The sleep is bad.

spikexp · 12-04-2011, 11:05 AM

I always open the vox in the morning for if I need to use it in the day.
But these day, I seem to lose 90% of the battery while in sleep.
I didn't used it at all yesterday and it was full charge, after 12 hours of sleep it was at 10%. Isn't that a little to much for sleep?
Wifi off, sync off.

hieronymos · 12-04-2011, 11:25 AM

Did you notice that the display turns on sometimes during sleep? Sometimes it also stays on for a few hours. Woke me up the other night. :-)

spikexp · 12-04-2011, 11:35 AM

Well, my vox is closed in it's case, so I don't see. I know that it sometime open for 10 sec or so and close but that's all.

I'm pretty sure It had a better battery life in sleep when I first bought it.

gloups5 · 12-04-2011, 11:41 AM

Yep first thought my replaced device was all ok, but I got all the same sleep wake up problems everybody talks about. Quickly fix this, starting to regret my I bought this, never had so much problems with a new device, you really get what you pay for I guess

taming · 12-04-2011, 03:32 PM

I am beginning to wonder exactly how many threads will be enough for folks to report that they are having problems with sleep and its red headed stepchild, battery, problems. It is a known issue. It is, most would say, THE BIGGEST known issue. If you have purchased a Vox and waiting for a fix for the various iterations of sleep/battery problems is not something you want to do, return the Vox. You can always buy it again later when this is resolved.

I am willing to wait, but then I am not (perhaps yet) having any problems that I can't get around.

PS: I am not intending to be rude or unsympathetic. This is a huge issue for many people. My only point was that if it is getting to feel entirely intolerable or if it haunts you or makes you angry, edgy, or upset, you really should return it. No one should have to feel lousy because of a piece of technology's flaws, bugs, or limitations.

pokee · 12-05-2011, 03:00 PM

Or....do like I do, and just turn the thing off! I am not too concerned about it, but I do 'test' it a lot just to see if there's a pattern and an easy work around for mine...so far, nothing seems to work consistently to get around the issue, so for the sake of the battery, I just turn it off all the time...

GJSmith · 12-05-2011, 09:11 PM

I am wondering how many are NOT having the battery/ wake/ charge issue and not therefore not speaking up.
I for one have none of those issues. I don't turn off the wifi when it sleeps but I do not leave a book open either. I have no other apps that I mess with and I have removed rdio and the Globe app. I noticed the Globe app seemed to do something in the background.
Many times I will recharge in sleep mode and it will pop on for a sec then off again but charges fine.
I have had it for a month now I hope I have not spoke too soon.

Quote:

Originally Posted by taming

I am beginning to wonder exactly how many threads will be enough for folks to report that they are having problems with sleep and its red headed stepchild, battery, problems. It is a known issue. It is, most would say, THE BIGGEST known issue. If you have purchased a Vox and waiting for a fix for the various iterations of sleep/battery problems is not something you want to do, return the Vox. You can always buy it again later when this is resolved.

I am willing to wait, but then I am not (perhaps yet) having any problems that I can't get around.

PS: I am not intending to be rude or unsympathetic. This is a huge issue for many people. My only point was that if it is getting to feel entirely intolerable or if it haunts you or makes you angry, edgy, or upset, you really should return it. No one should have to feel lousy because of a piece of technology's flaws, bugs, or limitations.

Darnielle · 12-06-2011, 01:55 AM

Maybe a sticky would be a good idea; it's running up to christmas, more people are getting Voxs, so more people will be getting issues. It's excusable to miss a thread on page 2, but missing a sticky would be a lot harder. Something like that would minimise threads like these while letting us catalogue known issues and supposed solutions.

gloups5 · 12-06-2011, 10:09 AM

Had some feedback from Kobo, they are about to release an update to fix the sleep issues.

taming · 12-06-2011, 11:43 AM

Who at Kobo said that, gloups5? We know it is coming, but I have not heard anything about this coming quickly.

Jesslynne · 12-06-2011, 02:38 PM

I've actually got something new that's happening to me. Where it once would just do the never wake from sleep.. It'll wake on it's own and freeze on, so I have to do the ten-second press to shut it off and turn it on again.
It did this to me when at work, at full battery. When I got on break to use it, it was in this state and used up all of my battery. (was showing the frozen full battery originally) What confused me is that it turned on, but turned right off because of drained battery so it was still 'on' seeming with drained battery.
It did this to me again today, but I caught it so it didn't affect the battery too much. I'd just rather it not do so.. =/

Actually.. It does this every time I put it to sleep.

VillageBC · 12-07-2011, 01:16 AM

My Vox started out mostly stable. It would occasionally lock while coming out of sleep and it would turn itself on (only noticed if it was plugged in) and back off. But now I cannot wake it from sleep at all, it just locks right up. This happened after the update, but not right away after the update. I've since using privacy option reset the device best I could. Same problem.

I was previously considering returning the device (other things didn't impress me) but decided to keep it as it seemed to have decent potential. Now kind of regretting.

Jesslynne · 12-07-2011, 02:21 AM

Yeah.. I just did a factory reset on mine.. and the first thing it did while asleep was freeze.. I hit the power button and only the bottom three keys light up..

gloups5 · 12-07-2011, 03:25 AM

@taming His name is Danny

taming · 12-07-2011, 08:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gloups5

@taming His name is Danny

Thanks gloups5. I don't know what danny knows (or who he is, what role he has at kobo), of course, but I know that the development team is working hard to figure the battery/sleep issues out and they are not there yet. At least that is what the beta group has been told.

