Help 3 hour old iLiad froze and won't reset!

grayfox · 10-11-2007, 12:49 PM

I got my new iLiad this morning and set it on the charger for
three hours.

I created an Account with irex and downloaded and installed the
2.11 upgrade and manuals

I was browsing through the device manager and suddenly the
iLiad froze solid...

No sound, no reaction to stylus or buttons and worse of all
it refuses to reset!

Help....

Jerry

grayfox · 10-11-2007, 12:53 PM

Whew, it just came back to life...The on/off button came back to life...

That was scary...

Jerry

HarryT · 10-11-2007, 12:54 PM

Possibly a low battery. Probably best to charge until the light goes out before using it seriously.

Bert · 10-11-2007, 02:23 PM

Yes, that can be confusing (It happeded to me too): If you press the reset button, the device isn't restarted and the screen isn't blanked. It looks as if nothing happened.
You can just switch it back on, and everything will work again (normally).

grayfox · 10-11-2007, 02:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bert

Yes, that can be confusing (It happeded to me too): If you press the reset button, the device isn't restarted and the screen isn't blanked. It looks as if nothing happened.
You can just switch it back on, and everything will work again (normally).

Bert I think you hit it on the head

Thanks

Jerry

mocelet · 10-12-2007, 09:33 AM

I also dscovered the reset-doesn't-clear-the-screen thing since installing 2.11 because I seem to be getting random lock-ups that I never had on 2.10. I can't catagorically say that 2.11 is the problem, but I don't remember changing anything else.

yokos · 10-12-2007, 09:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mocelet

I also dscovered the reset-doesn't-clear-the-screen thing since installing 2.11 because I seem to be getting random lock-ups that I never had on 2.10. I can't catagorically say that 2.11 is the problem, but I don't remember changing anything else.

This reset-doesn't-clear-the-screen isn't a bug, it's a feature. This is a proof that iLiad's screen is a real e-ink screen. A TFT screen would go blank without power.

mocelet · 10-13-2007, 05:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yokos

This reset-doesn't-clear-the-screen isn't a bug, it's a feature. This is a proof that iLiad's screen is a real e-ink screen. A TFT screen would go blank without power.

Indeed, and once I put my brain in gear I realised that, but after 20-some years of working with computing devices where reset or power off means no display, it took a moment to realise that the reset might have worked even though the display was still there.

10-11-2007, 12:49 PM	#1
grayfox Connoisseur Posts: 68 Karma: 203 Join Date: Oct 2007 Device: Razr/iLiad	Help 3 hour old iLiad froze and won't reset! I got my new iLiad this morning and set it on the charger for three hours. I created an Account with irex and downloaded and installed the 2.11 upgrade and manuals I was browsing through the device manager and suddenly the iLiad froze solid... No sound, no reaction to stylus or buttons and worse of all it refuses to reset! Help.... Jerry

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10-11-2007, 12:53 PM	#2
grayfox Connoisseur Posts: 68 Karma: 203 Join Date: Oct 2007 Device: Razr/iLiad	Whew, it just came back to life...The on/off button came back to life... That was scary... Jerry

10-11-2007, 12:54 PM	#3
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Possibly a low battery. Probably best to charge until the light goes out before using it seriously.

10-11-2007, 02:23 PM	#4
Bert Enthusiast Posts: 43 Karma: 2898 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Belgium Device: iRex iLiad, PRS-600	Yes, that can be confusing (It happeded to me too): If you press the reset button, the device isn't restarted and the screen isn't blanked. It looks as if nothing happened. You can just switch it back on, and everything will work again (normally).

10-12-2007, 09:33 AM	#6
mocelet Connoisseur Posts: 56 Karma: 11 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: iLiad / Palm Vx / Nokia E65	I also dscovered the reset-doesn't-clear-the-screen thing since installing 2.11 because I seem to be getting random lock-ups that I never had on 2.10. I can't catagorically say that 2.11 is the problem, but I don't remember changing anything else.

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