Gen3 New Firmware build 796 available for CyBook Gen3 - Page 8

billyad2000 · 09-21-2008, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by tompe

So how do you start charging? Do you turn it off and then charge or do you let the battery run out and then charge?

I have not seen this problem but I usually have the Cybook on when I charge it.

I never let it go flat, there is usually about 30-40 charge remaining according to the indicator.

My Cybook is always turned off, and I just connect it to my PC's USB Port.

tompe · 09-21-2008, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by billyad2000

I never let it go flat, there is usually about 30-40 charge remaining according to the indicator.

My Cybook is always turned off, and I just connect it to my PC's USB Port.

I usually do not trust that the over charge circuits are active when a unit is off so I usually prefer to charge it when it is on.

Your symptoms are very strange. It is hard to find any theoretical explanation for it...

Krystian Galaj · 09-21-2008, 08:42 PM

I never had my Cybook crash after I updated to 796. I always charge it by turning it off, then connecting through usb to Mac, and after charging led is off, disconnect and turn it on.
So I'm afraid the symptoms are only reproducible on your Cybook.

Vesper · 09-21-2008, 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Krystian Galaj

I never had my Cybook crash after I updated to 796. I always charge it by turning it off, then connecting through usb to Mac, and after charging led is off, disconnect and turn it on.
So I'm afraid the symptoms are only reproducible on your Cybook.

I think I have similar situation. I had couple of crashes since flashing to newest build. Buy crashes I mean Cybook getting stuck on the first screen. First time it happend I had to dismember it before it started to work... with a kitchen knife

I charge it always turned on and usually connected to usb port. That time it almost died it was charged via wall charger in the hotel room... I'll try to reproduce it too. Right now I'm charging it and we'll see what happens. Btw, I have 64 one.

DrS

HarryT · 09-22-2008, 02:12 AM

I've had a couple of hangs on the first screen, but I don't think they are related to charging. Strangely, though, they seem to have gone away in the last week or so.

tompe · 09-22-2008, 06:14 AM

I think I noticed another new thing in the firmware. It is now possible to get out of a lookup with multiple hits without using the button on the side. Use the menu and select back. Press left to get out of the multiple hit menu. Use the menu to select back and you are back at the book.

I wonder if this behavior have always been there?

ErwinOtten · 09-22-2008, 06:49 AM

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Originally Posted by tompe

I think I noticed another new thing in the firmware. It is now possible to get out of a lookup with multiple hits without using the button on the side. Use the menu and select back. Press left to get out of the multiple hit menu. Use the menu to select back and you are back at the book.

I wonder if this behavior have always been there?

Great, thanks for sharing. It's still 5 presses for something you would want to do in one stroke

but it's definitively an improvement.

HarryT · 09-22-2008, 06:52 AM

Isn't using the side button a lot easier? Just press it once to get from a dictionary definition back to the multiple-matches list, and press it again to get back to the book.

I find the benefit of the button is that it's usable by "touch" - far quicker than selecting items from menus.

tompe · 09-22-2008, 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

Isn't using the side button a lot easier? Just press it once to get from a dictionary definition back to the multiple-matches list, and press it again to get back to the book.

Not for me. I never have my hand near the side buttons and I always forget which button is the back button since I use it so seldom.

HarryT · 09-22-2008, 08:07 AM

Because I make extensive use of dictionary lookup, I do remember which one it is (the next to the bottom one), and so find it very convenient.

Ortep · 09-22-2008, 10:46 AM

It is what you are used to. I also frequently use the dictionary. But I find it more convienient to push the center button twice than open the cover wider, tilt the reader and push the side button.

HarryT · 09-22-2008, 12:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Ortep

It is what you are used to. I also frequently use the dictionary. But I find it more convienient to push the center button twice than open the cover wider, tilt the reader and push the side button.

I generally read with the cover folded back on itself, which means that the buttons are conveniently accessible. You're right, though, it's what's you're used to.

lmarie · 09-22-2008, 08:10 PM

Pushing the side button doesn't always get my cybook back to the book. This is one reason I've been so frustrated with lookup mode. I often used to go round and round trying to get back to the book (pressing the side button, pressing back, pressing the left button, etc.) but I couldn't ever figure out a consistent pattern. I haven't read much since I loaded the new firmware -- I hope this problem has been resolved.

HarryT · 09-23-2008, 02:38 AM

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Originally Posted by lmarie

Pushing the side button doesn't always get my cybook back to the book.

Strange - it works with 100% reliability for me! Are you sure you're pressing the correct button?

bwaldron · 09-23-2008, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

it works with 100% reliability for me!

Same here.

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09-21-2008, 08:42 PM	#108
Krystian Galaj Guru Posts: 820 Karma: 11012 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Warsaw, Poland Device: Bookeen Cybook	I never had my Cybook crash after I updated to 796. I always charge it by turning it off, then connecting through usb to Mac, and after charging led is off, disconnect and turn it on. So I'm afraid the symptoms are only reproducible on your Cybook.

09-22-2008, 02:12 AM	#110
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,548 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	I've had a couple of hangs on the first screen, but I don't think they are related to charging. Strangely, though, they seem to have gone away in the last week or so.

09-22-2008, 06:14 AM	#111
tompe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,452 Karma: 7185064 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Linköpng, Sweden Device: Kindle Voyage, Nexus 5, Kindle PW	I think I noticed another new thing in the firmware. It is now possible to get out of a lookup with multiple hits without using the button on the side. Use the menu and select back. Press left to get out of the multiple hit menu. Use the menu to select back and you are back at the book. I wonder if this behavior have always been there?

09-22-2008, 06:52 AM	#113
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,548 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Isn't using the side button a lot easier? Just press it once to get from a dictionary definition back to the multiple-matches list, and press it again to get back to the book. I find the benefit of the button is that it's usable by "touch" - far quicker than selecting items from menus.

09-22-2008, 08:07 AM	#115
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,548 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Because I make extensive use of dictionary lookup, I do remember which one it is (the next to the bottom one), and so find it very convenient.

09-22-2008, 10:46 AM	#116
Ortep Fanatic Posts: 527 Karma: 470 Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: The Netherlands Device: Kindle Oasis	It is what you are used to. I also frequently use the dictionary. But I find it more convienient to push the center button twice than open the cover wider, tilt the reader and push the side button.

09-22-2008, 08:10 PM	#118
lmarie Dilettante Posts: 153 Karma: 500 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Philadelphia area Device: EB1150, Cybook Gen3, Kobo Touch, Kobo Glo, Kobo Clara BW	Pushing the side button doesn't always get my cybook back to the book. This is one reason I've been so frustrated with lookup mode. I often used to go round and round trying to get back to the book (pressing the side button, pressing back, pressing the left button, etc.) but I couldn't ever figure out a consistent pattern. I haven't read much since I loaded the new firmware -- I hope this problem has been resolved.

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