Mysteriously breaking screen - Page 2

InspectorGadget · 10-02-2008, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

That's too bad. Why would you return something that was giving you a "two week" battery life? Does any other gadget you have last that long on a single charge?

Why indeed... because the morons at tech support told me it could be fixed. Then when I got the refurb with the same life, they said, "Oh, that's what it's supposed to be."

I was distracted by the inflated "page-turn life" and hadn't read the fine print that it involved "turning 1 page per second continuously right after a full charge."

A LiIon cell will only degrade to about 50% over 6 months or so. My iPod lasts for 6 or 8 weeks when it's off. My computer battery lasts for months if it's off. Our new product, a wireless music streaming device, was designed to last 4-6 months when turned "off". It all depends on the quiescent power use when it's "off" because none of these electronic appliances are truly off (as I'm sure you know). I guess the eBook is using more current keeping DRAM refreshed or something (I don't remember the exact components in a PRS-500 right now -- it's been a year since I looked at a teardown so I'm guessing here). A flash-based system designed correctly need not draw much power at all quiescently.

But basically, you're right, two weeks' life is understandable and not too bad. I just wish they had told me that instead of encouraging me to blow my warranty for nothing.

JSWolf · 10-02-2008, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by M0zza

There is 'garbage' in the damaged area of the screen. It looks like what happens when you drag a window in Windows, and the previous positions stay on screen.

When you take a photo of your device, I'd like to suggest you do so using legal content and not Darknet content. Now there is proof that you've download a Harry Potter book and J.K Rowling could now come after you.

pilotbob · 10-02-2008, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

When you take qa photo of your device, I'd like to suggest you do so using legal content and not Darknet content. Now there is proof that you've download a Harry Potter book and J.K Rowling could now come after you.

How do you know he didn't personally scan the book?

BOb

JSWolf · 10-02-2008, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by pilotbob

How do you know he didn't personally scan the book?

BOb

True... And I found an error in his copy too... ex-pression should be expression.

PsyDocJoanne · 10-02-2008, 11:03 AM

Mine broke, but not mysteriously. Stepping on it will do that

MomAndrea · 10-28-2008, 12:58 PM

Mine broke mysteriously, and I'm heartbroken

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InspectorGadget · 10-31-2008, 03:10 PM

My PRS-500 broke earlier, mysteriously (I posted earlier). Since then, I got a PRS-505. It's really nice. Got it with a new Sony credit card so I'll get $150 off. Now I'm going to send my PRS-500 in (with cracked corner) for the $100 rebate. I'll let you all know if it goes through!

- The Inspector

JSWolf · 10-31-2008, 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by InspectorGadget

My PRS-500 broke earlier, mysteriously (I posted earlier). Since then, I got a PRS-505. It's really nice. Got it with a new Sony credit card so I'll get $150 off. Now I'm going to send my PRS-500 in (with cracked corner) for the $100 rebate. I'll let you all know if it goes through!

- The Inspector

So if Sony accepts your 500, your 505 will be almost a free upgrade and you get to keep the AC adapter too.

Hughdal · 11-03-2008, 02:56 AM

If I do the poll and say 'No' then it's a given that I will break my screen soon after so I can't do the poll.

Hughdal

M0zza · 11-03-2008, 12:05 PM

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When you take a photo of your device, I'd like to suggest you do so using legal content and not Darknet content. Now there is proof that you've download a Harry Potter book and J.K Rowling could now come after you.

I have nearly two full sets of the books thoroughly dog eared. As well as a copy of the deluxe versions untouched. And I will state that I scanned the books myself, with some of the worst OCR software available.

How's that?

sam1am · 11-08-2008, 08:12 PM

I will state that if I was so inclined to read the crappy works of J.K Rowling, I would most assuredly steal them. Fortunately for myself, I have no such inclination.

mjh215 · 11-13-2008, 03:06 PM

I was just thinking, is it possible the 'mysterious' breaks are being caused by changes in temperature/humidity? With a very rigid shell (albeit I'm sure being designed with some internal expansion taken into consideration) and a thin glass substrate this could be a possibility. The aluminum (aluminium for the other side of the pond

) could heat up, expanding slightly and exerting pressure on the edges of the display and one spot simply buckles.

