jetBook LED Sucks and is Buggy

galavanter · 04-24-2009, 06:56 AM

Well I think this is the place to start a jetBook thread. It was either this or stay in the Bed, Bath, and Beyond thread forever.

The more inanimate an ebook reader is, the better for me. My Kindle doesn't blink at me when I turn a page and I like it that way. Although the jetBook green led is quite tiny, it is not unobtrusive. It blinks every time I push a button, every time I turn a page, sometimes while I am just reading a page, and just now it was blinking every two seconds until I backed out of the book and opened it again.

Does it have any meaning, or was the deaf and dumb playing Chief from Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest trying to communicate with me as I'm reading the book?

Anyone else notice this odd behavior? I could do without it, or a way to turn it off in settings.

artifact · 04-24-2009, 12:46 PM

I've never noticed a blink at all, just my mystery wiggle. Maybe the wiggle and the blink are hints of some sort of manufacturing problem or faulty software? My issue clears when I plug the JetBook in and whatever system resets or reloads -- does yours go away as well when you plug in the charger?

How about the auto page turn function? I have this entirely disabled but perhaps that is the source of your blinking.

galavanter · 04-24-2009, 05:03 PM

No wiggle here. My auto page turn function is set to never as well. I will have to try your plug in remedy when the issue appears again.

When one plugs it in the led stays on constantly to indicate charging. Now when one turns a page or presses any button, it blinks off each time.

I didn't find the designed in LED blinking that bad until I noticed it happening when I was just reading a page. Then when it began to blink every two seconds, well that did it.

I would definitely like to see an LED on/off option. You know, "don't bother me, I'm reading".

04-24-2009, 06:56 AM	#1
galavanter Zealot Posts: 117 Karma: 958 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: jetBook, iPod Touch, Kindle 3	jetBook LED Sucks and is Buggy Well I think this is the place to start a jetBook thread. It was either this or stay in the Bed, Bath, and Beyond thread forever. The more inanimate an ebook reader is, the better for me. My Kindle doesn't blink at me when I turn a page and I like it that way. Although the jetBook green led is quite tiny, it is not unobtrusive. It blinks every time I push a button, every time I turn a page, sometimes while I am just reading a page, and just now it was blinking every two seconds until I backed out of the book and opened it again. Does it have any meaning, or was the deaf and dumb playing Chief from Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest trying to communicate with me as I'm reading the book? Anyone else notice this odd behavior? I could do without it, or a way to turn it off in settings.

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
PRS-600 Log files disappearing after SD card unmount (buggy sync?), anyone seen this before?	Xaphiosis	Sony Reader Dev Corner	2	07-12-2010 07:49 PM
Buggy paging in Mobipocket on Windows Mobile	starrigger	Reading and Management	3	01-01-2010 04:53 PM
Bookmarking too much in a document leads to buggy behavior	cmhsieh54	iRex	0	10-09-2009 02:39 PM
New Cybook - Buggy as hell	AndyCapon	Bookeen	40	05-27-2008 01:40 AM
PDF Sucks and see here why...	TadW	PDF	15	01-25-2007 04:24 AM

04-24-2009, 12:46 PM	#2
artifact Addict Posts: 276 Karma: 3569616 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: jetBook (RIP), Kobo Touch	I've never noticed a blink at all, just my mystery wiggle. Maybe the wiggle and the blink are hints of some sort of manufacturing problem or faulty software? My issue clears when I plug the JetBook in and whatever system resets or reloads -- does yours go away as well when you plug in the charger? How about the auto page turn function? I have this entirely disabled but perhaps that is the source of your blinking.

04-24-2009, 05:03 PM	#3
galavanter Zealot Posts: 117 Karma: 958 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: jetBook, iPod Touch, Kindle 3	No wiggle here. My auto page turn function is set to never as well. I will have to try your plug in remedy when the issue appears again. When one plugs it in the led stays on constantly to indicate charging. Now when one turns a page or presses any button, it blinks off each time. I didn't find the designed in LED blinking that bad until I noticed it happening when I was just reading a page. Then when it began to blink every two seconds, well that did it. I would definitely like to see an LED on/off option. You know, "don't bother me, I'm reading".

Advert