[Apologies for cross post in Sony Reader Dev Corner and regular Sony forum - I'm new to MobileRead, unsure where to put this question, and must make decision soon about returning the 950]
Bought a 950 last week on ebay, trying to decide if it's worth keeping. I like using it a lot but it has at least one annoying feature.
I want to know from you all: is the hanging behavior I describe in what follows normal for a 950 or most older ereaders?
Thanks for any ideas or leads to pursue. DETAILS BELOW:
While reading a couple of ebooks purchased from legitimate publishers (O'Reilly and Packt) and loaded via Calibre, I notice that the ereader will hang at odd moments and does not respond to anything I do, including sliding power switch to put it to sleep.
It is difficult to describe the exact circumstances of the moments preceding each hang. In fact, for all I know, they are random and unrelated to the books themselves.
After several minutes, the ereader again becomes responsive.
- Both books were imported into Calibre and copied using it onto the device.
- Both books are available in epub format and I assume the 950 is using that but I don't know how to be certain (both also have parallel PDF versions shown in Calibre)
- One book has an 8MB epub file; other, a 2.3MB epub file
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FROM the SETTINGS/ABOUT page:
- it proclaims under a "Hack Information" header that this reader has been "Russified: porkupan (boroda) Version: 1.05m". I don't mind that, so long as my reading experience has not been harmed.
Available Space:
- Internal Memory: 1.314GB of 1.452GB
Device information:
- Version: 2.0.00.11300
- Device: 08004610018BA572
Bought a 950 last week on ebay, trying to decide if it's worth keeping. I like using it a lot but it has at least one annoying feature.
I want to know from you all: is the hanging behavior I describe in what follows normal for a 950 or most older ereaders?
Thanks for any ideas or leads to pursue. DETAILS BELOW:
While reading a couple of ebooks purchased from legitimate publishers (O'Reilly and Packt) and loaded via Calibre, I notice that the ereader will hang at odd moments and does not respond to anything I do, including sliding power switch to put it to sleep.
It is difficult to describe the exact circumstances of the moments preceding each hang. In fact, for all I know, they are random and unrelated to the books themselves.
After several minutes, the ereader again becomes responsive.
- Both books were imported into Calibre and copied using it onto the device.
- Both books are available in epub format and I assume the 950 is using that but I don't know how to be certain (both also have parallel PDF versions shown in Calibre)
- One book has an 8MB epub file; other, a 2.3MB epub file
____
FROM the SETTINGS/ABOUT page:
- it proclaims under a "Hack Information" header that this reader has been "Russified: porkupan (boroda) Version: 1.05m". I don't mind that, so long as my reading experience has not been harmed.
Available Space:
- Internal Memory: 1.314GB of 1.452GB
Device information:
- Version: 2.0.00.11300
- Device: 08004610018BA572