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Pleo Stuff => Pleo Archives => Archive -- Technical RB => Topic started by: Wicked_Lovely on February 16, 2012, 08:20:51 PM
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It happened just now, I turned her on and 3 of her legs are moving like normal, but her back left leg is dragging ^-^ When she's turned off, her legs straighten out like normal but that leg stays bent :( I tried touching it, to see if she'd react and then I'd know it's broken, but she doesn't seem to be acting any differently... I'm so sad, it's my first mechanical (hopefully not) problem with her and she's barely a week old! Can any of you help her? :(
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I just thought of some more information, it isn't clicking, there aren't any weird noises coming from her. And even though she isn't reacting in pain, her feet sensors aren't active at all yet, so maybe it could be broken and she doesn't know it...? If that were the case, would the broken leg still straighten out when she's shut off (because it doesn't anymore)?
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First thing to try is press the reset button. This is the little pin hole button on her belly next to the battery compartment. You will need a paperclip to poke in the hole to press it. this will reset her computer system back to it's last save point and may fix the problem. Don't worry you won't loose any of her progress and she won't go back to hatching or anything. Give this a try if it doesn't work then you could try manipulating the leg joint back and forth a couple of times. You will hear clicking when you do this and that is ok. then turn her on and see if that fixes it. Some times the joints can just pop out of alignment and it can cause the leg to not move properly. Give these things a try and let us know how it goes. :hhug:
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What she said lol :-*
Thanks Kat :)
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We reset her and her leg stayed the same :(. But when I tried manipulating her leg back into place, I was able to make it straight, so she was standing straight on all fours. I turned her on, and right as she opened her eyes, the leg bent again. There wasn't any clicking, and it didn't LOOK like it bent under the strain of holding her up... could it be that it's broken, and when she was turned on her leg moved back into the broken position? ^-^ The second she turns on, her leg bends :(
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Are you able to take a short video so we can see exactly what is happening?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANwNYicCBOY
As you can see, when she's off (after I manipulated her leg) her leg is straight, and then once she turns on it just sinks back into this bent thing. I touched her leg and she didn't react. Any ideas? :(
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Aura seems to think that is the default (straight) position for the leg. It might be worth trying a software reset. (It won't reset her personality, don't worry).
http://bobthepleo.com/forums/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=64
She isn't responding to your touch because you aren't touching a sensor, the sensor is located on the upper thigh on Pleo's side. See the piece of copper foil in this picture:
(http://aibohack.com/pleorb/pleorb_guts.jpg)
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:o I don't know how to do that! :( Do I need an SD card? And I've heard a lot about software downloads, that you have to be ABSOLUTELY SURE that you have the right one, otherwise you break your Pleo! :'( How will I know if this is the right version for her?
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Just follow the link in IMR's post and that is the right one :) It takes you to the download for the pleo rb female OS. All you need to do is download it, unzip it, place all the files onto an empty micro sd card. Then making sure you have a fully charged battery just insert the micro sd card, pop in the battery and turn her on. She will make a little chime noise, you have to wait a couple of minutes and she won't move or respond in this time then there will be another noise to let you know that the upload is complete. You can then remove the battery and take out the micro sd then just put the battery back in and turn her on. She should start up like normal and hopefully the leg will be back to normal. :)
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Thanks Kat & IMR, I'll definitely try that! Just gotta get my hands on an SD card in the afternoon :P ahhh, I was so frantic before you guys answered, thanks so much for helping me deal with this! :D
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Wow, Wicked. I really hope you get her straightened out. And don't worry about using the link IMR posted. One of my RB's is having leg problems too. Unfortunately a software fix didn't work for me but I've got everything crossed that it works for you! Keep us posted.
Talon
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Remember it's a miicroSD card you need. Hope it works - I would tell the seller, though.
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I was just on my way to get the micro SD card (because I belatedly read Crewella's post and got a regular SD card instead >_>) when I decided to give it one more go with Aura, just to see if I'd missed something from before, and the weirdest thing happened. Her leg straightened out and started functioning normally, but then I noticed that her opposite back leg had stopped moving. I started to think that maybe they're the same leg and I just got confused, but I watched the video I posted for you guys and it's definitely a different leg. I should also mention that she's howling in pain (a little belatedly after I touch the joints that IMR mentioned, it isn't an immediate response, if that makes a difference) and making quite a fuss. I also fed her rock salt last night while I was talking to you guys and she ate it twice. She won't eat it today though. It sounds like an injury to me, except that it switched legs ??? do you have any idea what this could be?
