Glo Glo goes to sleep

tkavan · 02-21-2013, 09:43 PM

On three or four occasions, my Glo has automatically gone to sleep. It seems to happen when I have my right thumb poised to turn the page while I read the last line or two on the page.

I don't think I touch the page, but even if I did, it should just trigger a page-turn.

Had anyone else experienced this?

robko · 02-21-2013, 09:57 PM

Is it on your first page after waking it or later in your reading?
If it's the 1st page, there is currently a bug/feature related to the sleep cover that means if you let it auto-sleep (even if you don't have a sleep cover), when you wake it it will auto-sleep after a short period of time (before you get to the end of the page) unless you change the page or bring up the bottom menu before it times out it goes back to sleep. Workaround is to either sleep it with the switch or touch screen before it times out (or read really fast on your first page

). This is discussed/debated in other threads and is meant to stop battery drain if sleep cover accidentally opens.

tkavan · 02-21-2013, 10:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by robko

Is it on your first page after waking it or later in your reading?
If it's the 1st page, there is currently a bug/feature related to the sleep cover that means if you let it auto-sleep (even if you don't have a sleep cover), when you wake it it will auto-sleep after a short period of time (before you get to the end of the page) unless you change the page or bring up the bottom menu before it times out it goes back to sleep. Workaround is to either sleep it with the switch or touch screen before it times out (or read really fast on your first page

). This is discussed/debated in other threads and is meant to stop battery drain if sleep cover accidentally opens.

That sounds like the explanation. I think it is on the first page after waking up. Glad to know there's a reason.

Thanks.
Tom

TechniSol · 02-21-2013, 11:23 PM

Darned if that didn't beat my "A ghostly presence must be flicking your power switch... LOOK OUT IT'S REACHING OVER YOUR SHOULDER AGAIN!" explanation... oooooooooooh.

davidfor · 02-22-2013, 12:14 AM

What have you been reading?

TechniSol · 02-22-2013, 12:29 AM

H.P. Lovecraft... "At The Mountains Of Madness". Part of "Sense of Wonder" which is a tome of some 2400+ pages.

I know, 'splains a lot...

Someone has a great tag line that goes something like:

God wants you to love him. Allah wants you to obey. Cthulhu just wants to eat you.

treadlightly · 02-23-2013, 10:34 AM

In 2.3.1 and earlier, the Glo only went to sleep after some number of seconds after being woken via the sleepcover mechanism if the screen was not touched. In 2.4.0, the same behaviour is happening when woken with the slider. The light goes off too. It's annoying.

tchucker · 05-05-2013, 10:44 PM

Mine has been doing the same thing. After waking, whether it is from manually putting to sleep or from sleep cover, it shuts off before a page is read. Now I just press the screen once when I wake it.

DNSB · 05-05-2013, 11:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TechniSol

H.P. Lovecraft... "At The Mountains Of Madness". Part of "Sense of Wonder" which is a tome of some 2400+ pages.

I know, 'splains a lot...

Someone has a great tag line that goes something like:

God wants you to love him. Allah wants you to obey. Cthulhu just wants to eat you.

May Cthulhu forgive you and eat you first.

Jesus saves, Allah protects, Buddha enlightens, Cthulhu thinks you'll make a nice sandwich.

Or one of my daughter's favourite T-shirts:

Meddle Thee Not in the Affairs of Dragons For Thou Art Crunchy and Wouldst Be Tasty With Ketchup

Regards,
David

davidfor · 05-05-2013, 11:23 PM

This is a bug in the 2.4.0 firmware. It has been fixed in 2.5.0 and 2.5.1. I recommend updating.

DNSB · 05-05-2013, 11:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tkavan

On three or four occasions, my Glo has automatically gone to sleep. It seems to happen when I have my right thumb poised to turn the page while I read the last line or two on the page.

I don't think I touch the page, but even if I did, it should just trigger a page-turn.

Had anyone else experienced this?

That was a bug in 2.4.0 and was fixed in 2.5.0/2.5.1 -- at least, I haven't noticed it since I upgraded to 2.5.0.

