Kobo Aura ONE Third Party Cover Thread

[hel]

You know what? 2 days ago I've bought original sleep cover, but today I finally received http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Ultra-Slim-Sm...-/282218702583 this cheap cover. Just shipping was very slow, almost a month. But I like it more than original one so far. It fits better than original, no smell at all, sleep function works properly, it is slim and soft inside. I don't know is it durable or not, because front part is very thin, but for know I am quite happy with it and will return original cover.

[Poppaea]

Originally Posted by chrisridd

Your lover has leathery skin?

Of course he has! He is 56 now... but of course I tell him it's velvety smooth, just like the cover

Now you got me thinking. Maybe it's time for a younger one

Katsunami! Where are you? Get over here for inspection, please! Anyone else under 30?

[anacreon]

Originally Posted by Katsunami

I haven't weighed it, but to me, it doesn't feel heavy, at least not to me. The reader pops out easily. If you'd want to buy one, you could have mine for a nice price. I'd rather sell it to someone who knows what he's getting, than to go through the hassles of returning it to Noreve (if they'd even accept it back). Mine is black smooth leather, with black lining.

Thank you, but since it is heavier than mine (thanks surkizu), and it is black (which is not my color), I'll pass. I wonder about the feel of the noreve inside too - mine is very soft.

[adbosch]

I have the Gecko cover (http://www.geckocovers.nl/kobo-aura-...roof-luxe.html) and this other one: https://www.hoesjesboetiek.nl/Kobo-A...eepcover-bruin

With both covers I most often have to close the cover a second time in order to get the reader to shut down (light off, going to standby mode). If I leave it without checking this (peeping through the usb-hole to see if the light is out), the Kobo will not turn off at all and drain itself quickly (even if preset to turn off after 5 minutes inactivity).

Is this a bug other users also experience? And if so, is there a cure?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by adbosch

I have the Gecko cover https://www.hoesjesboetiek.nl/Kobo-A...eepcover-bruin

I would find that lip on the right side to be rather annoying.

[icallaci]

Originally Posted by adbosch

I have the Gecko cover (http://www.geckocovers.nl/kobo-aura-...roof-luxe.html) and this other one: https://www.hoesjesboetiek.nl/Kobo-A...eepcover-bruin

With both covers I most often have to close the cover a second time in order to get the reader to shut down (light off, going to standby mode). If I leave it without checking this (peeping through the usb-hole to see if the light is out), the Kobo will not turn off at all and drain itself quickly (even if preset to turn off after 5 minutes inactivity).

Is this a bug other users also experience? And if so, is there a cure?

Yes, I am having the same problem with the official sleep cover. I have to peer between the cover and the reader to make sure the light has turned off, and it usually doesn't work the first time. It's extremely annoying. I can't believe they didn't test this. I have a Samsung tablet with a sleep cover that works perfectly, so I never considered there would be a problem with the Aura One's sleep cover. Anyway, I have not yet discovered a solution. I have tried different methods of closing the cover, not touching the cover, etc. but the trick to making the sleep cover put the device to sleep reliably escapes me.

[Katsunami]

Originally Posted by Poppaea

Katsunami! Where are you? Get over here for inspection, please!

What? And give *MY* whip to *YOU*, as you seem to expect? Forget it

Anyone else under 30?

You think I'm under 30? It seems I'm doing well with one of my 15 or so online personalities. On other forums, people think I'm already retired

Back on topic: I'm possibly going to receive one of the other covers today or tomorrow. The shipment dates aren't exact; one comes from Germany, the other from the UK.

With regard to covers not putting the reader to sleep: that is because the sleep magnet is not positioned correctly, or the cover has play in the lid. That sucks, because it can also make the reader turn on if the cover or lid moves in a bag.

[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by icallaci

I have a Samsung tablet with a sleep cover that works perfectly, so I never considered there would be a problem with the Aura One's sleep cover.

I have an official Samsung sleepcover as well, and it constantly turns on my device unless I put it completely flat on a surface. But it's not as noticeable as it will turn itself off again if it doesn't see you.

Originally Posted by Katsunami

With regard to covers not putting the reader to sleep: that is because the sleep magnet is not positioned correctly, or the cover has play in the lid. That sucks, because it can also make the reader turn on if the cover or lid moves in a bag.

And that's why I always turn off sleepcover settings if a reader goes with me in a bag Too much play in there to open the cover enough to turn on the device (and that not only drains the battery, it can also cause you to lose your place in the book...)

[Katsunami]

I've received the Forefront cover.

Basically, it's fine, but it still has problems.

It has a cutout for the USB-port on the bottom, but strangely, it has the same cutout on the top. It does stay shut when closed: there is a magnet in the lid, and the counterpart magnet is *in the reader*. (That's the reason why the Noreve cover needs to be jammed under that lip on the right: if it sits on top of the lip, the cover doesn't stay shut.) This cover has a magnet block (sticker) inside so the sleep cover magnet doesn't put the cover to sleep when folded back.

Irritatingly enough, the sleep magnet in the lid (which is a different one than the magnet keeping the cover shut) is too small: only two or three milimeters of play is enough to turn the reader back on. One in five times, the reader doesn't shut off when you close the lid because the magnet is not *exactly* there where it should be.

I wonder why nobody can get this stuff right. Use a magnet five times as big as the detector magnet, for fracks sake.

The reader goes in and out of the cover easily; basically comparable to the Noreve. It has a bit of play between the reader and the shell on the right hand side, so it feels somewhat 'squishy' there.