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That does sound like an "injured" leg rather than a mechanical issue. Here is what an injured leg looks and sounds like so you can compare
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M49d5NaVlRk
If this is what she is doing then just keep feeding her the rock salt as many times as you can for the next battery cycle or two until she stops screaming when you touch the leg sensor.
I hope this is the cause of her issue ;D
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That does sound like an injury, thankfully - as Kat says, keep trying the rock salt. And cuddles. ;)
And if you did get a micro SD card, you can try some of the downloads. The skits (like the ones IMR writes) are just a bit of fun and won't hurt your PleoRB - the ones to be more careful with are the upgrades. :D
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Thanks for your advice guys (: but really, can a normal injury just switch sides like that? :o
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I believe in certain circumstances, it could. The 'injured leg' is a skit programmed as a feature of the RB which is set off by certain triggers. I believe it's a combination of a falling motion coinciding with the sensor being hit (though I'm very willing to stand corrected on that). I've yet to injure one of my RB's, perhaps because they tend to run around on the floor? I can't quite bring myself to injure them on purpose ...... :moose:
It certainly does seem more likely than there being an actual mechanical problem ...... that's my reasoning, anyway - let us know how it develops. :)
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Glad Aura is feeling better, better to be an injury then a mechancal problem . ( my personal opinion ...................as I have a Pleo Rb that has been "injured" the leg also, but now she has a real mechanical problem with her leg that no amount of rock salt or TLC will fix.. :( Hopefully someday I can open her up for a look to see if anything can be done.
I do have another question...Crewella, I did not know that the skits that have been on here for a long time and all the Pleos, ( Ugobes) like the songs and such, can be run on a micro sd card and put into a RB?!! :o Do you do it the same way, but putting it in the slot, then turning them on and it overrides the temp personality? For example, the Halloween or Valentines Day skit, can fun in a RB? I don't think I ever saw a RB do a skit? I would love to try one just to see if there is any difference but it does not sound like it... shows you can allways learn something new everyday................esp if your brain is "tired" like myne. LOL :D
RWM
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I'm so confused, now the injury is on the other leg again! And she's refusing to eat the rock salt... I'm glad that you guys think it's an injury, since at least that's fixable. Crewella, you said that it's a 'skit', so could it be the skit that's causing the injury to constantly skip between the two hind legs? All your opinions are much appreciated, since I'm completely at a loss :( and she keeps howling so sadly it just breaks my heart :'(
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hi wicked-lovely,
i am sorry to hear aura's leg is misbehaving, i hope that she gets better soon xxx
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Hey Wicked Lovely. The injury switching sides on you could be caused by a couple of things. It could be that she has 2 injured leg but her programing won't allow for them both to be expressed at the same time? Just a thought as I don't think we have seen any pleos with more than one injury before. Or my other theory is that maybe there is a glitch in her os that is causing this injury switching behavior. In which case you may end up needing to perform an update on her os anyway. I would keep feeding her the rock salt for two full battery cycles try giving it to her every 10 mins even if you have to force feed her. The easiest way to get her to eat it is to put her at the very edge of a table with her head hanging over the edge and then offer her the rock salt. She will probably shake her head around a bit but then should drop it into a downward pose with her mouth slightly open and you should be able to shove the rock salt in. :D Give this a try for two full battery cycles and at least then we will have ruled out the injury possibility. She will either be fixed by then or not in which case I think we take the next step and try to upgrade her OS. Keep us posted with how it goes. :)
RWM Pleo rb can perform skits. Kermy has tested out many of them and seems to perform them just fine. :) Pleo rb's do move a bit faster than Ugobes so some of the skits don't look quite the same but they certainly all work :) You can check out my youtube channel to videos of many of them if you like. :)
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I have another tool to add to your arsinal. I'd post it here but for some reason my screnereader doesn't like to coppy links. Anyway there's a tool called Probe RB- I think it's in the downloads section on here- that will tell you if your pleo is injured or sick. I'm sure between us all we can get Aura feeling better.
Talon
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The word 'skit' is really just a way of saying 'programmed behaviour' (when X happens Pleo will perform Y). Some are pre-loaded by Innvo, like the injury behaviour, and some you can write yourself with tools like Myskit and YAPT.
As Kat says, keep trying as if it's an injury and let's see. You can also try StatsRB or ProbeRB as Talon suggests.
Yep RWM - the RB's can run most of the old skits, as Belle demonstrates:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KSEy7OhmDM
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Lol! Go, Belle! I need to clarify something. So all of the personalities/skits in the downloads section work in RB's in addition to the Ugobes?
