Glo My kobo glo's screen after airport x-ray scanners

[Cinisajoy]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I've stopped taking off my belt since it doesn't set off the scanner.

This gave me a very bad visual.

[compurandom]

I saw a news report about a week ago that they were asking people to remove electronic devices from bags because they couldn't see them clearly in the x-ray machine with multiple devices on top of each other.

I have a messenger bag with a zipper that splits the bag in half. It is designed specifically for airports so you can leave everything in the bag, but spread the electronics out so that only one layer of them goes through the machine at a time. I wonder if that would be good enough.

[jackastor]

Originally Posted by meeera

Nobody is talking about Xray damage. They're talking about the potential for static electricity damage from the conveyor belt.

The screen is damaged it's not from static electricity either. It's very clear that's a broken screen.. again. The problem here is the assumption it was damaged by the X-ray machine/ belt. I have seen many broken screens similar to what is in the photo. The simple fact is it was probably miss handled by the original owner at some point or by rough handling of the inspector at the inspection point.

[jackastor]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I've stopped taking off my belt since it doesn't set off the scanner.

Thank god for that the mental image of your pants around your ankles was horrifying.

Jk......

[robko]

Originally Posted by jackastor

The screen is damaged it's not from static electricity either. It's very clear that's a broken screen.. again. The problem here is the assumption it was damaged by the X-ray machine/ belt. I have seen many broken screens similar to what is in the photo. The simple fact is it was probably miss handled by the original owner at some point or by rough handling of the inspector at the inspection point.

Where exactly do you see evidence of a broken substrate (which is what I take "broken screen" or "damaged screen" as meaning) in those pictures? To me it's clearly an electronics/controller fault as all the lines I see are straight. Any broken substrate I've ever seen has at least one curved or diagonal line, and part of the screen that no longer update. I don't see either of those things evident on this screen. What I do see is STRAIGHT lines and a screen that changes over the whole thing but is messed up. That screams controller/electronic issues rather than a broken substrate. The one picture of the book cover has curved lines, but from what I can see those are from the actual picture rather than an artifact on the screen.

[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl

One time when I went through Manchester the guy next to me had his iPad stolen because your stuff goes through the belt faster than you can through the scanners, and it was an easy target not being inside a bag.

I always was through the scanner before my stuff was... But then, I usually need 2 or 3 trays. One for my bag, then one for my tablets and generic pocket stuff. Bag always goes first.

[Bobbe]

We took a flight back and forth in Europe a month ago. At Schiphol Airport we had to dig "everything electronical" out of the bag into a tray. Included electrical cords, toothbrush, wall charger, powerbank.

We had four kobo's with us, but I made sure they were double bagged: the readers are all in a fitted cover, but around the cover I put neoprene sleeves or a washcloth. Purely for travelling purposes; an old glo broke a couple of years ago while in a cover in a bag, so I'm really really careful now.

On the flight back (from a really small airport in the south of Europe) we had to dig everything out again! Every Kobo, every smartphone, dig around for the toothbrush again.

Anyway, I'm really careful with those screens, especially while travelling. Sometimes I read in Kobo ereader reviews: "the reader is so great, I just throw it in my bag and take it everywhere", I always hope the reviewer won't end up with a broken screen.

[JSWolf]

One of the Amazon ads showed a Kindle with no cover being put in a back pocket. Very bad idea to show that. Readers tend to break more frequently in a pocket.