10-10-2021, 12:31 PM | #676 |
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For what it's worth I *think* the elipsa is using an Allwinner chip; the A50 --> https://linux-sunxi.org/A50
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10-10-2021, 01:40 PM | #677 |
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Close enough: it's an AW B300, actually .
The Sage is probably using the same. I'm betting the Libra 2 still runs on an i.MX6SLL, though (that's an educated guess based on the public specs and the fact that NTX has never worked with UP AllWinner SoCs). Last edited by NiLuJe; 10-10-2021 at 01:43 PM. |
10-11-2021, 05:31 PM | #678 | |
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In other questions, does the beta "turn off Bluetooth" button actually doing anything? I've been trying to turn it off in hopes of getting better battery life but it doesn't really indicate whether turning it off worked. For that matter, is Bluetooth still using power while KOreader is running? |
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10-12-2021, 04:38 PM | #679 |
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We do not explicitly kill BT power, no. I haven't actually looked into it much further, as I was kinda waiting for the Nickel behavior to at least be consistent ;p.
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10-12-2021, 05:56 PM | #680 | |
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I look forward to the next official firmware release, because man, I charged to full yesterday, read a 300-page book since then, and I'm already at 80%. I mean, I know not to trust the battery gauge, but it makes me feel like I can't trust the device enough to take it out for a weekend. |
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10-13-2021, 11:47 AM | #681 |
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That doesn't seem all that bad, to be honest. (Can't quite judge yet, though, I've only been reading manga/comics on the Elipsa, so that means a lot of dithering patterns and a lot of flashes, precisely the patterns that makes the screen draw the most power).
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10-13-2021, 01:53 PM | #682 |
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I mean, that implies it won't last more than a day or three of reading regular epubs. I also see that after powering on this morning it's at 69%, which is another 10% gone just from sitting there with the power off.
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10-13-2021, 11:05 PM | #683 |
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that's a common use case for me as well - I'm curious, what kind of battery life are you seeing?
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10-15-2021, 01:02 AM | #684 | |
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This is my solution for palm rejection glitches. I find that no matter the device, part of the issue is proximity of the stylus to the screen in order to activate palm rejection (which the Elipsa does have, you just have to be closer with some devices) . Many don't activate until you're close, which means if you lift the stylus too much while pausing, thinking (or just point the tip away while doing so) then the rejection deactivates. Other devices are more sensitive and let you pull your hand farther away, but then this gets annoying if you want to use the same hand you use to write to navigate. You have to manoeuvre the tip away and keep it away while navigating with one of your fingers. I also think the bigger your hand the worse the issue since a bigger hand will hold the pen in resting position farther from the screen. I've had issues with Apple, Samsung, Lenovo, HP HTC, etc. Using both Wacom AES and EMR (and whatever Apple uses). So while they might finetune the software or whatever I doubt ti will ever be perfect for me and others (for some definitely, but it's one of those can't please everybody all the time things). Even so, I also turned on the swipe only for navigation. Last edited by Nightyume; 10-15-2021 at 01:08 AM. |
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10-17-2021, 02:29 PM | #685 | |
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(I, err, don't particularly care much about the Elipsa's battery life: it's chunky enough that it won't ever travel further than my room). If I were to quantify it, I'd say it lasts roughly twice as long as my Forma, which seems consistent given the difference in battery capacity. And the Forma's battery life has never bothered me either, even if it's not that great. |
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10-18-2021, 02:06 PM | #686 | |
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I can't say it bothers me, but it's the first Kobo that actually feels like I'm charging it all the time. |
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10-18-2021, 04:39 PM | #687 |
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@pickyaxe: The first couple of KOReader releases were keeping two cores online at *all time* on the Elipsa. I tweaked that a few weeks ago, meaning it just hit today's stable. That might have been a factor .
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10-19-2021, 01:59 AM | #688 |
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I've said this like a dozen times now but big thanks for doing that work. I've been running nightly so I have been using that fix since it landed there.
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10-19-2021, 01:15 PM | #689 |
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I have a question about annotating with the stylus on these new kobo devices. I’m not much interested in marking up the book with the pen, mainly because those mark ups are locked into the device. But I am interested in using the highlight/notes functionality with the pen, Because those notes will sync between devices and our exportable through caliber. Is it possible to use the stylus to write into that notes field when you highlight text? That would be much better than using the annoying touch keyboard on the kobo. Will that handwriting be converted into text which can then be exported through calibre or is that functionality still like it’s always been on the old Kobos and is finger input only?
All of the reviews and hands-on videos that I could find only focus on the writing capability of the stylus not on the notes field itself. |
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