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Old 01-10-2023, 03:54 PM   #1
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Kobo Sage periodically flips orientation during sleep

My Kobo Sage lives by my bedside desk, and it's usually the last thing I'm looking at before I turn in for the night. My routine is usually:
  1. Read until sleepy
  2. Press the power button on the back of the Sage to manually put the device to sleep
  3. Put the Sage into its protective sleeve and rest it (face-up) on bedside desk.

Sometimes, when I pull the Sage out the next morning, the book cover of whatever I was reading is now inexplicably upside down. It goes away as soon as I power on the device.

I *do* have automatic rotation turned on (because I periodically switch which way I'm holding the device depending on where I'm sitting and which hand is holding a mug of coffee), and I have noticed that sometimes putting the device down flat makes it switch rotation, so, that much is fine. What I don't understand is how/why the device is switching screen orientation when it's supposed to be idle/off.

My Kobo is set to power off after 30 minutes of inactivity. When the Kobo decides to transition between "Screen off" to "Power off", is it also taking a split second to detect screen orientation at that time? That's the only thing I can think might be happening, but I can't imagine why.

Last edited by Cactus Chef; 01-10-2023 at 03:58 PM. Reason: Typo in thread title.
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