03-01-2013, 03:56 PM | #1 |
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Issue since update to 2.4
Ever since I updated to this new version on my kobo touch it goes into sleep mode after I have just woken it up - within maybe 5- 10 seconds. I never had this problem before and find it extremely annoying. I'll be in the middle of a paragraph, or line and poof, off it goes.
It would not be so bad if it instantly awoke - but it takes another 5-10 seconds for it to wake up... I know, not long in the grand scheme of things, but annoying none the less. Also it seems to take much longer to navigate between screens, to change a page, to bring up the contents etc. It was slow before, but now it is pathetic. I wish I had not updated, but I wanted to be able to use the archive feature. Normally I don't update it unless I see there is something that really captures my attention. Any idea when these will be fixed? |
03-01-2013, 06:12 PM | #2 | |
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OTOH, my Glo and my daughter's Touch take less than a second to wake up from releasing the power switch. Page navigation seems, if anything, slightly faster than in the older firmware revisions. I'd suggest that you might want to consider trying two suggestions. The first would be signing out from your account (Settings, Account, Sign Out) and then signing in again which seems to clean up quite a few database related issues. If that doesn't make any difference, try the Factory Reset from the Device Information menu. The latter wipes any sideloaded books on the internal storage, will downgrade your software to the factory version, etc. so it takes quite a bit longer as a firmware update and full database rebuild will be needed. Factory resets are a great argument for having your sideloaded content on a uSD card that can be removed and re-inserted. Regards, David |
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03-02-2013, 12:37 AM | #3 |
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If anything my Touch seems faster after the last upgrade to 2.4.0. I'd definitely try what was suggested above.
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03-03-2013, 04:49 PM | #4 |
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Same problem here. 1 minute to sleep then 1 more til power off. This happens for ech setting unless I set it to 'never' sleep/power.
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03-03-2013, 06:27 PM | #5 |
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If you wake the device and touch the screen within the first minute, is it still going to sleep? There is a bug/feature in 2.4.0 that puts the device back to sleep in a minute if you don't touch the screen.
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03-04-2013, 03:16 PM | #6 | |
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Will not do a reset as ALL my books are loaded via calibre. I HATE the way KOBO handles the loading of books, so don't use it. Not about the sign out and back in since I don't use the store on my kobo, but that I will try.
As for it going to sleep, I've been trying to purposely touch the screen after I wake it up, but that is also frustrating since once I touch the middle of the screen lets say to bring up the menu I have to wait up to 2 minutes for it to respond. I've found that this has always been an issue on my kobo. Thanks for the suggestions tho. Quote:
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03-04-2013, 03:39 PM | #7 |
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If you load all books via calibre then it's really easy to reset and reload. One method would be to use the reading list plugin and add all books currently on the Kobo to a list. With the device plugged in, sort the library view by the on device column and then add all those books to a to reload list.
The other approach is just to plug the Kobo in and do an copy of the directory tree, and then after the reset copying all back. |
03-04-2013, 07:10 PM | #8 | |
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03-05-2013, 10:34 AM | #9 |
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Soon I hope. But when this bug is fixed, you can be sure that they've come up with some other ones.
Kobo doesn't grasp the concept "If it ain't broke, don't fix it". Unfortunally. Last edited by Anak; 03-05-2013 at 10:37 AM. |
03-05-2013, 10:07 PM | #10 |
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This user has something atypical going on with their device; it's not an across-the-board 'bug' in the 2.4 firmware that's causing this, as is clear from all the other helpful comments. Your content-free whinge is not useful or helpful for anyone in this thread.
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03-08-2013, 10:31 AM | #11 |
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I have tried all the suggestions - up to and including a reset, and neither issue has been improved. In fact yesterday I brought my reader out of sleep mode - started reading and before I even completed a paragraph it went back to sleep. I am not a slow reader, so this occurred in under a minute.
The slow response is also still there. I would open an issue with kobo but historically their support is pretty much non-existant for all the good they do. I'm thinking that the next time I purchase a reader it will be either a sony or a kindle. |
03-08-2013, 06:40 PM | #12 | |
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