Glo Broken Power button

Markismus · 11-19-2014, 09:26 AM

My mother's Glo fell down 4 meters and only broke its power button. For someone whose screens seem to crack at the first break of day, that's quite remarkable. The button on the circuit board is in pieces.

Now in koreader I can reprogram the light button to work as the power button. As the Aura H20 doesn't even have a light button that doesn't seem to be problem.

The problem is my mother. She can work with the Nickel interface, but gets hopelessly distressed when she's using koreader and I am not in the room. Not a nice reading experience.

I could train her to use koreader. However, the bonding during those intense sessions seems to be mainly a negative one. So does anyone know how to reroute those light button press events?

treadlightly · 11-19-2014, 09:32 AM

Can you use a magnet to turn on/off the screen just like a cover would? You never really need to turn the power off, just sleep and unsleep.

Markismus · 11-19-2014, 09:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by treadlightly

Can you use a magnet to turn on/off the screen just like a cover would? You never really need to turn the power off, just sleep and unsleep.

Nice one. Forgot about that!

Markismus · 11-20-2014, 10:24 AM

Mum 's as happy as a clam! Thanks.

11-19-2014, 09:26 AM	#1
Markismus Guru Posts: 942 Karma: 149883 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Rotterdam Device: HiSenseA5ProCC, Cracked OnyxNotePro, Note5, Kobo Glo, Aura	Broken Power button My mother's Glo fell down 4 meters and only broke its power button. For someone whose screens seem to crack at the first break of day, that's quite remarkable. The button on the circuit board is in pieces. Now in koreader I can reprogram the light button to work as the power button. As the Aura H20 doesn't even have a light button that doesn't seem to be problem. The problem is my mother. She can work with the Nickel interface, but gets hopelessly distressed when she's using koreader and I am not in the room. Not a nice reading experience. I could train her to use koreader. However, the bonding during those intense sessions seems to be mainly a negative one. So does anyone know how to reroute those light button press events?

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11-19-2014, 09:32 AM	#2
treadlightly Wizard Posts: 1,370 Karma: 6957792 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Ottawa, ON Device: Kobo H2O	Can you use a magnet to turn on/off the screen just like a cover would? You never really need to turn the power off, just sleep and unsleep.

11-20-2014, 10:24 AM	#4
Markismus Guru Posts: 942 Karma: 149883 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Rotterdam Device: HiSenseA5ProCC, Cracked OnyxNotePro, Note5, Kobo Glo, Aura	Mum 's as happy as a clam! Thanks.

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