Does anyone else notice the 505 crashes a lot?

bkilian · 12-10-2008, 02:09 PM

So I had the 500 for 2 years before I bought a 505, in those 2 years, my 500 crashed _once_. battery life was excellent, and about the only thing that bothered me about it was significant ghosting.

Then I bought my 505. It crashes about once a week, just goes blank and reboots during a page change. This wouldn't be so bad if it didn't always forget which book I was reading and completely lose my place in it. Does anyone else have this problem? also, the battery life is significantly worse than my old 500. About half the life, in fact.

Ghosting is minor, and contrast is excellent. There's no way I could go back, but the constant crashing is pretty annoying.

lovebeta · 12-10-2008, 02:18 PM

I agree. My PRS500 is stabler than PRS505. I repeatedly experienced crashes, reboots and corrupted cache.xml on my PRS505. Oh well...

Dave Berk · 12-10-2008, 02:19 PM

Are you reading books in epub format?? Only time I crashed the device was when I was reading an epub formatted ebook.

kesey · 12-10-2008, 02:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bkilian

Then I bought my 505. It crashes about once a week, just goes blank and reboots during a page change. .

I've not had a crash yet, and I read on the 505 quite a bit. It might be worth considering your warranty possibilities. Some of the longer term people around here might be able to advise whether a reformat could be worth your while, but if getting close to the warranty period expiration I would log the fault with wherever you bought the 505 from.

soilwork · 12-10-2008, 02:46 PM

In my case, sometime (but not very often) PRS-505 resets itself and forgets bookmarks. It seems that the problem occurs more frequently when files are deleted using PRS-505 menu (Utilities - Delete Book). This is just a guess but I suspect that the deleting function occasionally corrupts files such as 'cache.xml'.

ShortNCuddlyAm · 12-10-2008, 03:54 PM

Mine's hung once, but that was my fault.

kovidgoyal · 12-10-2008, 04:18 PM

I make my 505 crash all the time

, but it (almost) never loses history and bookmark information after a crash.

rhadin · 12-10-2008, 04:24 PM

I've been reading on my 505 for nearly a year (Christmas will be the 1 year mark). On average, I read on it about 3.5 hours a day. I have not yet had a crash or any other problem (excluding problems caused by my own stupidity, of course).

Valloric · 12-10-2008, 04:50 PM

In ten months of constant use, I've never had a single crash.

HistoryWes · 12-10-2008, 04:59 PM

Mine crashes every once in a while. It does so either when I am reading a book from the SD card or one particular book that I downloaded from the Sony Bookstore. When it does crash I usually lose my latest (but not all) bookmarks. On the other hand, my battery life has been excellent. Even with both datacards in place, It's only gotten down to half charge once.

JSWolf · 12-10-2008, 05:28 PM

My 505 is very stable.

Amalthia · 12-10-2008, 05:28 PM

Mine crashes if I open too many LRF files within a short amount of time. I know it makes no sense but that's what happens. And I lose all my collections and bookmarks sometimes.

bkilian · 12-10-2008, 06:24 PM

Well, the Caveat for me is that _all_ of my books are converted from LIT or MOBI. (I refuse to buy or use books that I cannot convert to another format if I decide to switch reader types, so no Sony store books). I use Calibre to do my conversions. The crashing happened a lot more often for me when I was using Calibre to transfer my books, but it seemed related to the requirement to paginate, as that was most often when it crashed. Now, however, I use the sony software for transferring, and the crashes happen on random page turns, although more often at a chapter break than not.

I read 2-3 hours a day (long commute), and in general I don't swap books a lot, or use bookmarks, or do anything much except page forward. Despite that, I have to charge my device about once a week or two weeks, and it crashes about once a week. Seems to me like the device has a memory leak, since one of the cases I had, it was refusing to show cover images, and photos, and then crashed a few minutes after that (I was trying to show it to a friend, kinda embarrasing).

For the folks who say they've never had problems, do you shut down your reader fully, or just use the top on/off button?

onnow · 12-10-2008, 11:18 PM

I've been using my 505 for about 3 months. Frankly speaking, I don't read much. So far I did about 3,000 pages on it and only had one crash - after uploading a book using Adobe Digital Edition.

I don't even use the on/off switch at the top unless I need to put it into my bag.

RCR · 12-11-2008, 01:17 AM

I've had my 505 for 12 months now. I use it every day and no crashes so far.

12-10-2008, 02:09 PM	#1
bkilian Zealot Posts: 131 Karma: 24870 Join Date: Oct 2006 Device: Sony PRS/505	Does anyone else notice the 505 crashes a lot? So I had the 500 for 2 years before I bought a 505, in those 2 years, my 500 crashed _once_. battery life was excellent, and about the only thing that bothered me about it was significant ghosting. Then I bought my 505. It crashes about once a week, just goes blank and reboots during a page change. This wouldn't be so bad if it didn't always forget which book I was reading and completely lose my place in it. Does anyone else have this problem? also, the battery life is significantly worse than my old 500. About half the life, in fact. Ghosting is minor, and contrast is excellent. There's no way I could go back, but the constant crashing is pretty annoying.

