Odd behavior from Libra 2

[JSWolf]

I'll give my Libra 2 a test with the buttons. I have it set for a 20 minute sleep time.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by foosion

Two strange things from my Libra 2

1) Occasionally when I push the page turn button nothing will happen. I'll wait a bit, then push it again and it will skip forward two pages. I'm waiting much longer than it should take to go to the next page.

2) While the device was charging from a normal USB-C charger the screen went blank and three dots appeared, blinking in order. I unplugged and it went back to the usual sleeping screen. Wifi is off. This only happened once.

???

Did the white LED in the corner come on? (it is restarting). I get this about once a week, usually after just adding books (USB).

Page turns depend on the OPF and NCX matching the book (Edits and resending do not update anything except the book.) Use Kobo utilities to force a New TOC and or Metadata into the DB

[foosion]

Originally Posted by theducks

Did the white LED in the corner come on? (it is restarting). I get this about once a week, usually after just adding books (USB).

Page turns depend on the OPF and NCX matching the book (Edits and resending do not update anything except the book.) Use Kobo utilities to force a New TOC and or Metadata into the DB

I can't recall ever having the white LED come on after adding books (USB). My reboot experience while charging has only happened once.

The double page turn glitches are unusual. I would have thought if there's that sort of mismatch they would be more common. In any event, have you (or others) had them stop after using KU to force a new TOC or metadata?

[DrChiper]

Originally Posted by foosion

2) While the device was charging from a normal USB-C charger the screen went blank and three dots appeared, blinking in order. I unplugged and it went back to the usual sleeping screen. Wifi is off. This only happened once.

I've seen this several times. Most of the times just after I did transfer (via calibe) a book and then left the USB-C connection plugged-in in order to charge. After a few minutes the KLC starts rebooting.

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by foosion

1) Occasionally when I push the page turn button nothing will happen. I'll wait a bit, then push it again and it will skip forward two pages. I'm waiting much longer than it should take to go to the next page.

Does the page-turning issue also happen when swiping, or only with the buttons? I don't see anyone brought up the suggestion that the button itself might be a bit dodgy.

[Liesse]

Originally Posted by foosion

Two strange things from my Libra 2



1) Occasionally when I push the page turn button nothing will happen. I'll wait a bit, then push it again and it will skip forward two pages. I'm waiting much longer than it should take to go to the next page.

My Libra Colour does this. I don't remember my Libra 2 or forma doing it. It is annoying.

I dont tap to turn, I only use the buttons.

Sent from my SM-S921B using Tapatalk

[foosion]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Does the page-turning issue also happen when swiping, or only with the buttons? I don't see anyone brought up the suggestion that the button itself might be a bit dodgy.

I never swipe and rarely tap, so I don't know.

I would have thought a dodgy button might miss some page turns, but missing and then causing a double page turn would be a weird variety of dodgy.

[icallaci]

Originally Posted by ownedbycats

Does the page-turning issue also happen when swiping, or only with the buttons? I don't see anyone brought up the suggestion that the button itself might be a bit dodgy.

Yes, it happens to me occasionally when tapping or swiping the screen.

[ownedbycats]

Originally Posted by foosion

I never swipe and rarely tap, so I don't know.

I would have thought a dodgy button might miss some page turns, but missing and then causing a double page turn would be a weird variety of dodgy.

An older mouse of mine had similar behaviour when the switch wore out.

[Gneuh]

Re opening this thread, to know if someone has a tip for the page skipping issue.
I used to have an Aura, then Clara 2E, that I unfortunately lost.

I now own a clara BW, but I figured out that the touch screen regularly does not react, and when touched again (even after a minute or so), then two pages are skipped.
I sent it back and received a new one from my reseller, but the new one has exactly the same issue.
turning to the internet, I could see that this is not an isolated case (for example: https://www.reddit.com/r/kobo/commen...rward_2_pages/).
In other words, I could only figure it out with the last generation of Kobo. The tech support suggest to reset and/or a replacement... Errr, I already had a replacement, this cannot really help.

Is there any way you know of to overcome it? This is infuriating, and without a solution soon, I will have to change to another e-reader brand, which would be a pity.

[Hasdrubal_Lector]

This happens on my Libra 2 when the epub contains *.html files that are too large. If you use Calibre you can use its edit book function to check the epub. It will give a warning about large file sizes. For me, there is a lag when turning the page to the next chapter, and thus the next html file, which is too large. I press the page turn button once and wait. The next chapter page loads after a short time. If I press again before it loads, the Libra 2 turns the page, creating the impression it has skipped the first page.

The solution is to split the html files or just wait a bit longer for the page to load. Waiting is easier for me. I've learned to first suspect a bad epub whenever something seems to be going wrong.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Hasdrubal_Lector

This happens on my Libra 2 when the epub contains *.html files that are too large. If you use Calibre you can use its edit book function to check the epub. It will give a warning about large file sizes. For me, there is a lag when turning the page to the next chapter, and thus the next html file, which is too large. I press the page turn button once and wait. The next chapter page loads after a short time. If I press again before it loads, the Libra 2 turns the page, creating the impression it has skipped the first page.

The solution is to split the html files or just wait a bit longer for the page to load. Waiting is easier for me. I've learned to first suspect a bad epub whenever something seems to be going wrong.

It's reasons like this that I validate my ePub. I also edit my ePub as well to fix the poor formatting.