Does anyone else notice the 505 crashes a lot? - Page 2

Falbe Publishing · 12-11-2008, 01:33 AM

Never had a crash yet (fingers crossing) in the 5 months since purchase. I use it most every day, at least 5 days a week. Bounce around between different books all the time. Battery life is good. I charge every couple weeks.

I would say I don't keep it very loaded. I keep the ebooks in it under 25 or 20. When I'm done with things, I delete them off the reader, so maybe problems arise when it gets really full of data. ????

Or maybe you just got a bit of a dud from the factory. It happens.

Opalstar · 12-11-2008, 05:48 AM

I got my Reader just after they became available in the Uk, and use it daily. I keep about 40/50 books on it, deleting as I read. So far I have it has never crashed at all.

MidknytOwl · 12-11-2008, 06:44 AM

Mine didn't used to and it does now.

I was trying to reorganize it and fix stuff, since it had become a jumbled mess, so I took all the books off and then put them back on. Since then, when I go to a book I haven't opened yet or resize one that hasn't been resized yet (pretty much when it would give me the nice twirling arrows), it occasionally will reboot itself and then go back to wherever it had been when I first turned it on, like what I had done since had never happened.

Not sure why though, since it never crashed before that. Was it from putting the books on? Adding collections? Having the memory almost completely full now? It's completely linked to when I did that, or a huge coincidence, so I wish I could figure out how to fix it.

babyd · 12-11-2008, 08:53 AM

mine does the same. Was fine for a few months, even when adding new books, had about 300 on there with no formatting/rebooting etc. All of a sudden it just formats everything on first opening, still the same amount of books, tried taking some off dropped from 300 to around 200 books still formats them all, occasionally reboots and looses bookmarks and collections. I have learnt to live with it. I am getting the red one at Xmas so will see if that behaves the same, but I am guessing its just a quirk the reader has, especially when almost full, though the first one was fine for around 2 months when full.

Still adore it though, quirks and all

dordale · 12-11-2008, 11:06 AM

I've had mine since April and use it daily. It's crashed a couple of times on me, but for the most part is pretty solid. I do carry a lot of books on it--about 225 or so. Most are in LRF format, with a few in PDF format. I have a 2gb SD card installed, but only have a few files on it.

dordale

halljames · 12-11-2008, 11:40 AM

Mine never crashes. My 500 crashed a few times, but not had my 505 crqsh on me.

julia · 12-11-2008, 12:55 PM

i have mine since november 2007 no problem here.

worxland · 12-11-2008, 06:12 PM

I have had it for 3 months now and it crashed only when opening .rtf with pictures in the file - but in this case it crashed always. When I removed the pictures, all the files opened nicely. I read .rtf and .txt stored on the built-in memory (no need for memory cards for me as I use less than 100 megs of storage), so far I have finished cca. 50 books and no other crashes ever happened. I use bookmarks quite often. I found the PRS-505 to be pretty reliable.

onnow · 12-12-2008, 12:42 AM

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Originally Posted by onnow

I've been using my 505 for about 3 months. Frankly speaking, I don't read much. So far I did about 3,000 pages on it and only had one crash - after uploading a book using Adobe Digital Edition.

I don't even use the on/off switch at the top unless I need to put it into my bag.

BTW, I have ~150 books on it - 1/3 in SONY format, 1/3 in RTF and the rest in PDF.

A lot of my RTF books have the first page as a scanned picture (book cover). I've never had any problem opening it (the picture does not display of course).

onnow · 12-12-2008, 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by worxland

I have had it for 3 months now and it crashed only when opening .rtf with pictures in the file - but in this case it crashed always. When I removed the pictures, all the files opened nicely. I read .rtf and .txt stored on the built-in memory (no need for memory cards for me as I use less than 100 megs of storage), so far I have finished cca. 50 books and no other crashes ever happened. I use bookmarks quite often. I found the PRS-505 to be pretty reliable.

