Forma autorotation bug

[jberd]

(I hope adding to old threads isn't frowned upon.)

I have nothing to add, but I just wanted to gripe.

I just got a Forma, and (well, with more memory, at least) it would be my perfect ereader. But it has the autorotate bug. So when I open it or go back to home, everything is usually upside down. I've been able to temporarily get it rightside up, but it takes a while.

I've done a reset, a manual reset, and have it updated to the latest firmware. Still the autorotate bug persists.

So I'm returning it.

I assume that somebody, somewhere, likes autorotate on an ereader. Even without the bug, I would dislike it intensely. It would mean I couldn't read while on my side and I couldn't turn the page upside down. (I know that you can lock it to be only portrait or only landscape, but that still includes upside-down.)
But what I don't understand is why there wasn't an option to turn it off. Either originally or in some update.

The power button isn't that bad, and I can live with 8G of storage.
But the autorotation bug makes it unusable for me.

And quite frankly, I don't see myself buying any ereader that has autorotate which can't be easily and completely turned off.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by jberd

(I hope adding to old threads isn't frowned upon.)

I have nothing to add, but I just wanted to gripe.

I just got a Forma, and (well, with more memory, at least) it would be my perfect ereader. But it has the autorotate bug. So when I open it or go back to home, everything is usually upside down. I've been able to temporarily get it rightside up, but it takes a while.

I've done a reset, a manual reset, and have it updated to the latest firmware. Still the autorotate bug persists.

So I'm returning it.

I assume that somebody, somewhere, likes autorotate on an ereader. Even without the bug, I would dislike it intensely. It would mean I couldn't read while on my side and I couldn't turn the page upside down. (I know that you can lock it to be only portrait or only landscape, but that still includes upside-down.)
But what I don't understand is why there wasn't an option to turn it off. Either originally or in some update.

The power button isn't that bad, and I can live with 8G of storage.
But the autorotation bug makes it unusable for me.

And quite frankly, I don't see myself buying any ereader that has autorotate which can't be easily and completely turned off.

Don't return your Forma just yet. There may be a way to stop the auto rotate with a patch. I've asked in the patch thread for the latest firmware.

[jberd]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Don't return your Forma just yet. There may be a way to stop the auto rotate with a patch. I've asked in the patch thread for the latest firmware.

Oh, thanks for the heads up!
I have a couple weeks before it needs to be returned; I'll hang on to it and see if anything comes from this.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by jberd

Oh, thanks for the heads up!
I have a couple weeks before it needs to be returned; I'll hang on to it and see if anything comes from this.

If it cannot be patched, in the reading settings, you can set rotate to portrait and it will only rotate in portrait where possible. That may be acceptable.

[jberd]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

If it cannot be patched, in the reading settings, you can set rotate to portrait and it will only rotate in portrait where possible. That may be acceptable.

Thanks for the idea; I appreciate it!
But I tried that, and the Forma insists on displaying upside a lot.

[dow]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

If it cannot be patched, in the reading settings, you can set rotate to portrait and it will only rotate in portrait where possible. That may be acceptable.

That's what I did, and it's been fine. If i open it and it's upside down, I just shake it a bit and it flips over like its supposed to. Frankly, if a rotated screen is the worst of your problems, then I'd say that you've got things going pretty good overall. 😊