Last page read instead of screensaver?

dhume01 · 08-23-2019, 12:25 PM

Just bought the Boox Max 2 for reading technical PDFs, and I'm finding that the reader times out too quickly and changes the screen image. Is there a way, even if the device powers off, to keep the display on the last page read, so I can keep reviewing a page of data without having to press the power button every few minutes? Thanks!

Gameboy213 · 08-23-2019, 03:40 PM

Can’t you just change the timeout setting so it stays on longer or never turns off? Just checking settings. I have a note pro and have it set to not sleep until 30 minutes have passed.

whopper · 08-24-2019, 08:26 AM

A lot of people have asked for that feature, but there is nothing afaik.

Question Mark · 08-24-2019, 09:04 AM

Although a little bit laborious, one could take a screenshot of a page that one was reading then long press on the resulting image to select it as the image for the lock screen or sleep screen.

Of course, one would have to pre-plan that. It wouldn't help much when the device unexpectedly shuts off or goes to sleep.

nivieru · 08-24-2019, 09:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Question Mark

Although a little bit laborious, one could take a screenshot of a page that one was reading then long press on the resulting image to select it as the image for the lock screen or sleep screen.

Of course, one would have to pre-plan that. It wouldn't help much when the device unexpectedly shuts off or goes to sleep.

I once made an app to do that automatically so I always had the last page on the screensaver. But that was for a different device that had an ancient android version (2.1 I think).

Arjava · 08-25-2019, 01:32 PM

Onyx is just lazy,on my Jing Page X when it go to sleep there will be just a line on the bottom of the page I'm reading that say "Sleeping",I can still read that page as long as I need!

azw409 · 09-03-2019, 08:24 AM

That would be such a great feature, particularly for music scores which I tend to leave on for weeks whilst I try and learn them. A simple watermark or indicator to show that it's sleeping would be all that was needed.

08-23-2019, 12:25 PM	#1
dhume01 Zealot Posts: 105 Karma: 2537209 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: NYC Device: Kobo Forma, Samsung Chromebook Pro, TCL Nxtpaper 11 Plus	Last page read instead of screensaver? Just bought the Boox Max 2 for reading technical PDFs, and I'm finding that the reader times out too quickly and changes the screen image. Is there a way, even if the device powers off, to keep the display on the last page read, so I can keep reviewing a page of data without having to press the power button every few minutes? Thanks!

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08-23-2019, 03:40 PM	#2
Gameboy213 Connoisseur Posts: 89 Karma: 1024 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Los Angeles, CA Device: Onyx Boox Note 2 , Kindle Oasis 2018	Can’t you just change the timeout setting so it stays on longer or never turns off? Just checking settings. I have a note pro and have it set to not sleep until 30 minutes have passed.

08-24-2019, 08:26 AM	#3
whopper Addict Posts: 350 Karma: 22726 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Europe Device: Boox max 2	A lot of people have asked for that feature, but there is nothing afaik.

08-24-2019, 09:04 AM	#4
Question Mark Wizard Posts: 1,419 Karma: 6513838 Join Date: Mar 2016 Device: More than I need, but not as many as I would like.	Although a little bit laborious, one could take a screenshot of a page that one was reading then long press on the resulting image to select it as the image for the lock screen or sleep screen. Of course, one would have to pre-plan that. It wouldn't help much when the device unexpectedly shuts off or goes to sleep.

08-25-2019, 01:32 PM	#6
Arjava Member Posts: 21 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2019 Device: Onyx Boox Max 2	Onyx is just lazy,on my Jing Page X when it go to sleep there will be just a line on the bottom of the page I'm reading that say "Sleeping",I can still read that page as long as I need!

09-03-2019, 08:24 AM	#7
azw409 Connoisseur Posts: 70 Karma: 14760 Join Date: Jan 2015 Device: Solar powered Kobo Touch running Android, Onyx M96C, Likebook Mars	That would be such a great feature, particularly for music scores which I tend to leave on for weeks whilst I try and learn them. A simple watermark or indicator to show that it's sleeping would be all that was needed.

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