Touch Locked on 'Connected & Charging' - Page 2

Joe563 · 12-31-2011, 03:28 PM

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Should the screen clear? is it safe to disconnect from the computer?

Once you have safely ejected the Touch on your computer, it is safe to disconnect it. The 'Connected & Charging' screen on the Touch will continue to be displayed until you disconnect it from your computer. i.e. what you are seeing is normal

PeterT · 12-31-2011, 05:27 PM

The way to think about this is that there are two connections present; one is an physical one, the USB cable; the second one is a disk drive that runs over the cable.

The Kobo detects the presence of the physical connection to display the "Connected & Charging" message. Windows detects the disk drive running over the cable.

When you "eject" the Kobo, either from Windows System Tray or Calibre, all you are doing is telling Windows to flush any cache it has, and to disconnect the logical drive; it is NOT doing anything to the physical connection; that will stay active (and charging the Kobo) until you disconnect it.

When the Kobo detects the physical cable as being disconnected, then it will scan for new content and update it's database.

JimND · 01-03-2012, 12:45 PM

Thanks for that. I'm spoiled by the way the Kindle does it. It shows a different screen while usb connected, but can be used while charging after being 'ejected'.

frankieGom · 01-03-2012, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by JimND

Thanks for that. I'm spoiled by the way the Kindle does it. It shows a different screen while usb connected, but can be used while charging after being 'ejected'.

You can still use the Kobo while charging if you respond cancel to the "connect" message after plugging it in. I agree it is not as friendly as the Kindle as you need to disconnect/reconnect after ejecting but it is still a possibility.

François

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12-31-2011, 05:27 PM	#17
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,518 Karma: 78910202 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	The way to think about this is that there are two connections present; one is an physical one, the USB cable; the second one is a disk drive that runs over the cable. The Kobo detects the presence of the physical connection to display the "Connected & Charging" message. Windows detects the disk drive running over the cable. When you "eject" the Kobo, either from Windows System Tray or Calibre, all you are doing is telling Windows to flush any cache it has, and to disconnect the logical drive; it is NOT doing anything to the physical connection; that will stay active (and charging the Kobo) until you disconnect it. When the Kobo detects the physical cable as being disconnected, then it will scan for new content and update it's database.

01-03-2012, 12:45 PM	#18
JimND Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: Kindle	Thanks for that. I'm spoiled by the way the Kindle does it. It shows a different screen while usb connected, but can be used while charging after being 'ejected'.

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