Problem with date resetting

nathantw · 01-31-2008, 12:27 PM

Does anyone else have the same problem I'm experiencing? It appears that my PRS-505 resets the date every now and then to some time in 2006. It's rather irritating since suddenly I have a ton of books that were put onto my reader TODAY. I've had to put the date back to the present at least 3 times. I'm not sure if the date reset is because I use my SD card when I copy newspapers from libprs500.

NatCh · 01-31-2008, 12:34 PM

The only folks who have that problem are the ones with Sony Readers, nathantw.

It's a known bug, apparently the Reader uses a counter to keep track of the date, and when it hits a certain size it overflows and resets back to that date in '06.

At least with the 505 there's a place in the menus to set the stupid date on the device itself, those of us with 500's have to connect back to a computer and get the eBook Library to do it for us.

nathantw · 01-31-2008, 12:53 PM

I included the model because I wanted to make sure people knew it was the newer reader. After reading your response I feel I have it "good" over the people with the "-500."

Thanks for the explanation. I thought it might only be applicable to the newer model and I had no idea it was a problem with the older one as well. I guess we won't be seeing a fix in the next firmware revision since it's a hardware related issue. Oh well.

NatCh · 01-31-2008, 12:57 PM

Including the model is always a good idea, for just the reasons you note.

We've been waiting for a fix for 18 months now, so I fear we're not going to get a "real" one.

Personally, I suspect that the problem could likely be overcome via software, even if something as simple as having the code note when the counter is about to overflow (they ought to know how big it is), store the current date, clear the counter and put the current date back in it as the initial value.

But, hey, what do I know? I just develop applications for a living.

Of course, that assumes a lot about the details of the problem.

tgharold · 02-01-2008, 12:41 PM

So as long as we connect our 505s to the eBook Library software frequently (daily? weekly?) we're less likely to see the problem?

NatCh · 02-01-2008, 02:57 PM

As I understand it, tgharold, yes.

01-31-2008, 12:27 PM	#1
nathantw Zealot Posts: 145 Karma: 230 Join Date: Oct 2007 Device: 505	Problem with date resetting Does anyone else have the same problem I'm experiencing? It appears that my PRS-505 resets the date every now and then to some time in 2006. It's rather irritating since suddenly I have a ton of books that were put onto my reader TODAY. I've had to put the date back to the present at least 3 times. I'm not sure if the date reset is because I use my SD card when I copy newspapers from libprs500.

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01-31-2008, 12:34 PM	#2
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	The only folks who have that problem are the ones with Sony Readers, nathantw. It's a known bug, apparently the Reader uses a counter to keep track of the date, and when it hits a certain size it overflows and resets back to that date in '06. At least with the 505 there's a place in the menus to set the stupid date on the device itself, those of us with 500's have to connect back to a computer and get the eBook Library to do it for us.

01-31-2008, 12:53 PM	#3
nathantw Zealot Posts: 145 Karma: 230 Join Date: Oct 2007 Device: 505	I included the model because I wanted to make sure people knew it was the newer reader. After reading your response I feel I have it "good" over the people with the "-500." Thanks for the explanation. I thought it might only be applicable to the newer model and I had no idea it was a problem with the older one as well. I guess we won't be seeing a fix in the next firmware revision since it's a hardware related issue. Oh well.

01-31-2008, 12:57 PM	#4
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Including the model is always a good idea, for just the reasons you note. We've been waiting for a fix for 18 months now, so I fear we're not going to get a "real" one. Personally, I suspect that the problem could likely be overcome via software, even if something as simple as having the code note when the counter is about to overflow (they ought to know how big it is), store the current date, clear the counter and put the current date back in it as the initial value. But, hey, what do I know? I just develop applications for a living. Of course, that assumes a lot about the details of the problem.

02-01-2008, 12:41 PM	#5
tgharold Enthusiast Posts: 37 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: Sony PRS-505	So as long as we connect our 505s to the eBook Library software frequently (daily? weekly?) we're less likely to see the problem?

02-01-2008, 02:57 PM	#6
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	As I understand it, tgharold, yes.

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