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Old 08-12-2007, 04:30 AM   #16
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j/k HarryT offered the same advice a while back to hard off the device when you're not planning to use it for a while. That pretty much puts it into the same state it was when you received it.
Not I, but it's good advice nonetheless. Doing a soft reset certainly "stops" the CPU and hence the power consumption.
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Old 08-14-2007, 12:59 AM   #17
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If you're leaving your Reader for a long time, a good idea would be to:
1) connect it to the PC, wait until the USB screen appears and disconnect it (this will save the bookmarks)
2) turn it off
3) press the reset
That will "really turn it off" and the battery won't drain beyond the natural discharge. When you're back, you'll just have to wait a bit longer for it to boot.
So if I connect my reader to my computer via USB and run Connect, get the do not disconnect screen, wait like a minute and then eject the reader so it's ok to disconnect that will save all the last read pages and any bookmarks? So what is it doing to save them and why would I lose them?
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Old 08-14-2007, 07:48 AM   #18
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Reset is like yanking the power cord - no chance for Reader to save anything. When it goes into the "USB Mode", it saves bookmarks and last read info.
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Old 08-14-2007, 12:02 PM   #19
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That may have been me that suggested soft resetting ... I know I've thought about it, but I'm not sure I actually said anything here.

Anyway, as igorsk points out, it would be best to let the Reader talk to ConnSoft just before you soft reset it for storage, so that it saves the bookmarks and such-like.

If anyone decides to try this (maybe HarryT can, now that he's an e-ink bigamist ) I'd very much like to know if it keeps the battery from discharging -- I'd try it myself, but if I put mine down for a solid week I'd get the DTs.
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If anyone decides to try this (maybe HarryT can, now that he's an e-ink bigamist ) I'd very much like to know if it keeps the battery from discharging -- I'd try it myself, but if I put mine down for a solid week I'd get the DTs.
It does seem to work. I had my spare on the shelf for three weeks in the reset state and it came up with four bars when I powered it up to update the firmware.
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Woot! Woot, I say!

Thanks for Testing that, BobVA! I very much appreciate having it confirmed!
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Old 08-15-2007, 01:20 AM   #22
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That may have been me that suggested soft resetting ... I know I've thought about it, but I'm not sure I actually said anything here.
You're right NatCh, I'm notorious for crediting the wrong person (done it a few times), guess I'm getting forgetful in my old age... nahh, I've always been a little bad with names. Good idea though!

Perhaps one of the people doing firmware work will give my suggestion a go and we'll find this in a new revision. Better yet, since Sony has been notorious for watching and implementing home brew suggestions into its other platform (you know, the PSP), perhaps they'll see this and do something in some official capacity. I wouldn't be surprised if a revision or two down the line we don't see a clock and button allocation added to the official firmware. They're awesome ideas and all the hard work of actually implementing them are done, so I see no reason why they wouldn't aside from sheer stubborness.
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Old 08-15-2007, 09:33 AM   #23
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No worries, Azayzel, I suffer from the same malady myself, and as I said, I wasn't even sure I was the one who said it. I'm still not entirely sure, even now.
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Thanks for Testing that, BobVA!
Glad to help - your post several months ago suggesting this procedure stuck in my Reader Reptilian Brain. When I got the spare it was the first thing I thought to do with it.

I was going to let it go longer, but the firmware update came out and I wanted to apply it to both of my readers. OCD fighting with scientific discovery

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No worries, I think that 3 weeks is more than sufficient to demonstrate its viability.
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You can do the same thing without the paper clip. If you are one who is confident in flashing the reader you can go into the \opt\sony\ebook\application\resources\applicationS tart.xml and change one of the functions you don't use often to do="doQuit" I did "0x42-hold" do="doQuit" since I don't find myself rotating the screen very often. This makes it "power down" when you hold the size button for 5-10 seconds. Then next time you go to use it you will have to wait for the reader to "boot" but if your going 2-3 weeks without using your reader you are probably going to be willing to wait 2 mins for it to boot and be able to still have some battery to work with!
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