while not keypressed (Posts about argh)https://www.keypressure.com/blog/tags/argh.atom2022-11-06T22:59:55ZRoman YepishevNikolaPocketBook 912 Pro Screen Issuehttps://www.keypressure.com/blog/pocketbook-912-pro-screen-issue/2012-11-16T11:24:00Z2012-11-16T11:24:00ZRoman Yepishev<p class="alert alert-info"><strong>Update (2012-11-21)</strong>: The reader is back from the service centre and it appears
to have the issue fixed.</p>
<p>If you see your reader displaying the same symptoms, please check whether
firmware update fixes the issue. Otherwise the only way to fix it is to send
the device for repair. This is a hardware failure and it is covered by the
warranty.</p>
<p>This is what went wrong. Upon bringing it home and connecting to Wi-Fi it
prompted me to update the software. I decided that was a good idea. I haven’t
played a lot with it before firmware update but after firmware update it came
back with completely washed out display.</p>
<p>The reader was immediately returned for diagnosing as it looks like a hardware
fault.</p>
<p>Here’s how it looks when first started:</p>
<figure>
<a class="reference external image-reference" href="https://www.keypressure.com/galleries/pocketbook/normal.jpg"><img alt="/galleries/pocketbook/normal.thumbnail.jpg" src="https://www.keypressure.com/galleries/pocketbook/normal.thumbnail.jpg"></a>
</figure>
<p>Then, after you start reading something, the letters start to disappear:</p>
<figure>
<a class="reference external image-reference" href="https://www.keypressure.com/galleries/pocketbook/washed-out-1.jpg"><img alt="/galleries/pocketbook/washed-out-1.thumbnail.jpg" src="https://www.keypressure.com/galleries/pocketbook/washed-out-1.thumbnail.jpg"></a>
</figure>
<figure>
<a class="reference external image-reference" href="https://www.keypressure.com/galleries/pocketbook/washed-out-2.jpg"><img alt="/galleries/pocketbook/washed-out-2.thumbnail.jpg" src="https://www.keypressure.com/galleries/pocketbook/washed-out-2.thumbnail.jpg"></a>
</figure>
<p>In the end you can’t actually read anything properly (except for the solid
black text, for some reason):</p>
<figure>
<a class="reference external image-reference" href="https://www.keypressure.com/galleries/pocketbook/washed-out-3.jpg"><img alt="/galleries/pocketbook/washed-out-3.thumbnail.jpg" src="https://www.keypressure.com/galleries/pocketbook/washed-out-3.thumbnail.jpg"></a>
</figure>
<p>If you shut the device down and turn it back on after 10 minutes the display
looks normal again.</p>
<p>There is a <a class="reference external" href="http://www.the-ebook.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23199">firmware</a> for devices that exhibit such behavior. Unfortunately it
did not change much – grey areas were still disappearing but at a slower rate.</p><p class="alert alert-info"><strong>Update (2012-11-21)</strong>: The reader is back from the service centre and it appears
to have the issue fixed.</p>
<p>If you see your reader displaying the same symptoms, please check whether
firmware update fixes the issue. Otherwise the only way to fix it is to send
the device for repair. This is a hardware failure and it is covered by the
warranty.</p>
<p>This is what went wrong. Upon bringing it home and connecting to Wi-Fi it
prompted me to update the software. I decided that was a good idea. I haven’t
played a lot with it before firmware update but after firmware update it came
back with completely washed out display.</p>
<p>The reader was immediately returned for diagnosing as it looks like a hardware
fault.</p>
<p>Here’s how it looks when first started:</p>
<figure>
<a class="reference external image-reference" href="https://www.keypressure.com/galleries/pocketbook/normal.jpg"><img alt="/galleries/pocketbook/normal.thumbnail.jpg" src="https://www.keypressure.com/galleries/pocketbook/normal.thumbnail.jpg"></a>
</figure>
<p>Then, after you start reading something, the letters start to disappear:</p>
<figure>
<a class="reference external image-reference" href="https://www.keypressure.com/galleries/pocketbook/washed-out-1.jpg"><img alt="/galleries/pocketbook/washed-out-1.thumbnail.jpg" src="https://www.keypressure.com/galleries/pocketbook/washed-out-1.thumbnail.jpg"></a>
</figure>
<figure>
<a class="reference external image-reference" href="https://www.keypressure.com/galleries/pocketbook/washed-out-2.jpg"><img alt="/galleries/pocketbook/washed-out-2.thumbnail.jpg" src="https://www.keypressure.com/galleries/pocketbook/washed-out-2.thumbnail.jpg"></a>
</figure>
<p>In the end you can’t actually read anything properly (except for the solid
black text, for some reason):</p>
<figure>
<a class="reference external image-reference" href="https://www.keypressure.com/galleries/pocketbook/washed-out-3.jpg"><img alt="/galleries/pocketbook/washed-out-3.thumbnail.jpg" src="https://www.keypressure.com/galleries/pocketbook/washed-out-3.thumbnail.jpg"></a>
</figure>
<p>If you shut the device down and turn it back on after 10 minutes the display
looks normal again.</p>
<p>There is a <a class="reference external" href="http://www.the-ebook.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=23199">firmware</a> for devices that exhibit such behavior. Unfortunately it
did not change much – grey areas were still disappearing but at a slower rate.</p>