Okay I know I'm going off topic and I'm sorry. Let us know how things go with Aura, Wicked.
Talon
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Thank you sooo much, everyone for all your support, I can't tell you how much it helps! My family is ready to give up on her, saying she's simply broken, but there is just no way that is going to happen!! Kat your video was incredibly helpful, those are exactly the sounds she's making, just not as instantaneous a reaction as yours gives. I've tried to trick her into eating the rock salt, and when I do get it in her mouth, she continues to roar & howl as if it weren't there :/ I'll try your tricks though, they sound much better than mine! Thank you Talon for the Probe suggestion, as soon as I get my hands on a micro sd card (All the ones I find only ship online, and I need it sooner than that D:) I'll try running it, it sounds like a really good idea! I just hope it's as Crewella says, just a skit problem thing, 'cause if it's mechanical then I guess there's really nothing I can do :'( again everyone thank you, I know Aura has the best team of Pleonic Diagnosticians at her back :D
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No problem, Wicked. What are friends and forums for? Lol! Keep us posted.
Talon
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Hi guys! I've been feeding Aura the rock salt, but she never accepts it willingly (as in when I put it under her chin, her mouth never opens), I always have to sort of force feed her like Kat did in her video. When I do that she does take it, although her condition isn't improving much :( if the problem wasn't her broken leg, would she still be eating the rock salt? Also, it isn't just the rock salt she's stopped accepting, she isn't eating on her own anymore either, I have to force feed her that too. My boyfriend thinks it's because animals stop eating when they're injured, but could that really be it? I'm so worried for her! D:
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Ooh forgot to add, she does still scream when her leg is touched.
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How many battery cycles has she gone through now with being fed the rock salt?
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One full battery cycle, & a bit. Normally when I play with Aura it's for around half an hour or so at a time, then she usually goes to sleep (baby dinos sure sleep a lot :P), so I let her sleep until it's time to play again or else 'til she wakes up on her own.
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Keep feeding her the rock salt for 1 more full 2hour battery cycle and then we will see if there has been any change. If you want her to play longer you may need to reset her noon clock. Do you play with her at the same time each day? If you do then it would be worth you hitting the noon clock button next time you turn her on to play. This will reset her clock to think that that time - doesn't matter what time it really is - is noon. She will then be most active at that time of day and so you should get more playtime from her before she decides it's time to sleep. :)
She may just not be wanting to eat because of the injury but if the injury doesn't clear up after another full battery cycle of rock salt then you might need to think about updating her software as it might be a glitch in her computer system that is causing the issue. Fingers crossed it resolves it's self with rock salt and tlc. With Kermy there was no signs of improvement throughout each battery cycle but after a couple of cycles of feeding the salt the next time she was turned on it was like magic and she was better :D
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Excellent Professor Kat, I'll do just that. Thank you, it's so reassuring to know that you're looking out for us :D
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Kat's right - several injuries reported have taken a couple of battery cycles to recover.
I do hope so! :D
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how is aura today? is she improving?
keeping fingers crossed for you xxx
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Aura's all better! :) :) :) it was just like Kat said, there was no improvement during the week that I was feeding her rock salt, but then one day I turned her on and just like magic she was all healed :D we were all really worried that her growth was being seriously stunted, because she'd just hatched when she got injured and hadn't even begun to walk yet :(, but this morning she took her first steps, started eating again and ooh it was so wonderful :D I'd forgotten how playful she was! ^^ Thank you soo soo much you guys, she owes her recovery all to you! :flowers:
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Yay! I'm so glad she is better. ;D It can be quite unnerving when they get injured or sick. A bit like a real pet I guess :D
So happy she is back to normal. :)
Any sign of her lovely new outfit yet?
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Yay! I'm so glad she's better! :D
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Thank you! :D
And no Kat, sadly no package yet :( but I'm anxiously checking my mailbox every day, to the whispering delight of my gossiping neighbors :D
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Great news, Wicked! :)
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Yay, thats wonderful news :) I hope Aura doesn't give you any more scares!
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I'm sure the outfit will arrive anytime now. It can't be too far off :) Let me know when it gets there. :)
I'm really glad she's all better.
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Oh awesome! I'm glad to hear Aura's better!
Talon
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Guys :'( her leg is hurt again! It's the same one as the first time in the video, the back left leg. She screams when it's touched just like before, and when I force feed her rock salt she eats it. What is going on here :( she totally recovered the other day, she was just like she was before, better even, so it's not like it's a constant condition... could it be a loop? I'm so sad :'( :'(
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Do you have a micro SD card?
