Glo Sleep with cover mess the current position

[ploum]

With my Kobo Glo, firmware 2.4 when I sleep from the button, everything works as expected.

I've bought a cover that does the automotic sleep (from Coverup). When I close the cover to sleep, the current position is messed. It's not always reproduceable but it usually I'm back 2 or 3 pages back. Sometimes, it even goes forward 2 or 3 pages.

I've upgraded to 2.5.1 hoping to fix the bug but it's absolutely worse. It's now messed up more often and something like 20 or 30*pages (!).

It makes the cover nearly unusable. It is very annoying and not what I expect from an upgrade.

Am I the only one suffering from this bug? Is there any existing workaround?

Thanks

[ewphoenix123]

That's a 2.3.x bug which was fixed in 2.4.0 if I recall correctly, although I haven't heard of anyone with 20-30 pages jumps, so I assume something didn't work right with your update.

You can try to log out of your account on the kobo and log back in, that should create the db on the reader new, and fix most problems that come from a faulty db.

If this doesn't help I would suggest a factory reset and then update again to 2.5.1.

[ploum]

Originally Posted by ewphoenix123

That's a 2.3.x bug which was fixed in 2.4.0 if I recall correctly, although I haven't heard of anyone with 20-30 pages jumps, so I assume something didn't work right with your update.

You can try to log out of your account on the kobo and log back in, that should create the db on the reader new, and fix most problems that come from a faulty db.

Thanks for the did. I tried and now the Kobo is very very very slowly going through the content (nearly two hours to go through 50% but it's probably because I've 500 epubs files on the device)

[Rob2246]

Ploum I have the same problem with my glo even without a sleep cover on it. It goes back 2-3 pages from my last bookmark and is really annoying. I will give what ewphoenix suggests a shot and let you know how I make out.

[robko]

Originally Posted by Rob2246

Ploum I have the same problem with my glo even without a sleep cover on it. It goes back 2-3 pages from my last bookmark and is really annoying. I will give what ewphoenix suggests a shot and let you know how I make out.

Hopefully it will fix it for you but it may not. They have fixed that problem for most but not quite all sideloaded e-pubs. Not sure what the difference between the ones that work and the ones that are off is.

[ploum]

Be warned that doing that erased all read/unread status and bookmarks from my books (because they are sideloaded and not bought from Kobo)

[Rob2246]

Thanks Ploum. Appreciate the heads up

[GeoffR]

Originally Posted by ploum

With my Kobo Glo, firmware 2.4 when I sleep from the button, everything works as expected.

I've bought a cover that does the automotic sleep (from Coverup). When I close the cover to sleep, the current position is messed. It's not always reproduceable but it usually I'm back 2 or 3 pages back. Sometimes, it even goes forward 2 or 3 pages.

I've upgraded to 2.5.1 hoping to fix the bug but it's absolutely worse. It's now messed up more often and something like 20 or 30*pages (!).

It makes the cover nearly unusable. It is very annoying and not what I expect from an upgrade.

Am I the only one suffering from this bug? Is there any existing workaround?

have you considered the possibility that this is caused by a faulty sleepcover?

If the sleepcover has a pocket or flap or otherwise can touch the screen (or just come close enough to activate the IR sensors) as you close it, then it could be that it is turning pages as the cover closes but before the magnet activates the sleep mode. The same thing could happen if the magnet in the sleepcover is not positioned properly and the reader is waking up while the cover is still closed.

[treadlightly]

Originally Posted by GeoffR

have you considered the possibility that this is caused by a faulty sleepcover?

If the sleepcover has a pocket or flap or otherwise can touch the screen (or just come close enough to activate the IR sensors) as you close it, then it could be that it is turning pages as the cover closes but before the magnet activates the sleep mode. The same thing could happen if the magnet in the sleepcover is not positioned properly and the reader is waking up while the cover is still closed.

That was my thought too. I have the Kobo fabric sleepcover and don't experience anything like you have described.

[ploum]

Thanks for your input. I've investigated quite deeply the problem and you were right: the cover is at fault (at least partially).

I've discover that when putting the kobo within its cover in a bag, the magnet can be moved from a few millimeters. It's enough for the Kobo to wake up. At the next move, when the cover is pressed against the kobo, a part of the inner leather will touch the screen just before the kobo goes to sleep again, moving one page forward or backward.

Repeat several times and you have it. (it also drains the battery)

But without using any cover (and after disabling the magnet sensor), I still have sometimes a one or two pages move but it is a lot less often and never more than two pages.

I will write to the cover maker.

[John F]

Originally Posted by robko

Hopefully it will fix it for you but it may not. They have fixed that problem for most but not quite all sideloaded e-pubs. Not sure what the difference between the ones that work and the ones that are off is.

I'm also seeing it in side-loaded kepubs. I think it is the original formatting of the books. I'm using Calibre, and start with an RTF file, which I convert to ePub, amd use Calibre to side-load (which does the ePub->kepub thingie). It consistently moves back a couple of pages everytime I sleep/wake.