quantify because battery gauges are broken by design on NTX boards. (And because it was overshadowed by the truly horrendous power efficiency of the boards with a sunxi SoC; especially on the Sage because of its tiny battery). Last edited by NiLuJe; 09-09-2022 at 04:18 PM.