02-10-2018, 11:55 AM | #61 |
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02-12-2018, 10:58 AM | #62 |
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Anyone notice that their Kindle flashes the text on and off every few pages? My 6th generation Paperwhite had not done this prior to the 5.9.4 update.
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02-12-2018, 11:30 AM | #63 |
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Every eInk device does this; it's necessary to remove "ghosting" - the faint remains of pages displayed previously. Perhaps you simply didn't notice it previously?
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02-12-2018, 11:43 AM | #64 |
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I've noticed it before, but it used to just flash once every few pages. Now instead of just being one flash, it is 3 or 4 flashes. (I should probably count the number of times, but haven't thought to do that yet)
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02-12-2018, 11:50 AM | #65 |
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That certainly doesn't sound right!
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02-12-2018, 02:50 PM | #66 |
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It should be 3 flashes in a group for the screen refresh. First write the screen white, second write the screen black, third write the screen white. Then the page is displayed. Unless for some reason, the new firmware is delaying between the white/black/white steps, it's hard to see the individual steps.
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02-12-2018, 07:23 PM | #67 | |
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So for those people, there is no Kindle Oasis case available. The official case that was released at the same time as the reader was pulled and discontinued less than a month after it was released, and they haven't replaced it with anything. Which is quite surprising - for the most expensive of the mainstream ereaders, you'd think there would be a nice case to go along with it. I happened to purchase one of the cases before they got discontinued. I really disliked it at first, but now I actually like how easy it is to remove the reader from the case. I find it handy. |
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02-12-2018, 09:07 PM | #68 | |
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02-13-2018, 08:45 AM | #70 |
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Does this firmware mess with the jailbreak or any of the applications? (KUAL, LibSync, etc)
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02-13-2018, 08:46 AM | #71 |
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02-13-2018, 09:13 AM | #72 | |
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I am actually pretty amazed that one of the bigger maker of covers hasn't filled that gap by now in making a well designed cover. To use as it was intended to be with the Oasis. But I have found none. I would buy another one for backup. So no, there really are no choices. Not when the "choice" is all the same. |
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I should add that I have one and quite like it, but I seem to be in a small minority in doing so. Unless I press the back of the cover to the device as I'm opening it, it falls off when I open it, which is a little annoying! Amazon actually said explicitly that their covers provided no protection for the Oasis, for which they got a lot of flak here. Most people want a cover that does provide protection, hence the snap-in covers that the other manufacturers are making, which people seem to be a lot happier with, judging from the reviews and comments here. So yes, you can't buy one because they were slated when they were available: people didn't want a cover that fell off if you gave it a harsh look. But there's a lot of other covers which provide far better protection for the device, which people seem to like a lot more. Last edited by HarryT; 02-13-2018 at 10:31 AM. |
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I did buy one of the cheapest cases for my Oasis2 and I am love it, it is proving to be even better than any of the expensive Amazon cases I ever had on a Kindle.
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I'm surprised by how long it has taken them to come out with a replacement. I am doubtful that the bad reviews were enough to make them pull it and sell no case at all for their flagship reader all throughout December and January. Rather, I think it seems more likely that they were getting such an inordinate amount of refunds on the cases that they decided it would make better business sense to sell nothing at all. |
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