Strange, I never had problem opening RTF with pictures. Only that the embedded pictures won't show up. But the text is fine and no crash.

astra · 12-12-2008, 07:07 AM

My 500 used to crash from time to time when I tried to upload an iffy RTF file on it until the latest firmware update which cured the problem. Since then 500 crashed only once when my wife let the battery go absolutely flat.
I use 505 for 11 months now. I read every day. Not a single crash so far (finger's crossed). I read LRF books only. But I have tested pdf and rtf files too. I have loaded 2 epubs. Found them slow and awkward, don't use them anymore.

JeffElkins · 12-12-2008, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Falbe Publishing

Never had a crash yet (fingers crossing) in the 5 months since purchase. I use it most every day, at least 5 days a week. Bounce around between different books all the time. Battery life is good. I charge every couple weeks.

I would say I don't keep it very loaded. I keep the ebooks in it under 25 or 20. When I'm done with things, I delete them off the reader, so maybe problems arise when it gets really full of data. ????

Or maybe you just got a bit of a dud from the factory. It happens.

I have 35Mb of free space left. No crashes here. I brick it all the time, but that's my fault.

lilac_jive · 12-14-2008, 10:19 AM

Mine has never crashed either. I only have about 30-40 books at most on it at any given time, and only one PDF (5 page knitting pattern). Sometimes the screen acts funny when it is cold or sun is on it, and then occasionally it freezes when it is plugged in to my computer, but usually it only lasts a minute.

KDawg · 12-14-2008, 10:19 AM

I don't think mine's ever "crashed." It has lost its collections and bookmarks once, but only for the internal books. I read locked and unlocked Sony books and locked and unlocked pdf's. I've typically got about a dozen books "open" with bookmarks. I do a complete shutdown at night and just hit the power slider or let it go to sleep in the day.

Greg G · 12-15-2008, 04:15 PM

I've had mine for just over a year and have just recently had the reboot problem happen when changing pages. It has happened twice so far and both time I lost the bookmarks. This includes where I am in my current book as well as finished books. I think there is some corruption occurring in whatever file/db they store the bookmark info in that is triggering a reboot/wipe of that data when the machine tries to store the new page when I change pages.

Anyway, I'm sure glad that I can go directly to a specific page now!

I still love the reader and am hoping that this problem does not get worse.

-Greg

12-11-2008, 06:12 PM	#23
worxland Connoisseur Posts: 65 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Hungary Device: PRS-505, Paperwhite	crash I have had it for 3 months now and it crashed only when opening .rtf with pictures in the file - but in this case it crashed always. When I removed the pictures, all the files opened nicely. I read .rtf and .txt stored on the built-in memory (no need for memory cards for me as I use less than 100 megs of storage), so far I have finished cca. 50 books and no other crashes ever happened. I use bookmarks quite often. I found the PRS-505 to be pretty reliable. Last edited by worxland; 12-11-2008 at 06:13 PM. Reason: polishing

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12-11-2008, 01:33 AM	#16
Falbe Publishing Gadget Slave Posts: 264 Karma: 600001 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Battle Creek, Michigan Device: Sony PRS505SC	Never had a crash yet (fingers crossing) in the 5 months since purchase. I use it most every day, at least 5 days a week. Bounce around between different books all the time. Battery life is good. I charge every couple weeks. I would say I don't keep it very loaded. I keep the ebooks in it under 25 or 20. When I'm done with things, I delete them off the reader, so maybe problems arise when it gets really full of data. ???? Or maybe you just got a bit of a dud from the factory. It happens.

12-11-2008, 05:48 AM	#17
Opalstar Member Posts: 15 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: London Device: sony 505	I got my Reader just after they became available in the Uk, and use it daily. I keep about 40/50 books on it, deleting as I read. So far I have it has never crashed at all.

12-11-2008, 06:44 AM	#18
MidknytOwl Zealot Posts: 111 Karma: 644 Join Date: May 2008 Device: Kobo Aura	Mine didn't used to and it does now. I was trying to reorganize it and fix stuff, since it had become a jumbled mess, so I took all the books off and then put them back on. Since then, when I go to a book I haven't opened yet or resize one that hasn't been resized yet (pretty much when it would give me the nice twirling arrows), it occasionally will reboot itself and then go back to wherever it had been when I first turned it on, like what I had done since had never happened. Not sure why though, since it never crashed before that. Was it from putting the books on? Adding collections? Having the memory almost completely full now? It's completely linked to when I did that, or a huge coincidence, so I wish I could figure out how to fix it.

