PRS-T1 Bug in firmware 11140?

hero88 · 12-30-2011, 02:16 PM

Hi,
I think there is a bug in the new firmware. I only had issues with the page flipping on the old firmware. This has gone completely on the new firmware.
But now sometimes when I flip to next page using the touchscreen then i selects a word and brings up the dictionary, i can get it to work if i swipe somewhere were there is no text. If i turn it of and on the it works normally again.

Has anyone else encountered this?

Shopaholic · 12-30-2011, 02:32 PM

It's not a bug. You're pressing to long on the word. Touch the screen lighter & for less time.

jackie_w · 12-30-2011, 06:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hero88

Hi,
I think there is a bug in the new firmware. I only had issues with the page flipping on the old firmware. This has gone completely on the new firmware.
But now sometimes when I flip to next page using the touchscreen then i selects a word and brings up the dictionary, i can get it to work if i swipe somewhere were there is no text. If i turn it of and on the it works normally again.

Has anyone else encountered this?

Yes I have experienced this intermittently, but it's a bug which I've been having since the original firmware (1.0.00.09010) not a new one in 1.0.03.11140. To make it stop I just press the Home button and then reopen the book. Slightly irritating but doesn't bother me too much.

I don't think it's anything to do with pressing too long on a word because when it happens the selected word is not in the area of the screen where I swiped.

hero88 · 12-31-2011, 06:47 AM

shopaholic: I don't thing it is because i press too long, when it begins to happen then it happens no matter how i swipe
jackie_w: Okay, for me it started after i upgraded. I will see if i can find a pattern and document it, so i can report it. It is not as big an issue as the page flipping was, but it is still annoying

Gustav Gans · 12-31-2011, 08:20 AM

I got that bug immediately after updating the firmware. After 2 days, it was gone. Maybe it's a one-timer that vanishes after a device shutdown or similiar events. Of course, only time will tell.

sabredog · 12-31-2011, 10:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shopaholic

It's not a bug. You're pressing to long on the word. Touch the screen lighter & for less time.

Yep. This is what I have found as well and that includes my 650

jackie_w · 12-31-2011, 12:46 PM

This sounds like one of those T1 bugs that some people get and some people don't. For instance, I never experienced the T1 'page-flipping' bug despite using the T1 every day since October. But the unwanted 'dictionary pop-up' bug I've been experiencing intermittently since October. I only did the upgrade to version 1.0.03.11140 yesterday and I've had it happen a couple of times since. It's definitely nothing to do with page-swiping technique because once it starts happening it happens with every swipe (but not the page-turn buttons) until I put a stop to it by either
- leaving the book and re-opening it (as I previously mentioned)
- doing a long press on a different word to initiate a real dictionary look-up.

Whilst on the subject of intermittent bugs, I hadn't experienced the 'double page turn' bug, that some people have reported, until last week. So I don't know whether it's something about my current epub or a glitch which has materialised after almost 3 months.

floss · 12-31-2011, 03:16 PM

Yep, the pop-up dictionary happens to me too. I only had it happen a couple of times before I updated to 1.0.03.11140 as well. I think it happened because I wasn't used to swiping the screen but after a while things were ok. Now with the new firmware it happens a lot, no matter how I swipe- so I just use the buttons for a while.
I also have 17, 321 notes- this has gone way up. I definitely didn't do that many. I can't delete them because my reader freezes. Not even one by one-still freezes.

Bookworm_Girl · 12-31-2011, 04:41 PM

17000 notes! Yikes! I think I would reformat and start over fresh.

floss · 12-31-2011, 05:05 PM

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I think I would reformat and start over fresh.

Sorry, I'm a bit new at this. Do you mean factory reset ( I think it is called that)
I did consider it but am worried that my reader will be totally stuffed. It works at the moment, I have to drag and drop books onto my reader but that is ok.

Shopaholic · 12-31-2011, 05:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by floss

Sorry, I'm a bit new at this. Do you mean factory reset ( I think it is called that)
I did consider it but am worried that my reader will be totally stuffed. It works at the moment, I have to drag and drop books onto my reader but that is ok.

No. Factory reset only changes the settings back to what they were when they left the factory. Reformat wipes the entire reader so you lose all data on it: books, screensavers, music etc.

caribbean_spur · 12-31-2011, 06:01 PM

It is definitely a bug. At first I thought I was pressing too long so I would barely touch the screen at places where there was no words and it would still do it. Like it has been said, going to home would stop it right away. It happens every 3-4 hours of reading. Can't say if it is due to the new firmware since I got my T1 right when the new firmware was released and updated right away.

trekker99 · 01-01-2012, 03:58 AM

I noticed this too and so far I have managed to avoid it by swiping diagonally across the screen. Swiping where there are no words work too, but the book I am currently reading has been kobo-rized and I am stuck on extra large font resulting in the screen filled with words.

hero88 · 01-01-2012, 10:10 AM

trekker99: I try to do this but it still happens just not as frequently as if i do a horizontal swipe

Bookworm_Girl · 01-01-2012, 04:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trekker99

I noticed this too and so far I have managed to avoid it by swiping diagonally across the screen. Swiping where there are no words work too, but the book I am currently reading has been kobo-rized and I am stuck on extra large font resulting in the screen filled with words.

