Aura ONE Kobo Aura One owners thread

[JoOrwick]

Originally Posted by Poppaea

The gap is within production tolerances and nothing to be bothered by.

I understand that, but the gap on my device causes light leaking from the notification LED at the top right whenever I'm turning my KA1 on or off. It's not extremely noticeable, but it makes the device look cheap.

[JoOrwick]

Originally Posted by anacreon

Is it common? Is there a risk it will increase? Can it affect waterproofing?

It seems to be somewhat common. I have a fairly large gap on the right side (the other sides have absolutely no visible gaps).
It seems that water can definitely go through the gaps and reach the internals, at least in my case.

This technically shouldn't be an issue because the internals are supposedly protected from liquids by a hydrophobic nanocoating.

[Poppaea]

Originally Posted by JoOrwick

I understand that, but the gap on my device causes light leaking from the notification LED at the top right whenever I'm turning my KA1 on or off. It's not extremely noticeable, but it makes the device look cheap.

Why don't you ask for a replacement? It will bother you every time you look at it for the next few years if you don't exchange it. Cheap looking ain't good.

[JoOrwick]

Originally Posted by Poppaea

Why don't you ask for a replacement?

Because the screen is almost perfect. With a replacement, I risk uneven frontlighting, dust under the screen etc.

Besides, I'd have to send it back to Netherlands and pay the shipping costs (~20-30 euros in total). Then I'd have to wait 2+ weeks to get a replacement which may or may not be better. It's just not worth the hassle.

As I said earlier, it's not a big deal. It's just a very small dot of light inside the gap. I'm just glad it's not there during regular usage.

[icallaci]

Originally Posted by davidfor

I tested before and it worked. Trying right now, it looks like sideloaded and purchased kepubs are being treated differently. For the one purchased kepub that I have and knows has footnotes, they popup as expected. For the epub and epub version converted to kepub, they are just links. It might be the way the links are coded, but I am sure this worked with 3.19. I'll have to do some more checking.

I sideload all of my books as kepubs, and none of the footnotes are showing as popups in the 3 books I have tried (firmware 4.0.7523). In fact, selecting a footnote link doesn't work at all. Instead of going to the link, I am taken to the cover page. I checked to make sure the links were coded correctly, and they appear to be ok. The links work correctly in the Calibre viewer. I hope this gets fixed soon. One of the reasons I switched to kepubs is for the popup footnotes. (I should mention that this is on my H20 running firmware 4.0.7523, so it may be different on the Aura One, although I can't test that right now.)

ETA: Hmmm...the footnote reference numbers in the books where popup footnotes are not working all share the same (somewhat unusual) property of NOT being surrounded by <sup> tags. Instead, they use a <span> that includes [vertical-align: super]. Could that be contributing to the problem, perhaps? I'll do more checking.

[icallaci]

Originally Posted by icallaci

I sideload all of my books as kepubs, and none of the footnotes are showing as popups in the 3 books I have tried (firmware 4.0.7523). In fact, selecting a footnote link doesn't work at all. Instead of going to the link, I am taken to the cover page. I checked to make sure the links were coded correctly, and they appear to be ok. The links work correctly in the Calibre viewer. I hope this gets fixed soon. One of the reasons I switched to kepubs is for the popup footnotes. (I should mention that this is on my H20 running firmware 4.0.7523, so it may be different on the Aura One, although I can't test that right now.)

ETA: Hmmm...the footnote reference numbers in the books where popup footnotes are not working all share the same (somewhat unusual) property of NOT being surrounded by <sup> tags. Instead, they use a <span> that includes [vertical-height: super]. Could that be contributing to the problem, perhaps? I'll do more checking.

Well, it was a nice theory, but nope. Changed the <span>s to <sup>s and still see the problem. Also, these particular books may have something else going on that affects all links, not just footnotes. The links in the html table of contents also take me to the cover page in the Kobo, while working correctly in the Calibre viewer. Since I use the KoboTouchExtended plugin to convert these books to kepubs on the fly when transferring them to my reader, I also looked at the kepub code, but everything looks ok. No time to figure it out now, but I hope the "no popup footnotes" problem can be solved eventually.

[SCION]

I'm using an iPad Mini cover. Ripped out the plastic shell (doesn't fit the ONE) and used double sided removable mounting squares. I easily get to the power button through the opening in the cover. The three rubber strips protect the screen, though the purpose for the iPad is adjustable stand positions.

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[sparklemotion]

Oh wow, that came out really nice SCION!

[SCION]

Originally Posted by sparklemotion

Oh wow, that came out really nice SCION!

Thank you. I was initially using a sleeve because I prefer using the device naked (Sshhh!). But I dropped it once on a hard floor. Not taking anymore chances. Was really surprised there was no damage whatsoever, cosmetically or internally. I shall not tempt the eReader gods again.

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[sparklemotion]

Originally Posted by SCION

Thank you. I was initially using a sleeve because I prefer using the device naked (Sshhh!). But I dropped it once on a hard floor. Not taking anymore chances. Was really surprised there was no damage whatsoever, cosmetically or internally. I shall not tempt the eReader gods again.

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I'm really careful with electronics and literally went years without a single drop of any of my e-readers. (Same for my phone) Suddenly, this past month, I got a serious case of slippery fingers and dropped my H2O three times. What the heck? Once on my living room floor which is hardwood. Thankfully I always have a cover on it and there's never been any damage, but yikes. So I don't tempt the eReader gods either, but my H2O seems downright suicidal as of late. Maybe he thought I was going to trade him in for an Aura One. haha.

[jackie_w]

For those following this thread who are lamenting the passing of their pop-up footnotes on sideloaded kepubs, I've created a new thread in the Kobo Developer's sub-forum detailing a step-by-step method that has (so far) worked for me.

[dskag]

Has anyone else experienced this...?

When I plug my KA1 in to charge it, the screen that says 'Computer Detected' and asking me to select 'Connect' or 'Cancel' pops up. I know this happens when connecting via USB to a computer but why am I getting this when connecting to a plain old charger plug with the USB cable that came with the unit???

[MGlitch]

Originally Posted by dskag

Has anyone else experienced this...?

When I plug my KA1 in to charge it, the screen that says 'Computer Detected' and asking me to select 'Connect' or 'Cancel' pops up. I know this happens when connecting via USB to a computer but why am I getting this when connecting to a plain old charger plug with the USB cable that came with the unit???

I believe this is triggered by the wall plug, in any even I wouldn't worry about it the device will charge either way.

[PeterT]

There is a wide range of USB chargers, cables and standards. Some combinations provide a signal that a host is attached; some others indicate that they are only chargers.

[slayda]

I did get that once with an old charger. When I changed chargers it didn't happen.