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Old 12-09-2024, 07:04 PM   #61
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Mostly I leave the Sage charging on PC after adding ebooks via Calibre and eject (twice if needed). So I rarely need to use the charger or be interrupted while reading.
Well, I connect maybe once or twice a month, as I usually load a bunch of books at once. That's certainly not often enough for regular charging.

I also have the full page refresh enabled for every page; I expect this drains the battery more quickly than partial refresh.
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Old 12-09-2024, 08:12 PM   #62
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Wow, under an hour to charge is pretty fast. It would probably take my Libra twice as long to do a full charge from a 10W charger.
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Old 12-09-2024, 08:44 PM   #63
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I just returned a Sage as well. Also had font adjustment problems. When going into "Advanced" adjustment mode the "Before" and "After" windows bore absolutely no resemblance to the actual book font, in type or size. This happened when using a custom installed font or a Kobo built-in font. The function was rendered totally useless. This was with the latest firmware. Doing a factory reset fixed nothing.

Not to mention the horrendous battery life. I received it on midday day 1 and fully charged the battery. Very lightly used that day and day 2. Picked it up at bedtime the night of day 2 and the screen had the picture of a dead battery. Ridiculous. My Kobo Aura One is 6/7 years old and the battery easily lasts 1-2 weeks. I bought it from Walmart because they have a free return policy. Glad I did. It came from a third party, Blue Proton, which I have heard may charge a restocking fee. Makes me wonder if they are trying to sell returned items as new hoping new customers will accept e-readers others have judged unacceptable.
I believe you are correct. Nothing was refurbished. My device must have been a return.
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Old 12-09-2024, 10:45 PM   #64
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I just returned a Sage as well. Also had font adjustment problems. When going into "Advanced" adjustment mode the "Before" and "After" windows bore absolutely no resemblance to the actual book font, in type or size. This happened when using a custom installed font or a Kobo built-in font. The function was rendered totally useless. This was with the latest firmware. Doing a factory reset fixed nothing.
That is a "feature" that was introduced in the Kobo firmware quite a while back. The two windows simply show a dummy font so you can see the effects of the weight and size sliders.

As for being totally useless? I can see the size and weight comparison between the two windows and on the fonts I use, the results match what I see when reading.
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Old 12-10-2024, 08:35 AM   #65
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Wow, under an hour to charge is pretty fast. It would probably take my Libra twice as long to do a full charge from a 10W charger.
Typically 40 minute when very low, on a compatible charger. My TCL 33W chargers are compatible, so must it may use the Qualcomm scheme, though only at 5V. Other chargers are charging much slower (likely the common 500 mA rather than 1.5A). Doesn't fast charge on Dell Optiplex 7050 USB-C or on my Lenovo laptop's USB-C (which can't be turned off even when laptop off as charging port unlike my older Lenovo that had a BIOS setting).
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As for being totally useless? I can see the size and weight comparison between the two windows and on the fonts I use, the results match what I see when reading.
Upon entering “Advanced” mode the size of the fonts in the two windows did not match the current size of the reading font. The fonts were extremely small in comparison. I think you are right about font type. I have already returned the e-reader so I cannot be more specific about what was happening.
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Upon entering “Advanced” mode the size of the fonts in the two windows did not match the current size of the reading font. The fonts were extremely small in comparison. I think you are right about font type. I have already returned the e-reader so I cannot be more specific about what was happening.
That's not what I'm seeing on my Kobos.

It seems both your Sage and Pypeke's had some weird font issues going on - maybe that's why they were returned.
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That's not what I'm seeing on my Kobos.

It seems both your Sage and Pypeke's had some weird font issues going on - maybe that's why they were returned.
I think you are probably right. I purchased a refurbished Forma some months ago that had bad battery performance from day one. By day three it wouldn't even turn on. I returned it and was told it had a "defective part." I did get a prompt refund. But I suspect the device had the "defective part" before they sent it to me.
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