Forma - Swipe to unlock ARRRRRRGHHHH

tschucha · 10-29-2018, 10:00 PM

Got my Kobo Forma today and updated the firmware. With the factory firmware waking the reader from Sleep mode works just like you would expect, press the button and it wakes up. With new new firmware 4.11.11911 when you wake from sleep instead of waking up it shows a "Swipe to unlock" dialog at the bottom of the page. I don't know why anyone would think that this was a desirable feature and I can't find any way to turn it off.

Does anyone know of a way to get normal waking functionality back?

MGlitch · 10-29-2018, 10:27 PM

get a sleep cover.

Tex2002ans · 10-30-2018, 01:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tschucha

I don't know why anyone would think that this was a desirable feature and I can't find any way to turn it off.

I believe rogerinnyc gave the most compelling reason so far:

Quote:

Originally Posted by rogerinnyc

The auto-rotation [...] often when I turn on the device, the text is upside down in terms of the orientation in which I'm holding it and I have to do a turn and back to get it to correct. I suspect this is why they introduced the swipe, which now always opens the book in the right orientation if you're using the button to turn it on and off. If you're using the sleep cover, the orientation is usually correct at the start and there is no need to swipe.

Makes some sense.

But I agree, "Swipe to Unlock" is pretty bad. I wrote about my experience with this "Swipe to Unlock" in another post.

On the initial firmware, I could just push the power button to unlock and jump right into the book/homescreen.

On the new firmware, the swipe is impossible to use in the dark, and I more than likely reset the entire device instead.

For the "correct rotation", I think a better solution would be like in Android, allow you to enable/disable any of the degrees individually (0° + 90° + 180° + 270°). Personally, I would set it to 0° (or 180°) and forget about it!

Quote:

Originally Posted by tschucha

Does anyone know of a way to get normal waking functionality back?

Hope for the next firmware to bring back the original unlock.

Or like MGlitch said, "Get a sleep cover". (Having to buy expensive extra hardware because of a crippling software decision... ugh...)

John F · 10-30-2018, 05:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Tex2002ans

I believe rogerinnyc gave the most compelling reason so far:

Makes some sense.

...

I'm not sure I see the sense in that. If it can come out of sleep correctly using the sleep cover, why shouldn't it come out of sleep correctly using the power button (this is from the users point of view.)

rcentros · 10-30-2018, 05:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tex2002ans

On the initial firmware, I could just push the power button to unlock and jump right into the book/homescreen.

On the new firmware, the swipe is impossible to use in the dark, and I more than likely reset the entire device instead.

Maybe, as a compromise, they could give the option to choose one or the other.

jiminrussell · 10-30-2018, 12:49 PM

Is it perhaps an attempt to mitigate the risk of the divice being turned on by accident? Assuming the swipe times out quickly and the device goes back to sleep if no swipe is detected it could prevent battery from draining. Even if that is why, it needs to be a setting you can turn off.

jackie_w · 10-30-2018, 01:11 PM

I have no idea what benefit it's supposed to give. There is no swipe to unlock "feature" on a ClaraHD with the same fw (4.11.11911), even if you use the button to switch in/out of sleep mode. So the benefit would appear to be aimed only at the Forma.

Barcey · 10-30-2018, 05:47 PM

If you don't swipe to unlock the Forma goes to sleep after 30 seconds. With the original firmware I noticed a bug where the Forma would come out of sleep on it's own (sitting on a wooden table with no magnets around). I put it back to sleep and a minute later I noticed it was on again. I disabled the sleep cover setting (which is on by default) and it didn't happen again. I suspect that Kobo implemented this as a temporary work around so the battery wouldn't drain. I wish they would have made it an option to disable it though and I hope it's fixed in the next firmware.

10-29-2018, 10:00 PM	#1
tschucha Zealot Posts: 147 Karma: 52546 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: Kobo Sage	Forma - Swipe to unlock ARRRRRRGHHHH Got my Kobo Forma today and updated the firmware. With the factory firmware waking the reader from Sleep mode works just like you would expect, press the button and it wakes up. With new new firmware 4.11.11911 when you wake from sleep instead of waking up it shows a "Swipe to unlock" dialog at the bottom of the page. I don't know why anyone would think that this was a desirable feature and I can't find any way to turn it off. Does anyone know of a way to get normal waking functionality back?

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MGlitch Wizard Posts: 2,855 Karma: 22003124 Join Date: Aug 2014 Device: Kobo Forma, Kobo Sage, Kobo Libra 2	get a sleep cover.

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jiminrussell JimInRussell Posts: 355 Karma: 143302 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Russell Ontario Canada Device: kobo Aura One, Forma, Elipsa, Sage	Is it perhaps an attempt to mitigate the risk of the divice being turned on by accident? Assuming the swipe times out quickly and the device goes back to sleep if no swipe is detected it could prevent battery from draining. Even if that is why, it needs to be a setting you can turn off.

10-30-2018, 01:11 PM	#7
jackie_w Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,249 Karma: 16539642 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Device: ClaraHD, Forma, Libra2, Clara2E, LibraCol, PBTouchHD3	I have no idea what benefit it's supposed to give. There is no swipe to unlock "feature" on a ClaraHD with the same fw (4.11.11911), even if you use the button to switch in/out of sleep mode. So the benefit would appear to be aimed only at the Forma.

10-30-2018, 05:47 PM	#8
Barcey Wizard Posts: 1,531 Karma: 8059866 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Canada Device: Kobo H2O / Aura HD / Glo / iPad3	If you don't swipe to unlock the Forma goes to sleep after 30 seconds. With the original firmware I noticed a bug where the Forma would come out of sleep on it's own (sitting on a wooden table with no magnets around). I put it back to sleep and a minute later I noticed it was on again. I disabled the sleep cover setting (which is on by default) and it didn't happen again. I suspect that Kobo implemented this as a temporary work around so the battery wouldn't drain. I wish they would have made it an option to disable it though and I hope it's fixed in the next firmware.

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