12-04-2011, 11:05 AM	#1
spikexp Connoisseur Posts: 88 Karma: 4132 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: Kobo Vox	The sleep is bad. I always open the vox in the morning for if I need to use it in the day. But these day, I seem to lose 90% of the battery while in sleep. I didn't used it at all yesterday and it was full charge, after 12 hours of sleep it was at 10%. Isn't that a little to much for sleep? Wifi off, sync off.

12-04-2011, 03:32 PM	#5
taming Trying for calm & polite Posts: 4,012 Karma: 9455193 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mostly in Canada Device: kobo original, WiFI, Touch, Glo, and Aura	I am beginning to wonder exactly how many threads will be enough for folks to report that they are having problems with sleep and its red headed stepchild, battery, problems. It is a known issue. It is, most would say, THE BIGGEST known issue. If you have purchased a Vox and waiting for a fix for the various iterations of sleep/battery problems is not something you want to do, return the Vox. You can always buy it again later when this is resolved. I am willing to wait, but then I am not (perhaps yet) having any problems that I can't get around. PS: I am not intending to be rude or unsympathetic. This is a huge issue for many people. My only point was that if it is getting to feel entirely intolerable or if it haunts you or makes you angry, edgy, or upset, you really should return it. No one should have to feel lousy because of a piece of technology's flaws, bugs, or limitations. Last edited by taming; 12-04-2011 at 03:49 PM. Reason: grammar and PS

12-06-2011, 02:38 PM	#11
Jesslynne Zealot Posts: 141 Karma: 126 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Manitoba, Canada Device: Kobo Vox, Kobo Mini	I've actually got something new that's happening to me. Where it once would just do the never wake from sleep.. It'll wake on it's own and freeze on, so I have to do the ten-second press to shut it off and turn it on again. It did this to me when at work, at full battery. When I got on break to use it, it was in this state and used up all of my battery. (was showing the frozen full battery originally) What confused me is that it turned on, but turned right off because of drained battery so it was still 'on' seeming with drained battery. It did this to me again today, but I caught it so it didn't affect the battery too much. I'd just rather it not do so.. =/ Actually.. It does this every time I put it to sleep. Last edited by Jesslynne; 12-06-2011 at 08:19 PM.

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12-04-2011, 11:25 AM	#2
hieronymos Groupie Posts: 186 Karma: 45172 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: Kobo Vox	Did you notice that the display turns on sometimes during sleep? Sometimes it also stays on for a few hours. Woke me up the other night. :-)

12-04-2011, 11:35 AM	#3
spikexp Connoisseur Posts: 88 Karma: 4132 Join Date: Oct 2011 Device: Kobo Vox	Well, my vox is closed in it's case, so I don't see. I know that it sometime open for 10 sec or so and close but that's all. I'm pretty sure It had a better battery life in sleep when I first bought it.

12-04-2011, 11:41 AM	#4
gloups5 Member Retired Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Kobo vox	Yep first thought my replaced device was all ok, but I got all the same sleep wake up problems everybody talks about. Quickly fix this, starting to regret my I bought this, never had so much problems with a new device, you really get what you pay for I guess

12-05-2011, 03:00 PM	#6
pokee Fanatic Posts: 569 Karma: 199759 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Vancouver, BC Device: Kobo WiFi, Kobo Glo, Kobo Vox, Samsung Galaxy S4, Samsung Tab2	Or....do like I do, and just turn the thing off! I am not too concerned about it, but I do 'test' it a lot just to see if there's a pattern and an easy work around for mine...so far, nothing seems to work consistently to get around the issue, so for the sake of the battery, I just turn it off all the time...

12-06-2011, 01:55 AM	#8
Darnielle Enthusiast Posts: 37 Karma: 136122 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Kobo Vox	Maybe a sticky would be a good idea; it's running up to christmas, more people are getting Voxs, so more people will be getting issues. It's excusable to miss a thread on page 2, but missing a sticky would be a lot harder. Something like that would minimise threads like these while letting us catalogue known issues and supposed solutions.

12-06-2011, 10:09 AM	#9
gloups5 Member Retired Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Kobo vox	Had some feedback from Kobo, they are about to release an update to fix the sleep issues.

12-06-2011, 11:43 AM	#10
taming Trying for calm & polite Posts: 4,012 Karma: 9455193 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Mostly in Canada Device: kobo original, WiFI, Touch, Glo, and Aura	Who at Kobo said that, gloups5? We know it is coming, but I have not heard anything about this coming quickly.

12-07-2011, 01:16 AM	#12
VillageBC Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: Kobo Vox	My Vox started out mostly stable. It would occasionally lock while coming out of sleep and it would turn itself on (only noticed if it was plugged in) and back off. But now I cannot wake it from sleep at all, it just locks right up. This happened after the update, but not right away after the update. I've since using privacy option reset the device best I could. Same problem. I was previously considering returning the device (other things didn't impress me) but decided to keep it as it seemed to have decent potential. Now kind of regretting.

12-07-2011, 02:21 AM	#13
Jesslynne Zealot Posts: 141 Karma: 126 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Manitoba, Canada Device: Kobo Vox, Kobo Mini	Yeah.. I just did a factory reset on mine.. and the first thing it did while asleep was freeze.. I hit the power button and only the bottom three keys light up..

12-07-2011, 03:25 AM	#14
gloups5 Member Retired Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Kobo vox	@taming His name is Danny

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