Maybe I'm going to still keep the Noreve cover, hoping that the leather will loosen up so the lid falls in place more easily and doesn't sit askew. If I do, I'll have to find out what kind of magnet block sticker that is which is used in the Forefront cover.

I'll wait for the MoKo cover.

If I can't find anything to satify me in this regard, I'm going to put a magnet block into the Noreve cover, return the other covers to the respective Amazon sellers, and then sell the Aura ONE and Noreve cover as a pair. I'll then return to my four year old Kindle, even though it's only 6 inches.

I haven't the time nor patience left to keep jackassing around with this stuff, and I refuse to spend even more money on it.

[Katsunami]

I'll have to write a few amendments with regard to the previous post.

- The Forefront case is fine. It can withstand about 5mm of play before the the ONE turns back on again. That is quite much, IMHO.
- The Forefront case has a magnet in the lid to keep the case shut. It attaches to a magnet in the bezel of the ONE. The Noreve case doesn't have such a magnet. It is shut by friction-fitting the lid under a lip on the right sight of the case.
- The Kobo not powering down one in five times is solely due to the Kobo reader. I've tested it, and sometimes it just doesn't ... shut ... down. Not even if you slowly put the lid of the case exactly where it should be. No amount of wiggling gets it to shut off. You'll have to open the cover and close it again, or press the back button. (And if you wiggle the lid, the reader will turn pages or select text, just as with the original cover.)

As I said in the previous post, I'm getting very close to putting the KA1 up for sale. While it reads like the best, the bugs are just getting to me.

[alizarin]

>MoKo cover

I just got mine from

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01J0RVD3Q

Fit is good, and unlike the last cover I bought, it doesnt smell like sewage

There's a magnet in the case cover so it closes well and stays shut

unfortunately the auto sleep/wake function does not work, no matter how much I try to manipulate how I close and open the cover, which is disappointing

Eventually unless i find a case that does everything right I think I will just keep the KA1 bare and store it in this sleeve

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I8T4OLG


BTW the sleeve is a little loose for the bare KA1 but the KA1 + Moko case is a perfect fit

[graycyn]

Originally Posted by alizarin

>MoKo cover

I just got mine from

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01J0RVD3Q

Fit is good, and unlike the last cover I bought, it doesnt smell like sewage

There's a magnet in the case cover so it closes well and stays shut

unfortunately the auto sleep/wake function does not work, no matter how much I try to manipulate how I close and open the cover, which is disappointing

Eventually unless i find a case that does everything right I think I will just keep the KA1 bare and store it in this sleeve

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00I8T4OLG


BTW the sleeve is a little loose for the bare KA1 but the KA1 + Moko case is a perfect fit

FWIW, I've bought Moko covers for several Android tablets in the past and generally have been very happy with them. In one instance where I'd gotten a cover that didn't work properly (cover for a Nexus 9 that didn't close correctly) they replaced it and didn't even ask me to return the problem cover.

So you might try contacting them. It's possible you just got a defective cover. At the least, they should know that the sleep feature does not work.

I just saw that Kobo isn't expecting to have more Aura ONE's back in stock until early 2017 so I'm hoping they will have some of the issues ironed out by then. Fingers crossed. It's hard waiting!

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[chrisridd]

Originally Posted by alizarin

>MoKo cover

I just got mine from

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01J0RVD3Q

Fit is good, and unlike the last cover I bought, it doesnt smell like sewage

There's a magnet in the case cover so it closes well and stays shut

Great! Oh wait...

Originally Posted by alizarin

unfortunately the auto sleep/wake function does not work, no matter how much I try to manipulate how I close and open the cover, which is disappointing

For goodness's sake.

It really seems to be difficult to make a KA1 case that ticks all the basic boxes!

[Katsunami]

Originally Posted by chrisridd

For goodness's sake.

It really seems to be difficult to make a KA1 case that ticks all the basic boxes!

It could also be that the implementation of the sleep/wake-up function in the KA1 is implemented in a crap way. With the Forefront case, it's very hit and miss. Sometimes it sleeps 10 times in a row without issue (slowly closing the case, fitting the lid perfectly), sometimes it fails 4 times in a row and it has to be turned off using the button before being closed.

I can't believe that is the fault of the Forefront case to be honest, because otherwise, it's a perfect fit. (Literally, including the magnet block to keep the reader on when folded back.)

I'm going to return the Forefront case, try to return the Noreve, and when it arrives (it's already late, as it should have been here today), the Moko if it doesn't work either. If *that* happens, I'll throw the KA1 up for sale as well and you'll never see me buying a Kobo reader again in the next 5 years.

I just hoped they had fixed their issues after 5 years, but apparently they haven't. There are always new ones cropping up. The KA1 is a great piece of hardware with regard to reading, and I love it for that, but it seems to be ruined by so many issues with regard to convenience functions.

Fluttering backlight (brighter/dimmer), fluttering natural light (more orange/less orange), sometimes doesn't detect brighter/dimmer touch on the left, sleep/wake issues, ghost touches / page turns even with the original cover, it drains the battery faster than a Kindle when in sleep mode... it's just too many issues to stay satisfied. ONLY having the 7.8 inch screen isn't enough.

If I disable all of that, I can just as well use any other reader, even if they're only 6 inch. And my KPW1 goes to sleep instantly and reliably for four years already.

[chrisridd]

Originally Posted by graycyn

I just saw that Kobo isn't expecting to have more Aura ONE's back in stock until early 2017 so I'm hoping they will have some of the issues ironed out by then. Fingers crossed. It's hard waiting!

Well spotted!

Bang goes my Christmas present then! I hope they'll have ironed out the glitches as well...