Kobo Bug thread - Page 16

Stephjk · 08-02-2013, 02:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joebananas

Product: Glo
Firmware: 2.8.1

Since firmware update, I have experienced intermittent faulty light switch operation. It would turn the light off, but not on. For this, I had to go into brightness setting and select another percentage. This would turn the light on at the new percentage brightness (which I could then change back to the required value). This bug did not show itself immediately after upgrade, but after an hour or so of operation. Using the Glo after several hours in sleep I found that the problem had resolved itself, however after a brief sleep (initiated via power switch) the problem has returned.

CatherineStewart has also experienced this bug - #43 here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=2575555

I have this problem too, the light switch does not turn the light on. I have to go the brightness control to get the light to come on at all. Very annoying when trying to read in the dark

Anak · 08-02-2013, 05:46 AM

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Originally Posted by PeterT

I really have a hard time with some of these issues that people call BUGS. Nowhere have Kobo EVER stated that replacing of hyphenation dictionaries should work, or that hyphenation is user controllable in any way shape or form.

Yet people claim this to be a BUG....

Techically you're right it is probably not a bug.
Kobo doesn't have to explicitly state what features are (officially) supported if it is (unofficially) supported natively by the underlying renderer. And as Kobo doesn't communicate, not even in a very general way, about firmware developments Kobos official statements are almost irrelevant (unfortunate, I if you ask me.)
Kobo rapidly expands its businesses to other language territories. The consequences are that local languages should be supported by adding a local definition dictionary and translation dictionaries from and to English, at least.
If Kobo won't, because it may not be cost effective (I do understand this can be the case) Kobo should add the flexibility to add open source solutions by the user. Creating flexibility by building a look up routine to detect sideloaded open source definition, translation and hyphenation dictionaries hardly costs Kobo anything (It saves money actually, no licence fees) but would give them an edge to penetrate a local language territory.

UffelenE · 08-04-2013, 04:24 AM

Product: Kobo Glo
Firmware: 2.8.1
Plugins: -
File types: EPUB
Sideloaded or from Kobobooks: Sideloaded
Steps to reproduce:

Create a bookmark in an epub book
Go back to home, and tap on the bookmark-row on the book.
Bookmarks show correctly. Select the bookmark.
In the right bottom menu, select go to show on page
So far so good.
Go back to home screen and go the the bookmarks of that book again.
The bookmark now shows 0%.

Current result: Bookmark shows 0%. But it still works.
Workaround: No

davidfor · 08-04-2013, 06:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by UffelenE

Product: Kobo Glo
Firmware: 2.8.1
Plugins: -
File types: EPUB
Sideloaded or from Kobobooks: Sideloaded
Steps to reproduce:

Create a bookmark in an epub book
Go back to home, and tap on the bookmark-row on the book.
Bookmarks show correctly. Select the bookmark.
In the right bottom menu, select go to show on page
So far so good.
Go back to home screen and go the the bookmarks of that book again.
The bookmark now shows 0%.

Current result: Bookmark shows 0%. But it still works.
Workaround: No

Known bug. See https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...39#post2494439 for this and all the other bookmark bugs. There is a workaround, put the epubs on the SD card.

_pietro · 08-04-2013, 05:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidfor

Known bug. See https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...39#post2494439 for this and all the other bookmark bugs. There is a workaround, put the epubs on the SD card.

it's incredible they can't spent a minute to find the line of sql that clean the bookmarks/annotation

UffelenE · 08-05-2013, 03:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by davidfor

Known bug. See https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...39#post2494439 for this and all the other bookmark bugs. There is a workaround, put the epubs on the SD card.

DavidFor, Thanks for the reply. Perhaps you could also list this bug in this thread.

anacreon · 08-06-2013, 11:42 AM

I admit I didn't read the whole 16 pages of this thread, but I'd like to know whether the black page is a known bug. I had it first yesterday with an epub I'd just bought, so I thought it was a problem with the specific book. I cancelled it on the device, did a modify epub on calibre, and sent it again. Same problem. But I just started re-reading an epub I bought and read months ago, when I just had a sony, before I bought my first kobo. In both cases they are plain epubs, not kepubs. I have the latest versions of everything, and read on the aura.

What happens is, if I try to navigate with the table of contents, I get a black page (headers and footers remain normal though), and when I manage to exit to the home page, the book is considered finished. If I navigate with the slider, everything is fine.

Has anyone had the problem? Is it linked with the 2.8.1?

PS: I just had the same problem with a pdf, only when I went home the book wasn't considered finished, but at the point before I opened the table of contents.

meeera · 08-07-2013, 01:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anacreon

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What happens is, if I try to navigate with the table of contents, I get a black page (headers and footers remain normal though), and when I manage to exit to the home page, the book is considered finished. If I navigate with the slider, everything is fine.