-MJ

Ivoch · 11-13-2008, 04:16 PM

If that's the case, then the problem is very easily preventable.

All you'd need to do is open your reader, install some kind of heater elements along the edges on all 4 sides, then close the reader. Oh, and you'd need some kind of a thermal probe to regulate the heaters so your reader is kept at constant 22 degrees Celsius. That way you could also use it to warm your hands in the winter!

astra · 11-13-2008, 04:20 PM

It could be easier.

You can just shove it deep up your own a......

....norak and keep it warm up there

Ivoch · 11-13-2008, 05:40 PM

Well, unless you have a lightwedge or a 700, if you put it where the sun doesn't shine (in your anorak, that is), then you'd have a little bit of trouble reading it.

View Poll Results: Has the screen of your 505 ever broken?
Yes, it has mysteriously broken	12	11.88%
Yes, I broke it	3	2.97%
No, it has never broken	86	85.15%
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10-02-2008, 11:03 AM	#20
PsyDocJoanne Loves her 505 and her Z4! Posts: 157 Karma: 631 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Weston, FL Device: Sony PRS-505	Mine broke, but not mysteriously. Stepping on it will do that

10-28-2008, 12:58 PM	#21
MomAndrea Member Posts: 13 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Canada Device: iPad (my PRS-505 died)	Mine broke mysteriously, and I'm heartbroken .

10-31-2008, 03:10 PM	#22
InspectorGadget Enthusiast Posts: 47 Karma: 70 Join Date: Apr 2007 Device: Sony PRS-500	My PRS-500 broke earlier, mysteriously (I posted earlier). Since then, I got a PRS-505. It's really nice. Got it with a new Sony credit card so I'll get $150 off. Now I'm going to send my PRS-500 in (with cracked corner) for the $100 rebate. I'll let you all know if it goes through! - The Inspector

11-03-2008, 02:56 AM	#24
Hughdal Connoisseur Posts: 77 Karma: 3961 Join Date: Mar 2007 Device: Ex Sony-Ex Nook-New PW User	If I do the poll and say 'No' then it's a given that I will break my screen soon after so I can't do the poll. Hughdal

11-08-2008, 08:12 PM	#26
sam1am Enthusiast Posts: 42 Karma: 32 Join Date: Jul 2008 Device: Sony Reader	I will state that if I was so inclined to read the crappy works of J.K Rowling, I would most assuredly steal them. Fortunately for myself, I have no such inclination.

11-13-2008, 03:06 PM	#27
mjh215 Guru Posts: 988 Karma: 12653 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: None of your business	I was just thinking, is it possible the 'mysterious' breaks are being caused by changes in temperature/humidity? With a very rigid shell (albeit I'm sure being designed with some internal expansion taken into consideration) and a thin glass substrate this could be a possibility. The aluminum (aluminium for the other side of the pond ) could heat up, expanding slightly and exerting pressure on the edges of the display and one spot simply buckles. -MJ

11-13-2008, 04:16 PM	#28
Ivoch Enthusiast Posts: 34 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Germany Device: Cybook Gen3	If that's the case, then the problem is very easily preventable. All you'd need to do is open your reader, install some kind of heater elements along the edges on all 4 sides, then close the reader. Oh, and you'd need some kind of a thermal probe to regulate the heaters so your reader is kept at constant 22 degrees Celsius. That way you could also use it to warm your hands in the winter!

11-13-2008, 04:20 PM	#29
astra The Introvert Posts: 8,307 Karma: 1000077497 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United Kingdom Device: Sony Reader PRS-650 & 505 & 500	It could be easier. You can just shove it deep up your own a...... ....norak and keep it warm up there

11-13-2008, 05:40 PM	#30
Ivoch Enthusiast Posts: 34 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Germany Device: Cybook Gen3	Well, unless you have a lightwedge or a 700, if you put it where the sun doesn't shine (in your anorak, that is), then you'd have a little bit of trouble reading it.

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