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Haggis70 · 11-01-2023, 07:08 PM

I'm having a bit of a strange, annoying, and slightly absurd problem. I've had many Kobo readers over the years, and currently have a Sage. This problem started in one of the recent firmware updates. I do not have any mods or patches, and have tried a factory reset. I've also tried different books and file types (EPUB, KEPUB). (Edit: did some testing, this started happening with v4.37.21533. v4.35.20400 seems fine.)

The problem is that when I hold my finger on the screen for an extended period of time (~2-5 minutes), the Kobo crashes and reboots. This also causes the Kobo to lose track of any pages I read during that session.

Why am I holding my finger on the screen for 5 minutes, you ask? Well, reading helps me fall asleep, so I often doze off holding the Kobo. I don't care if it reboots, but losing my place is getting annoying.

I can 100% recreate this problem with my Sage, but not with my wife's Clara 2E.

Anyone else notice this? Is there any fix or workaround, such as forcing the Kobo to record the current position after every page?

11-01-2023, 07:08 PM	#251
Haggis70 Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2014 Device: Kobo wifi, Kobo glo	I'm having a bit of a strange, annoying, and slightly absurd problem. I've had many Kobo readers over the years, and currently have a Sage. This problem started in one of the recent firmware updates. I do not have any mods or patches, and have tried a factory reset. I've also tried different books and file types (EPUB, KEPUB). (Edit: did some testing, this started happening with v4.37.21533. v4.35.20400 seems fine.) The problem is that when I hold my finger on the screen for an extended period of time (~2-5 minutes), the Kobo crashes and reboots. This also causes the Kobo to lose track of any pages I read during that session. Why am I holding my finger on the screen for 5 minutes, you ask? Well, reading helps me fall asleep, so I often doze off holding the Kobo. I don't care if it reboots, but losing my place is getting annoying. I can 100% recreate this problem with my Sage, but not with my wife's Clara 2E. Anyone else notice this? Is there any fix or workaround, such as forcing the Kobo to record the current position after every page? Last edited by Haggis70; 11-01-2023 at 08:09 PM. Reason: Provided more info on versions with issue.