Most Recent First showed up last with wireless off

BarryTX · 04-28-2009, 05:15 PM

This is a weird one. I haven't heard of anyone else reporting it, but thought I'd put it out there in case it is happening to anyone else.

I usually leave my wireless off, only turning it on to download something. I recently updated my OS to 2.0.3, and I run the screensaver hack and Savory.

All of a sudden I noticed most recently added books, most recently opened, and the one currently being read, were showing up on the last page when my K2 is set to sort by Most Recent First - in other words, backwards from what I wanted. However, when I turned on the wireless and downloaded a couple of books, they showed up at the top of page 1 like they should have. On a hunch I went to the last page and opened my currently being read book, then back to Home and sure enough, now the current book is at the top of the list. The other recent ones that I did not re-open after turning on the wireless are still on the last page.

I have no idea if this is related to the 2.0.3 upgrade or the hacks - or both - but I didn't notice this until after I did the OS upgrade and then reinstalled the 2 hacks. I can't recall if it happened immediately with these changes or not, but I noticed it soon thereafter. I'd be interested to learn if anyone else sees similar behavior.

sirbruce · 04-28-2009, 05:40 PM

I reported this like the 2nd day after I got my Kindle 2. It's a well-documented but little-known problem. If you got over a day or so with wireless off, Kindle stops timestamping the books correctly when up access them, causing them to go to the end of the list. Only way to fix it is turn wireless back on, then re-access those books.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40337

BarryTX · 04-29-2009, 08:34 AM

Thanks, sirbruce. I missed the previous thread about it. Kind of ironic that the bug makes the list do exactly opposite of what it is supposed to be doing!

sirbruce · 04-29-2009, 01:22 PM

If you're curious, you can look at the files over USB and see that Kindle just doesn't set a modified date on them at all. So I guess the software assumes it's January 1, 1970.

04-28-2009, 05:15 PM	#1
BarryTX Connoisseur Posts: 88 Karma: 39328 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: Kindle 2	Most Recent First showed up last with wireless off This is a weird one. I haven't heard of anyone else reporting it, but thought I'd put it out there in case it is happening to anyone else. I usually leave my wireless off, only turning it on to download something. I recently updated my OS to 2.0.3, and I run the screensaver hack and Savory. All of a sudden I noticed most recently added books, most recently opened, and the one currently being read, were showing up on the last page when my K2 is set to sort by Most Recent First - in other words, backwards from what I wanted. However, when I turned on the wireless and downloaded a couple of books, they showed up at the top of page 1 like they should have. On a hunch I went to the last page and opened my currently being read book, then back to Home and sure enough, now the current book is at the top of the list. The other recent ones that I did not re-open after turning on the wireless are still on the last page. I have no idea if this is related to the 2.0.3 upgrade or the hacks - or both - but I didn't notice this until after I did the OS upgrade and then reinstalled the 2 hacks. I can't recall if it happened immediately with these changes or not, but I noticed it soon thereafter. I'd be interested to learn if anyone else sees similar behavior.

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04-28-2009, 05:40 PM	#2
sirbruce Provocateur Posts: 1,859 Karma: 505847 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Columbus, OH Device: Kindle Touch, Kindle 2, Kindle DX, iPhone 3GS	I reported this like the 2nd day after I got my Kindle 2. It's a well-documented but little-known problem. If you got over a day or so with wireless off, Kindle stops timestamping the books correctly when up access them, causing them to go to the end of the list. Only way to fix it is turn wireless back on, then re-access those books. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40337

04-29-2009, 08:34 AM	#3
BarryTX Connoisseur Posts: 88 Karma: 39328 Join Date: Apr 2009 Device: Kindle 2	Thanks, sirbruce. I missed the previous thread about it. Kind of ironic that the bug makes the list do exactly opposite of what it is supposed to be doing!

04-29-2009, 01:22 PM	#4
sirbruce Provocateur Posts: 1,859 Karma: 505847 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Columbus, OH Device: Kindle Touch, Kindle 2, Kindle DX, iPhone 3GS	If you're curious, you can look at the files over USB and see that Kindle just doesn't set a modified date on them at all. So I guess the software assumes it's January 1, 1970.

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