See this thread on the large font Kobo-ization problem. There are options if you don't want to read in super large font.
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=162259

12-30-2011, 02:16 PM	#1
hero88 Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Cybook Opus	Bug in firmware 11140? Hi, I think there is a bug in the new firmware. I only had issues with the page flipping on the old firmware. This has gone completely on the new firmware. But now sometimes when I flip to next page using the touchscreen then i selects a word and brings up the dictionary, i can get it to work if i swipe somewhere were there is no text. If i turn it of and on the it works normally again. Has anyone else encountered this?

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Shopaholic Cockatoo Mom! Posts: 1,509 Karma: 1841741 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Ontario, Canada Device: PW4, Kobo: A1, Clara, Libra 2, iPad Pro 11, iPad Mini	It's not a bug. You're pressing to long on the word. Touch the screen lighter & for less time.

12-31-2011, 06:47 AM	#4
hero88 Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Cybook Opus	shopaholic: I don't thing it is because i press too long, when it begins to happen then it happens no matter how i swipe jackie_w: Okay, for me it started after i upgraded. I will see if i can find a pattern and document it, so i can report it. It is not as big an issue as the page flipping was, but it is still annoying

12-31-2011, 08:20 AM	#5
Gustav Gans Enthusiast Posts: 34 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Sony PRS-T1	I got that bug immediately after updating the firmware. After 2 days, it was gone. Maybe it's a one-timer that vanishes after a device shutdown or similiar events. Of course, only time will tell.

12-31-2011, 12:46 PM	#7
jackie_w Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,251 Karma: 16539642 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: UK Device: ClaraHD, Forma, Libra2, Clara2E, LibraCol, PBTouchHD3	This sounds like one of those T1 bugs that some people get and some people don't. For instance, I never experienced the T1 'page-flipping' bug despite using the T1 every day since October. But the unwanted 'dictionary pop-up' bug I've been experiencing intermittently since October. I only did the upgrade to version 1.0.03.11140 yesterday and I've had it happen a couple of times since. It's definitely nothing to do with page-swiping technique because once it starts happening it happens with every swipe (but not the page-turn buttons) until I put a stop to it by either - leaving the book and re-opening it (as I previously mentioned) - doing a long press on a different word to initiate a real dictionary look-up. Whilst on the subject of intermittent bugs, I hadn't experienced the 'double page turn' bug, that some people have reported, until last week. So I don't know whether it's something about my current epub or a glitch which has materialised after almost 3 months.

12-31-2011, 03:16 PM	#8
floss Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Sony Touch PRS-T1	Yep, the pop-up dictionary happens to me too. I only had it happen a couple of times before I updated to 1.0.03.11140 as well. I think it happened because I wasn't used to swiping the screen but after a while things were ok. Now with the new firmware it happens a lot, no matter how I swipe- so I just use the buttons for a while. I also have 17, 321 notes- this has gone way up. I definitely didn't do that many. I can't delete them because my reader freezes. Not even one by one-still freezes.

12-31-2011, 04:41 PM	#9
Bookworm_Girl E-reader Enthusiast Posts: 4,873 Karma: 36536965 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Southwest, USA Device: Kindle Oasis 3; Kobo Aura One; iPad Mini 5	17000 notes! Yikes! I think I would reformat and start over fresh.

12-31-2011, 06:01 PM	#12
caribbean_spur Connoisseur Posts: 61 Karma: 7586 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Sony daily edition 950	It is definitely a bug. At first I thought I was pressing too long so I would barely touch the screen at places where there was no words and it would still do it. Like it has been said, going to home would stop it right away. It happens every 3-4 hours of reading. Can't say if it is due to the new firmware since I got my T1 right when the new firmware was released and updated right away.

01-01-2012, 03:58 AM	#13
trekker99 Enthusiast Posts: 41 Karma: 487442 Join Date: May 2009 Device: Sony PRS-T1, Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9	I noticed this too and so far I have managed to avoid it by swiping diagonally across the screen. Swiping where there are no words work too, but the book I am currently reading has been kobo-rized and I am stuck on extra large font resulting in the screen filled with words.

01-01-2012, 10:10 AM	#14
hero88 Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2010 Device: Cybook Opus	trekker99: I try to do this but it still happens just not as frequently as if i do a horizontal swipe

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