Has anyone had the problem? Is it linked with the 2.8.1?.

I've not noticed anything here, 2.8.1 on a Glo. I just poked around a TOC on my current sideloaded epub, navigated to a few different chapters, and it's all working as designed.

PS do you mean "black page" or "blank page"?

anacreon · 08-07-2013, 02:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by meeera

I've not noticed anything here, 2.8.1 on a Glo. I just poked around a TOC on my current sideloaded epub, navigated to a few different chapters, and it's all working as designed.

PS do you mean "black page" or "blank page"?

I mean deepest mourning black. I did have the blank page when I started with 2.8.1, read the threads, and found the way around.

Risto40 · 08-09-2013, 06:14 AM

In pdf books, when viewed zoomed-in in landscape mode, when turning page, the location of the new page is bottom left corner, but should be top left. The bottom left corner would be ok if i were reading book in portrait mode (in portrait mode this is top left). Very annoying. After every page you must scroll page up again :s

miyoyo · 08-09-2013, 09:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stephjk

I have this problem too, the light switch does not turn the light on. I have to go the brightness control to get the light to come on at all. Very annoying when trying to read in the dark

for me, it only happens when my brightness is 1%, but 2% is fine!

kitana · 08-09-2013, 10:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by miyoyo

for me, it only happens when my brightness is 1%, but 2% is fine!

I have the same problem. When set to 1%, the light switch to on doesn't work.

Please fix this!

Nick Payne · 08-13-2013, 01:10 AM

The bugs that piss me off the most are a) getting advanced several pages rather than one page when swiping, and b) getting partly filled pages and orphans. Both of these intrude themselves repeatedly while you're reading a book.

Both of these seem to be just as bad or worse with 2.8.1 compared to 2.6.1 (Aura HD).

Stephjk · 08-14-2013, 05:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by miyoyo

for me, it only happens when my brightness is 1%, but 2% is fine!

I'll try that tonight and report back, thanks

Stephjk · 08-15-2013, 01:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stephjk

I'll try that tonight and report back, thanks

Well, having the brightness set at 3% seemed to work fine, the light came back on as it should do when I reopened the sleep cover - hooray!

08-04-2013, 04:24 AM	#228
UffelenE Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: The Netherlands Device: Kobo Glo	Bookmark not showing correct percentage Product: Kobo Glo Firmware: 2.8.1 Plugins: - File types: EPUB Sideloaded or from Kobobooks: Sideloaded Steps to reproduce: Create a bookmark in an epub book Go back to home, and tap on the bookmark-row on the book. Bookmarks show correctly. Select the bookmark. In the right bottom menu, select go to show on page So far so good. Go back to home screen and go the the bookmarks of that book again. The bookmark now shows 0%. Current result: Bookmark shows 0%. But it still works. Workaround: No

08-06-2013, 11:42 AM	#232
anacreon Guru Posts: 978 Karma: 3475832 Join Date: May 2012 Location: France Device: Elipsa, Sage, Libra 2	black page I admit I didn't read the whole 16 pages of this thread, but I'd like to know whether the black page is a known bug. I had it first yesterday with an epub I'd just bought, so I thought it was a problem with the specific book. I cancelled it on the device, did a modify epub on calibre, and sent it again. Same problem. But I just started re-reading an epub I bought and read months ago, when I just had a sony, before I bought my first kobo. In both cases they are plain epubs, not kepubs. I have the latest versions of everything, and read on the aura. What happens is, if I try to navigate with the table of contents, I get a black page (headers and footers remain normal though), and when I manage to exit to the home page, the book is considered finished. If I navigate with the slider, everything is fine. Has anyone had the problem? Is it linked with the 2.8.1? PS: I just had the same problem with a pdf, only when I went home the book wasn't considered finished, but at the point before I opened the table of contents. Last edited by anacreon; 08-06-2013 at 01:49 PM.

08-09-2013, 06:14 AM	#235
Risto40 Enthusiast Posts: 39 Karma: 11532 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Estonia Device: Kobo Glo	Location of new page of pdf books in landscape mode In pdf books, when viewed zoomed-in in landscape mode, when turning page, the location of the new page is bottom left corner, but should be top left. The bottom left corner would be ok if i were reading book in portrait mode (in portrait mode this is top left). Very annoying. After every page you must scroll page up again :s

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08-13-2013, 01:10 AM	#238
Nick Payne Connoisseur Posts: 90 Karma: 39898 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Canberra, Australia Device: Kobo Clara HD, Kobo Libra H2O	The bugs that piss me off the most are a) getting advanced several pages rather than one page when swiping, and b) getting partly filled pages and orphans. Both of these intrude themselves repeatedly while you're reading a book. Both of these seem to be just as bad or worse with 2.8.1 compared to 2.6.1 (Aura HD).