Touch Kobo Touch tuning on randomly by itself - Page 3

siraks · 07-20-2011, 09:40 AM

i've had it happen a couple of times and i've figured out ( on my kobo at least ) when it occurs for me and the fix.

if i power down while in a book the kobo at some point will turn itself back on and go into sleep.

if i go to the home page then power down the kobo stays powered down.

easy enough.

it's only happened a couple of times so i'm not too worried. the device has been fantastic and this is the only thing i have encountered since launch day.

JD Gumby · 07-20-2011, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by siraks

i've had it happen a couple of times and i've figured out ( on my kobo at least ) when it occurs for me and the fix.

if i power down while in a book the kobo at some point will turn itself back on and go into sleep.

if i go to the home page then power down the kobo stays powered down.

I *always* go to the home page before manually powering down, so it's not that, at least for me.

Motto · 07-20-2011, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by JD Gumby

I *always* go to the home page before manually powering down, so it's not that, at least for me.

I do the same. For me, it seems the only solution is to set both sleep and power off to "never". With those settings, the Kobo stays off, regardless of whether I power down from in book or the menu.

Joe563 · 07-20-2011, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by JD Gumby

Add me to the list of people for whom it's randomly turning itself on for. Seems to happen every other day (latest being this morning) for me, however.

I guess until they fix it the only option will be to try and remember to change the power down setting from Never to the lowest before turning it off for the night (and then try to remember to turn it back on) since having the power off during the day is not conducive to reading at random intervals...

The trigger for the Touch to turn itself on is that it must have been preceded with 1) a manual power off 2) while in reading mode. Both of these two conditions must exist for the problem to occur and in my experience they are the only conditions. i.e. the auto-power off setting is not relevant in eliciting this behavior. The simplest remedy for this problem is to avoid a manual power-off and to set the auto-power off setting to any value other than 'Never' so that the reader powers itself off.

JD Gumby · 07-20-2011, 11:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Joe563

The trigger for the Touch to turn itself on is that it must have been preceded with 1) a manual power off 2) while in reading mode. Both of these two conditions must exist for the problem to occur and in my experience they are the only conditions.

As I said in my last post, I *never* manually power off in reading mode, always going to the home page first. I also go to the home page before manually setting it to sleep mode, except for when I just need to wipe the screen to get rid of debris.

ics1974 · 07-20-2011, 01:14 PM

Ever since I set both setting to Never the problem has not happened. This is the workaround I will continue to use until the problem is resolved.

Any Kobo dev's reading this thread? Are you aware of the problem and working on a fix?

wes101 · 07-20-2011, 03:37 PM

My Kobo Touch has been turning on lately. I would power it off when i go to bed but when i got to work it was on sleep mode. It can't even be because the button got accidentally pressed since its a slider button

SCION · 07-21-2011, 01:19 AM

Happened to me as well. Turned it off (within a book). Set it down. Picked it up later and it was in sleep mode.

taming · 07-21-2011, 01:46 AM

The developers are reading this thread.

JD Gumby · 07-21-2011, 09:37 AM

And again it turned itself on overnight after being powered down. This time, though, it stayed on though I tried turning off the auto-sleep & -power settings. Very annoying.

NineOne · 07-21-2011, 11:55 AM

This has happened to me 5 times since I upgraded to the latest firmware. Before that it happened twice in all the time I've had the Kobo. What happened?

To the developers: I *never* go to the home screen before I turn it off, and I don't plan to start. Much like the "you're holding it wrong" iPhone 4 problem, users changing their behaviour is not a fix for poor design.

anonymoose · 07-21-2011, 04:08 PM

So 15 and 15 doesn't work either; I though it did at first, but mine turned on by itself this morning when set like that. Have switched to never and never.

ics1974 · 07-21-2011, 04:31 PM

Still not seeing the issue with never and nerver set

Suzanna · 07-21-2011, 06:10 PM

I've never seen this happen, and I have powered off from within a book quite a few times. FWIW, my settings are sleep in 15 min, power off in 60 min.

JD Gumby · 07-21-2011, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Sao

I've never seen this happen, and I have powered off from within a book quite a few times. FWIW, my settings are sleep in 15 min, power off in 60 min.

Probably why you don't notice it - it's powering back off before you look at it for the first time after sleeping or whenever.

07-20-2011, 09:40 AM	#31
siraks use the force Posts: 575 Karma: 564666 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Ontario Device: Kobo Touch, Lenovo K1	i've had it happen a couple of times and i've figured out ( on my kobo at least ) when it occurs for me and the fix. if i power down while in a book the kobo at some point will turn itself back on and go into sleep. if i go to the home page then power down the kobo stays powered down. easy enough. it's only happened a couple of times so i'm not too worried. the device has been fantastic and this is the only thing i have encountered since launch day. Last edited by siraks; 07-20-2011 at 09:43 AM.

07-20-2011, 03:37 PM	#37
wes101 Zealot Posts: 121 Karma: 42214 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: CANADA Device: Kobo touch	My Kobo Touch has been turning on lately. I would power it off when i go to bed but when i got to work it was on sleep mode. It can't even be because the button got accidentally pressed since its a slider button Last edited by wes101; 07-20-2011 at 03:52 PM.

07-21-2011, 09:37 AM	#40
JD Gumby Cynical Old Curmudgeon Posts: 1,085 Karma: 8495696 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Halifax, Canada Device: Kobo Mini, Kobo Arc, HTC Desire C	And again it turned itself on overnight after being powered down. This time, though, it stayed on though I tried turning off the auto-sleep & -power settings. Very annoying. Last edited by JD Gumby; 07-21-2011 at 03:22 PM.

07-21-2011, 04:31 PM	#43
ics1974 Member Posts: 19 Karma: 280 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: Kobo Touch, Iphone 4	Still not seeing the issue with never and nerver set Last edited by ics1974; 07-21-2011 at 04:35 PM.

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07-20-2011, 01:14 PM	#36
ics1974 Member Posts: 19 Karma: 280 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: Kobo Touch, Iphone 4	Ever since I set both setting to Never the problem has not happened. This is the workaround I will continue to use until the problem is resolved. Any Kobo dev's reading this thread? Are you aware of the problem and working on a fix?

07-21-2011, 01:19 AM	#38
SCION Séduisant Posts: 4,706 Karma: 2107018 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Texas, USA Device: Boox Note Air2+; Kobo Libra2; Kindle Scribe, Oasis3; iPad Mini6	Happened to me as well. Turned it off (within a book). Set it down. Picked it up later and it was in sleep mode.

07-21-2011, 01:46 AM	#39
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	The developers are reading this thread.

07-21-2011, 11:55 AM	#41
NineOne Member Posts: 16 Karma: 280 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Kobo Touch	This has happened to me 5 times since I upgraded to the latest firmware. Before that it happened twice in all the time I've had the Kobo. What happened? To the developers: I never go to the home screen before I turn it off, and I don't plan to start. Much like the "you're holding it wrong" iPhone 4 problem, users changing their behaviour is not a fix for poor design.

07-21-2011, 04:08 PM	#42
anonymoose bookaholic Posts: 108 Karma: 1032718 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Glo, Kobo Aura, Kobo Touch, Kobo app on iPhone	So 15 and 15 doesn't work either; I though it did at first, but mine turned on by itself this morning when set like that. Have switched to never and never.

07-21-2011, 06:10 PM	#44
Suzanna Living in the past Posts: 432 Karma: 6011289 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Toronto Device: Kobo Aura HD, Kobo Arc	I've never seen this happen, and I have powered off from within a book quite a few times. FWIW, my settings are sleep in 15 min, power off in 60 min.