Opus Opus crashes? - Page 3

rlauzon · 09-08-2009, 07:47 AM

I encountered an interesting side-effect of the lockups. Today, I noticed that my Opus was making a rattling sound. There was something loose inside - not a good thing.

Upon inspection, I found that one of the tabs on the battery door had broken off. That's what's rattling around.

Most likely, having to remove the battery door to do the reset more than a few times weakened one of the tabs and it finally worked itself off this weekend. Not too bad, but it doesn't fill me with warm fuzzies.

EowynCarter · 09-08-2009, 04:15 PM

power + page down for 10 seconds -> reset

rlauzon · 09-08-2009, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by EowynCarter

power + page down for 10 seconds -> reset

Doesn't work. Just hangs boot.

Godzil · 09-09-2009, 03:10 AM

This reset dosn't work correctly if you have a SD card inserted...

kazuma6666 · 09-09-2009, 04:35 AM

Well, I got my opus for a bit more then a week now, and I finally really started using it (I had paperbacks to finish first). I got 4 crashes yesterday. Mostly the power + page back worked, but 1 of the 4 crashes was a bit more annoying. The power + page back for 10 seconds didn't reset it. I opened it and tried the inside reset button with no luck either. I was gonna try to remove the battery, but it doesn't seem easy to do either. Finally I just closed it and retried the power + page back and it worked.

I was reading an html file when it crashed and it didn't happen before I was a 3/5th of my book.

Is there any pattern, are some format more susceptible to crash? If I can find a format that doesn't crash my opus I will just convert everything to that format... But well I suppose it isn't so easy

tompe · 09-09-2009, 06:16 AM

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Originally Posted by kazuma6666

Is there any pattern, are some format more susceptible to crash? If I can find a format that doesn't crash my opus I will just convert everything to that format... But well I suppose it isn't so easy

Badly formatted HTML will crash the Gen 3 often. Converting it to MobiPocket does not help. You have to fix the HTML code.

Vesper · 09-09-2009, 06:41 AM

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Originally Posted by tompe

Badly formatted HTML will crash the Gen 3 often. Converting it to MobiPocket does not help. You have to fix the HTML code.

In some cases creator will refuse to build book if html is too bad. Most of the cases I had were missing body tag...

DrS

HarryT · 09-09-2009, 08:42 AM

It does appear to be related to the book. I've noticed that it's a lot more stable with the books that I've created myself than with the ePub books that I've downloaded from Baen.

AnemicOak · 09-09-2009, 10:25 AM

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Originally Posted by kazuma6666

Is there any pattern, are some format more susceptible to crash? If I can find a format that doesn't crash my opus I will just convert everything to that format... But well I suppose it isn't so easy

My crashes, 9 times in 2 and a half books, were all using ePubs.

mjmcleod · 09-10-2009, 08:05 AM

I've had crashes with purchased ePubs, ePubs created from HTML produced by ereader2html.py, and straight ASCII text files. First time I didn't realise there was a reset button and wound up disconnecting the battery to get it back -- the manual, after all, being a file on the crashed device...

HarryT · 09-10-2009, 09:58 AM

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Originally Posted by mjmcleod

I've had crashes with purchased ePubs, ePubs created from HTML produced by ereader2html.py, and straight ASCII text files. First time I didn't realise there was a reset button and wound up disconnecting the battery to get it back -- the manual, after all, being a file on the crashed device...

That's why you read the manual first

.

mjmcleod · 09-11-2009, 05:39 AM

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Originally Posted by HarryT

That's why you read the manual first

.

I know...

But the Opus is such a nice shiny device, and using it really doesn't require reading the manual: it's so straightforward, except when it crashes.

Am rather glad there is a reset button, that battery is a real pain to connect!

Idoine · 09-11-2009, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by mjmcleod

I know...

But the Opus is such a nice shiny device, and using it really doesn't require reading the manual: it's so straightforward, except when it crashes.

Am rather glad there is a reset button, that battery is a real pain to connect!

You know what ? I almost always download the manuel of my devices even before I buy them...

EowynCarter · 09-11-2009, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Idoine

You know what ? I almost always download the manuel of my devices even before I buy them...

Yes, it tells lots about what the device can't or can do

I do lots of Internet search before buying expensive stuff. Tends to avoid bad surprise.

Nina182B · 09-11-2009, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by rlauzon

I encountered an interesting side-effect of the lockups. Today, I noticed that my Opus was making a rattling sound. There was something loose inside - not a good thing.

Upon inspection, I found that one of the tabs on the battery door had broken off. That's what's rattling around.

Most likely, having to remove the battery door to do the reset more than a few times weakened one of the tabs and it finally worked itself off this weekend. Not too bad, but it doesn't fill me with warm fuzzies.

This happened to me too! I noticed the rattling last weekend. I opened it up for the first time and saw the battery and reset button (I always do power + back button to reset), but didn't see any pieces that fell off. I think it was inside the Opus. The Opus itself is working the way it usually works for me, so I wasn't too worried, but makes me wonder what else is going to break in there.

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09-08-2009, 07:47 AM	#31
rlauzon Wizard Posts: 1,018 Karma: 67827 Join Date: Jan 2005 Device: PocketBook Era	I encountered an interesting side-effect of the lockups. Today, I noticed that my Opus was making a rattling sound. There was something loose inside - not a good thing. Upon inspection, I found that one of the tabs on the battery door had broken off. That's what's rattling around. Most likely, having to remove the battery door to do the reset more than a few times weakened one of the tabs and it finally worked itself off this weekend. Not too bad, but it doesn't fill me with warm fuzzies.

09-08-2009, 04:15 PM	#32
EowynCarter Wizard Posts: 4,332 Karma: 4000000 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Paris Device: Cybooks; Sony PRS-T1	power + page down for 10 seconds -> reset

09-09-2009, 03:10 AM	#34
Godzil a pthread?? where? where? Posts: 1,763 Karma: 30462 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Somewhere in EU Device: Newton MessagePad 2100, and only this	This reset dosn't work correctly if you have a SD card inserted...

09-09-2009, 04:35 AM	#35
kazuma6666 Enthusiast Posts: 30 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2009 Device: Cybook OPUS, Kindle paperwhite	Well, I got my opus for a bit more then a week now, and I finally really started using it (I had paperbacks to finish first). I got 4 crashes yesterday. Mostly the power + page back worked, but 1 of the 4 crashes was a bit more annoying. The power + page back for 10 seconds didn't reset it. I opened it and tried the inside reset button with no luck either. I was gonna try to remove the battery, but it doesn't seem easy to do either. Finally I just closed it and retried the power + page back and it worked. I was reading an html file when it crashed and it didn't happen before I was a 3/5th of my book. Is there any pattern, are some format more susceptible to crash? If I can find a format that doesn't crash my opus I will just convert everything to that format... But well I suppose it isn't so easy

09-09-2009, 08:42 AM	#38
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	It does appear to be related to the book. I've noticed that it's a lot more stable with the books that I've created myself than with the ePub books that I've downloaded from Baen.

09-10-2009, 08:05 AM	#40
mjmcleod Connoisseur Posts: 55 Karma: 11501 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Australia Device: Galaxy Tab	I've had crashes with purchased ePubs, ePubs created from HTML produced by ereader2html.py, and straight ASCII text files. First time I didn't realise there was a reset button and wound up disconnecting the battery to get it back -- the manual, after all, being a file on the crashed device...

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