12-11-2008, 08:53 AM	#19
babyd Addict Posts: 384 Karma: 1567 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: UK Device: Sony:505, 600, 350, 650, Kindle 3 & PW, Kobo Mini & Aura HD	mine does the same. Was fine for a few months, even when adding new books, had about 300 on there with no formatting/rebooting etc. All of a sudden it just formats everything on first opening, still the same amount of books, tried taking some off dropped from 300 to around 200 books still formats them all, occasionally reboots and looses bookmarks and collections. I have learnt to live with it. I am getting the red one at Xmas so will see if that behaves the same, but I am guessing its just a quirk the reader has, especially when almost full, though the first one was fine for around 2 months when full. Still adore it though, quirks and all

12-11-2008, 11:06 AM	#20
dordale Wizard Posts: 1,731 Karma: 3472866 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: Sony PRS-650 & 350; Kindle Voyage; Kobo Aura HD, Aura One, and Forma	I've had mine since April and use it daily. It's crashed a couple of times on me, but for the most part is pretty solid. I do carry a lot of books on it--about 225 or so. Most are in LRF format, with a few in PDF format. I have a 2gb SD card installed, but only have a few files on it. dordale

12-11-2008, 11:40 AM	#21
halljames Zealot Posts: 116 Karma: 463 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Newcastle, UK Device: Apple iPad	Mine never crashes. My 500 crashed a few times, but not had my 505 crqsh on me.

12-11-2008, 12:55 PM	#22
julia Connoisseur Posts: 88 Karma: 44 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: amsterdam Device: prs-505, kindle2, nook glow	i have mine since november 2007 no problem here.

12-12-2008, 07:07 AM	#26
astra The Introvert Posts: 8,307 Karma: 1000077497 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: United Kingdom Device: Sony Reader PRS-650 & 505 & 500	My 500 used to crash from time to time when I tried to upload an iffy RTF file on it until the latest firmware update which cured the problem. Since then 500 crashed only once when my wife let the battery go absolutely flat. I use 505 for 11 months now. I read every day. Not a single crash so far (finger's crossed). I read LRF books only. But I have tested pdf and rtf files too. I have loaded 2 epubs. Found them slow and awkward, don't use them anymore.

12-14-2008, 10:19 AM	#28
lilac_jive Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,870 Karma: 27376 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Device: PRS-505	Mine has never crashed either. I only have about 30-40 books at most on it at any given time, and only one PDF (5 page knitting pattern). Sometimes the screen acts funny when it is cold or sun is on it, and then occasionally it freezes when it is plugged in to my computer, but usually it only lasts a minute.

12-14-2008, 10:19 AM	#29
KDawg Junior Senior Posts: 94 Karma: 81 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Raleigh, NC Device: nookColor, nook, PRS-900, PRS-505, PRS-500, Kindle PW, Kindle Oasis	I don't think mine's ever "crashed." It has lost its collections and bookmarks once, but only for the internal books. I read locked and unlocked Sony books and locked and unlocked pdf's. I've typically got about a dozen books "open" with bookmarks. I do a complete shutdown at night and just hit the power slider or let it go to sleep in the day.

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12-15-2008, 04:15 PM	#30
Greg G Groupie Posts: 181 Karma: 66 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: NJ Device: Kindle Papwerwhite	I've had mine for just over a year and have just recently had the reboot problem happen when changing pages. It has happened twice so far and both time I lost the bookmarks. This includes where I am in my current book as well as finished books. I think there is some corruption occurring in whatever file/db they store the bookmark info in that is triggering a reboot/wipe of that data when the machine tries to store the new page when I change pages. Anyway, I'm sure glad that I can go directly to a specific page now! I still love the reader and am hoping that this problem does not get worse. -Greg