08-08-2024, 09:08 PM | #1 |
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Odd behavior from Libra 2
Two strange things from my Libra 2
1) Occasionally when I push the page turn button nothing will happen. I'll wait a bit, then push it again and it will skip forward two pages. I'm waiting much longer than it should take to go to the next page. 2) While the device was charging from a normal USB-C charger the screen went blank and three dots appeared, blinking in order. I unplugged and it went back to the usual sleeping screen. Wifi is off. This only happened once. ??? |
Today, 06:20 AM | #2 |
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1) It did it again. I pressed the page turn button and nothing happened. I waited 30 seconds to make sure I wasn't double clicking, then clicked again and the reader skipped forward two pages. This was at a chapter boundary.
Anyone else or any idea why this is happening? |
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Today, 09:09 AM | #3 |
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Over the years I've experienced that or similar missed button presses many times in a range of devices.
I've found the Libra Colour has been far better in this regard though Sent from my Pixel 7a using Tapatalk |
Today, 09:28 AM | #4 |
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I don't have this problem with my Libra 2, but it happens occasionally on my Sage.
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Today, 09:46 AM | #5 |
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Today, 11:08 AM | #6 |
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Seems to be the usual lazy quality control from Kobo. It happens with my Sage, but has never happened with any Kindle I've had (tbh, it also never happened with either my Libra 1 or Libra 2).
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Today, 12:32 PM | #7 |
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Sounds as if it's not unheard of and that there's nothing to do about it.
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Unlike all non-eink systems, an eink ereader achieves long battery run time by sleeping as the page is bistable. The page will display practically forever if disconnected or battery suddenly unplugged. Maybe a future firmware will fix it. I kept my old Libra for audio narration as it has 100% reliable page turning. My Libra 2 and Sage do not have reliable page turns. |
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Today, 04:17 PM | #9 | |
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I did have an Oasis 2 for a while, but forget if the page turn was reliable. The Kindles have loads of other issues. |
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Today, 04:18 PM | #10 |
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How long are the chapters? This happens to me when a book is poorly formatted into giant sections that are hundreds of screens long. If the next "chapter" is huge, then turning the page takes a very long time, and it may appear as if the page turn was not registered, but in fact the Libra is just struggling to load the next massive XHTML file.
In this case, the solution is to edit the book to break it into smaller files. |
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Kindles have their own issues, true, and I no longer use them (because I like the Kobo UI better), but at least when I still used them (more than 3 years ago now), they tended to have fewer bugs than Kobos. That may have changed by now, no idea. My Libra 1 (2019) was also relatively bug-free, but the Sage and the Libra 2 certainly are not. I do love my Kobos, but Kobo quality control sure has very little to recommend it. |
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