Regards,
David

davidfor · 05-05-2013, 11:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DNSB

Or one of my daughter's favourite T-shirts:

Meddle Thee Not in the Affairs of Dragons For Thou Art Crunchy and Wouldst Be Tasty With Ketchup

And of course, the important question:

DNSB · 05-06-2013, 12:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidfor

And of course, the important question:

Hmmm... get an error occurred message when I try to play the video. On the other hand, when I quote your message, the URL that shows works if I stuff it into the browser's address line. I'm going to try a code wrap to see what that does.

Code:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyRe_8v-VVE

Weird and wonderful toys these computers.

As for the video, to quote the end line of one short story: "And you, sir, are no minotaur!"

Regards,
David

PeterT · 05-06-2013, 12:18 AM

Ah... the trick is

[youtube]ID of video[/youtube]

so in your case

[youtube]YyRe_8v-VVE[/youtube]

DNSB · 05-06-2013, 12:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PeterT

Ah... the trick is

[youtube]ID of video[/youtube]

so in your case

[youtube]YyRe_8v-VVE[/youtube]

I'll have to try to remember that the next time around.

Regards,
David

02-21-2013, 09:43 PM	#1
tkavan Groupie Posts: 157 Karma: 36076 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Toronto Device: Kobo Touch, Kobo Glo, Kindle Paperwhite	Glo goes to sleep On three or four occasions, my Glo has automatically gone to sleep. It seems to happen when I have my right thumb poised to turn the page while I read the last line or two on the page. I don't think I touch the page, but even if I did, it should just trigger a page-turn. Had anyone else experienced this?

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02-21-2013, 09:57 PM	#2
robko Wizard Posts: 2,454 Karma: 5469320 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Kobo	Is it on your first page after waking it or later in your reading? If it's the 1st page, there is currently a bug/feature related to the sleep cover that means if you let it auto-sleep (even if you don't have a sleep cover), when you wake it it will auto-sleep after a short period of time (before you get to the end of the page) unless you change the page or bring up the bottom menu before it times out it goes back to sleep. Workaround is to either sleep it with the switch or touch screen before it times out (or read really fast on your first page ). This is discussed/debated in other threads and is meant to stop battery drain if sleep cover accidentally opens.

02-21-2013, 11:23 PM	#4
TechniSol GranPohbah-Fezzes r cool! Posts: 1,056 Karma: 3151024 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Nook STRs, Kobo Touch, Kobo Glo	Darned if that didn't beat my "A ghostly presence must be flicking your power switch... LOOK OUT IT'S REACHING OVER YOUR SHOULDER AGAIN!" explanation... oooooooooooh.

02-22-2013, 12:14 AM	#5
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	What have you been reading?

02-22-2013, 12:29 AM	#6
TechniSol GranPohbah-Fezzes r cool! Posts: 1,056 Karma: 3151024 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Nook STRs, Kobo Touch, Kobo Glo	H.P. Lovecraft... "At The Mountains Of Madness". Part of "Sense of Wonder" which is a tome of some 2400+ pages. I know, 'splains a lot... Someone has a great tag line that goes something like: God wants you to love him. Allah wants you to obey. Cthulhu just wants to eat you.

02-23-2013, 10:34 AM	#7
treadlightly Wizard Posts: 1,370 Karma: 6957792 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Ottawa, ON Device: Kobo H2O	In 2.3.1 and earlier, the Glo only went to sleep after some number of seconds after being woken via the sleepcover mechanism if the screen was not touched. In 2.4.0, the same behaviour is happening when woken with the slider. The light goes off too. It's annoying.

05-05-2013, 10:44 PM	#8
tchucker Banned Posts: 7 Karma: 5458 Join Date: Nov 2012 Device: kobo mini, Kobo Aura, Kobo Aura H2O, Kobo Aura One	Mine has been doing the same thing. After waking, whether it is from manually putting to sleep or from sleep cover, it shuts off before a page is read. Now I just press the screen once when I wake it.

05-05-2013, 11:23 PM	#10
davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,905 Karma: 47303824 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	This is a bug in the 2.4.0 firmware. It has been fixed in 2.5.0 and 2.5.1. I recommend updating.

05-06-2013, 12:18 AM	#14
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,309 Karma: 78876004 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	Ah... the trick is [youtube]ID of video[/youtube] so in your case [youtube]YyRe_8v-VVE[/youtube]