07-05-2017, 09:43 PM | #916 |
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I brought a brand new USB charger from PrimeCables for my grandma's Kobo Aura HD (on latest firmware) thinking that it'd solve the "Connect to Computer" issue I had with the Apple charger. It didn't fix the problem! Arrgh, Kobo, why do you do this?
Now my 80-year-old grandma's gonna be super confused every time she plugs her Kobo in for charging. She'll forget to press the Cancel button when the Connect dialogue appears and will inevitably complain about it to me. :/ Seriously Kobo... this is a stupid issue that should never happen. This is the one I bought: https://www.primecables.com/p-306833...hite#sku306833 Last edited by sk2003; 07-05-2017 at 09:54 PM. |
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07-05-2017, 10:10 PM | #918 |
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You can also find charge only USB cables.
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07-05-2017, 10:42 PM | #919 | |
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The only USB charger that hasn't caused the pop up to appear has been my USB hub. But I'm using it for other devices, like my H2O, phone, and iPod. |
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Why does it matter? It doesn't hurt anything. Just ignore it, or tap the cancel button. Maybe Kobo could put something in to detect non-PC connections. But, I bet we would then be flooded with questions about why the device didn't detect someones PC. Odds are the real issue is that the different things are out of spec and Kobo are being cautious and making sure that they always detect the PC and hence get some false positives. |
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07-06-2017, 03:05 AM | #921 |
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I've used an IKEA USB charger with my H2O and. No prompt.
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07-07-2017, 12:21 AM | #922 |
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I fixed the issue by swapping the charger for a generic one--the dollar store one my mom used to charge her phone. Whew. Still surprising that this is even an issue.
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Whenever I tap anywhere to hide the word definition dialogue box, the screen refreshes twice. This is really annoying if you have to lookup many words during reading.
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08-16-2017, 02:33 AM | #926 |
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That's a known problem with the 4.5.9587 firmware. Kobo know about it and it will probably fixed in the next release.
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08-21-2017, 06:41 AM | #927 |
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Hello everyone,
My Kobo Aura was not online for a few months, no syncing and I used it without issues. A few days ago I logged in to my wifi network, and the device got the new firmware OTA. Since then, I am facing the following issues: The device starts, and when I select a book to read, it gets frozen. A few seconds later the backlight goes off, and it reboots, and the loop starts again. 9 out of 10 times it happens. Any suggestion would be welcome, how to fix this! Thanks, Gabe |
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If opening the book after the reboot works, then it probably is a sickel reboot. This is when a process on the device is taking a long time and the device appears to be hung. Sickel is a watchdog that restarts the device in these cases. There is a patch that extends the time before sickel interrupts. It might help. |
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08-21-2017, 09:32 AM | #929 |
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Thank you very much for your quick response! I think you are correct, I copied a few new books to the device (kepubs), probably that is the problem. I used the patch, now it is under testing, if it helped or not. I will let you know.
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08-23-2017, 08:54 AM | #930 |
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The issue I was experiencing, is definetely connected to the books I have on my reader.
I deleted all the books, and only copied back the ones that were on it before I started to see the problems. The device is now more stable. I just need to test each and ever book I have on it to see which of the books is causing the crash. Thank you very much for the help! |
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