Post-update battery weirdness - Page 2

Laurens · 02-18-2007, 06:45 PM

Did a reset and now it gives me 4 bars again... Strange, though. 'Cause earlier I charged it fully through USB (as indicated by the charging light turning off), then performed a soft reset and it was still stuck at 1 bar. Let's see how it goes now.

NatCh · 02-18-2007, 11:50 PM

Glad it seems to be behaving itself now. Hope it keeps it up.

HarryT · 02-19-2007, 04:06 AM

I think we can reasonably form the conclusion that this is a generic problem with the upgrade. I suspect that what may be happening is that, following the upgrade, the battery meter is regarding its charge state at that time as being "fully charged" and refusing to go any higher. Certainly seems that a soft reset is required to sort it out.

jakeluck · 02-20-2007, 07:25 AM

ditto. I did a full recharge/reset right before the update, now the bar remains where it is. soft reset seemed to have fixed the battery meter here too. how many of you charge with the usb cable and how many of you charge with the ac adaptor?

HarryT · 02-20-2007, 08:09 AM

Let's have a poll on it, shall we?

I'll put one in the main conference.

WilliamG · 02-20-2007, 09:50 AM

Same problem here on both my Readers. How very odd. Charged them both over night - both still had 2 bars in the morning. Weiiiird.

HarryT · 02-20-2007, 11:00 AM

Have you done a soft reset, WilliamG? That should fix the problem.

Aprilbeginnings · 02-20-2007, 12:01 PM

I was curious, I was back down to 2 bars...... so I plugged in for charging, light went out..... was still down to 2 bars............. uggggggggg, anyway, did a soft reset for mine as well and now it's reading full.
Sure takes a long time for the thing to boot up, I was starting to think it was frozen there for a second!!!

NatCh · 02-20-2007, 12:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aprilbeginnings

Sure takes a long time for the thing to boot up....

Aren't you glad you don't have to do that boot up thing every time you want to read?

Aprilbeginnings · 02-20-2007, 12:50 PM

YES!

WilliamG · 02-20-2007, 01:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

Have you done a soft reset, WilliamG? That should fix the problem.

Not yet. No doubt it will fix the problem. Was just adding that I experienced the problem, too. Yay Sony! :P

HarryT · 02-20-2007, 01:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NatCh

Aren't you glad you don't have to do that boot up thing every time you want to read?

That's why I'd never buy something like a Tablet PC for reading - imagine having to go through the lengthy Windows boot cycle every time you wanted to read something

. I know there's a "suspend" feature but I've never really trusted that - when I use it with my laptop it always seems to break things.

Aprilbeginnings · 02-21-2007, 12:20 PM

I wonder if we have to do a soft reset with each update they give us? Actually that might be something we have to do once an update is received. What do you guys think?

HarryT · 02-21-2007, 12:28 PM

Probably just as well to do one just to be on the safe side. Only takes a minute to do.

Aprilbeginnings · 02-21-2007, 12:36 PM

well that boot yesterday sure felt like a loooooooong time....

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02-18-2007, 06:45 PM	#16
Laurens Jah Blessed Posts: 1,295 Karma: 1373 Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The Netherlands Device: iPod Touch	Did a reset and now it gives me 4 bars again... Strange, though. 'Cause earlier I charged it fully through USB (as indicated by the charging light turning off), then performed a soft reset and it was still stuck at 1 bar. Let's see how it goes now.

02-18-2007, 11:50 PM	#17
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Glad it seems to be behaving itself now. Hope it keeps it up.

02-19-2007, 04:06 AM	#18
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,560 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	I think we can reasonably form the conclusion that this is a generic problem with the upgrade. I suspect that what may be happening is that, following the upgrade, the battery meter is regarding its charge state at that time as being "fully charged" and refusing to go any higher. Certainly seems that a soft reset is required to sort it out.

02-20-2007, 07:25 AM	#19
jakeluck Groupie Posts: 193 Karma: 3252 Join Date: Dec 2004	ditto. I did a full recharge/reset right before the update, now the bar remains where it is. soft reset seemed to have fixed the battery meter here too. how many of you charge with the usb cable and how many of you charge with the ac adaptor?

02-20-2007, 08:09 AM	#20
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,560 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Let's have a poll on it, shall we? I'll put one in the main conference.

02-20-2007, 09:50 AM	#21
WilliamG Addict Posts: 307 Karma: 60998 Join Date: Sep 2006	Same problem here on both my Readers. How very odd. Charged them both over night - both still had 2 bars in the morning. Weiiiird.

02-20-2007, 11:00 AM	#22
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,560 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Have you done a soft reset, WilliamG? That should fix the problem.

02-20-2007, 12:01 PM	#23
Aprilbeginnings Guru Posts: 632 Karma: 404 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Southern CA Device: Sony PRS-500 /prs 650 soon	I was curious, I was back down to 2 bars...... so I plugged in for charging, light went out..... was still down to 2 bars............. uggggggggg, anyway, did a soft reset for mine as well and now it's reading full. Sure takes a long time for the thing to boot up, I was starting to think it was frozen there for a second!!!

02-20-2007, 12:50 PM	#25
Aprilbeginnings Guru Posts: 632 Karma: 404 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Southern CA Device: Sony PRS-500 /prs 650 soon	YES!

02-21-2007, 12:20 PM	#28
Aprilbeginnings Guru Posts: 632 Karma: 404 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Southern CA Device: Sony PRS-500 /prs 650 soon	I wonder if we have to do a soft reset with each update they give us? Actually that might be something we have to do once an update is received. What do you guys think?

02-21-2007, 12:28 PM	#29
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,560 Karma: 93980341 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Probably just as well to do one just to be on the safe side. Only takes a minute to do.

02-21-2007, 12:36 PM	#30
Aprilbeginnings Guru Posts: 632 Karma: 404 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Southern CA Device: Sony PRS-500 /prs 650 soon	well that boot yesterday sure felt like a loooooooong time....