12-10-2008, 11:18 PM	#14
onnow Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: SONY PRS-505	I've been using my 505 for about 3 months. Frankly speaking, I don't read much. So far I did about 3,000 pages on it and only had one crash - after uploading a book using Adobe Digital Edition. I don't even use the on/off switch at the top unless I need to put it into my bag. Last edited by onnow; 12-10-2008 at 11:21 PM.

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12-10-2008, 02:18 PM	#2
lovebeta Groupie Posts: 176 Karma: 406 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Amazon Kindle 2, Amazon Kindle, Sony PRS-505	I agree. My PRS500 is stabler than PRS505. I repeatedly experienced crashes, reboots and corrupted cache.xml on my PRS505. Oh well...

12-10-2008, 02:19 PM	#3
Dave Berk Fanatic Posts: 574 Karma: 138556 Join Date: May 2006 Device: PRS505	Are you reading books in epub format?? Only time I crashed the device was when I was reading an epub formatted ebook.

12-10-2008, 02:46 PM	#5
soilwork useR! Posts: 299 Karma: 651 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NY Device: Onyx Boox Max 2, Kobo Libra H2O, iRiver Story HD	In my case, sometime (but not very often) PRS-505 resets itself and forgets bookmarks. It seems that the problem occurs more frequently when files are deleted using PRS-505 menu (Utilities - Delete Book). This is just a guess but I suspect that the deleting function occasionally corrupts files such as 'cache.xml'.

12-10-2008, 03:54 PM	#6
ShortNCuddlyAm WWHALD Posts: 7,879 Karma: 337114 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mitcham, Surrey, UK Device: iPad. Selling my silver 505 here	Mine's hung once, but that was my fault.

12-10-2008, 04:18 PM	#7
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,295 Karma: 27111240 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I make my 505 crash all the time , but it (almost) never loses history and bookmark information after a crash.

12-10-2008, 04:24 PM	#8
rhadin Literacy = Understanding Posts: 4,833 Karma: 59674358 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: The World of Books Device: Nook, Nook Tablet	I've been reading on my 505 for nearly a year (Christmas will be the 1 year mark). On average, I read on it about 3.5 hours a day. I have not yet had a crash or any other problem (excluding problems caused by my own stupidity, of course).

12-10-2008, 04:50 PM	#9
Valloric Created Sigil, FlightCrew Posts: 1,982 Karma: 350515 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Kobo Clara HD	In ten months of constant use, I've never had a single crash.

12-10-2008, 04:59 PM	#10
HistoryWes Teacher/Novelist Posts: 632 Karma: 2274466 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Nevada Device: Nook STR, iPad	Mine crashes every once in a while. It does so either when I am reading a book from the SD card or one particular book that I downloaded from the Sony Bookstore. When it does crash I usually lose my latest (but not all) bookmarks. On the other hand, my battery life has been excellent. Even with both datacards in place, It's only gotten down to half charge once.

12-10-2008, 05:28 PM	#11
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,587 Karma: 145863177 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	My 505 is very stable.

12-10-2008, 05:28 PM	#12
Amalthia Wizard Posts: 1,185 Karma: 32196 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Anchorage, AK Device: Sony Reader PRS-505, PRS-650, PRS-T3, Pocketbook HD2	Mine crashes if I open too many LRF files within a short amount of time. I know it makes no sense but that's what happens. And I lose all my collections and bookmarks sometimes.

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12-10-2008, 06:24 PM	#13
bkilian Zealot Posts: 131 Karma: 24870 Join Date: Oct 2006 Device: Sony PRS/505	Well, the Caveat for me is that _all_ of my books are converted from LIT or MOBI. (I refuse to buy or use books that I cannot convert to another format if I decide to switch reader types, so no Sony store books). I use Calibre to do my conversions. The crashing happened a lot more often for me when I was using Calibre to transfer my books, but it seemed related to the requirement to paginate, as that was most often when it crashed. Now, however, I use the sony software for transferring, and the crashes happen on random page turns, although more often at a chapter break than not. I read 2-3 hours a day (long commute), and in general I don't swap books a lot, or use bookmarks, or do anything much except page forward. Despite that, I have to charge my device about once a week or two weeks, and it crashes about once a week. Seems to me like the device has a memory leak, since one of the cases I had, it was refusing to show cover images, and photos, and then crashed a few minutes after that (I was trying to show it to a friend, kinda embarrasing). For the folks who say they've never had problems, do you shut down your reader fully, or just use the top on/off button?

12-11-2008, 01:17 AM	#15
RCR Addict Posts: 334 Karma: 992487 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia Device: 2 x Sony 505, iPad, Samsung 7 Tablet, ASUS Transformer, Nexus 7	I've had my 505 for 12 months now. I use it every day and no crashes so far.