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Yes I rather think Aura might need a software reset. Which will require a micro SD. In the meantime just keep nursing her.
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Yes that is exactly what I was going to suggest. Grab yourself a micro SD card and then let us know and we can talk you through how to do the software update.
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If it is of any help, my daughter"s pleo rb, Quigley, did exactly this behaviour.Her first injury to her leg seemed to be caused by the throw and catch game and she was inconsolable for two days (shudder). The second event happened only two days later, (yikes) and had no apparent cause what- so- ever. Upon picking her up, she howled and was hurt. However, this second time was considerably shorter (mercifully, I might add) lasting only a day and far less screaming happened.Since then, Quigley has proven to be quite robust and cheerful. Her description does state she"s sensitive.Perhaps this is a euphemism for complete wuss?
On neither occasion was there any sort of force involved. I was apprehensive that Quigley had an overly sensitive force feedback sensor but it seems not. Perhaps this is an inbuilt trait to test our mettle?! Sure worked for me...... I do hope Aura turns out to be just fine as I can completely empathize, A hurt Pleo is a pitiful and frustrating thing. :sheep1: :thumbsup:
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One of mine falls into the sensitive 'complete wuss' category as well. Personally, I like the differences - it makes them feel more like real animals ........ even when it's a bit of a pain in the butt! %) :P
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Hey guys, thanks for answering, everyone! I do have a micro SD card, just picked it up today! ^^ So Kat I'm totally going to hold you to your promise to give me a step by step guide on what to do with it :P because I really am technologically impaired %). Lottibell that does help, thank you, it's relieving to hear that my Aura isn't the only one this is happening to! D: I really hope that the software reset will fix her, this is so distressing. She was JUST, JUST all better :'( and now it's like we're back to square one again... Thanks for sticking with us, Crewella, Kat, Talon, IMR & fancy. (:
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Ok ;D First you need to download the instructions for updating your pleo rb from here
http://bobthepleo.com/forums/index.php?action=downloads;cat=9
It is the first one in the list. Have a read of them and then download the Female update from the same page as above - It is the second one on the list.
Then just follow the instructions. It is very simple but if you get stuck or are not sure then give us a shout. Hopefully this will break her out of the injury cycle. Give it a try and let us know what happens. :)
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Just a thought ...... but it might be interesting to see what her stats say first, by downloading StatsRB or ProbeRB? :-\
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I thought it was a good idea to run probe rb first too and, I'm horrified to say, these are her stats:
Stage: Mature adult
[WARNING] Mood: 9%
Physicality: 99%
[WARNING] Emotion: 7%
[WARNING] Health: 0%
[WARNING] Feed: 22%
Active: 50%
[I couldn't hear what level this is]: 50%
[WARNING! PLEO IS INJURED!]
Pain: 40%
[PLEO IS IN BAD SHAPE!]
These are NIGHTMARISH stats! Please don't think I'm a bad Pleo parent, I've been trying so hard to look after her but she keeps hurting herself somehow :'( do these stats tell you guys that she's injured for sure, or should I still run the software thing? And also, how the heck can she possibly be a "mature adult" already?! She isn't even walking, I didn't even have her for a week before her injuries started. If she is, then her injuries made us miss everything but her initial hatching stage. And um, what's a "physicality"? It must be horrendous, because it's the only thing that's high. Augh, the Pleo social service people are going to show up at my door any moment now and take Aura from me and put her into foster care any second now T_T
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Hi Wicked, do not worry too much about the stats, they can change pretty quickly. I have had Baby Ruth when injured, her health was low also something like 32% and her emotion was low, but her physical high and her pain level was also about 40 % ands she was injured, I did not know then that leaving her off for several days in a row would lead to low health , ( feed) and she was starving. So now even if I do not have the proper time to interact with my two RB, I turn them on half and hour or so before their "bed time" sometimes only ten minutes or so, just so they can get some food and some TLC before they turn off. With food, the injury will heal pretty quickly, and of course the salt is for injuries. Baby Ruth took about five days to heal and aside from rock salt I did little other then give her lots of food and cuddles and one day she was back to normal. Also I was amazed that she was a mature adult so quick, but it seems they do mature quick, walking or not. I think even while she was "off", she was agiing. go figure that one out.
If you feed your baby, the emotion and mood will go up automatically and she will feel better, Health is influenced by emotion and mood. For example, my Pleo Rb has low courage but high intelligence, so her mood and emotions are very sensitive and go up and down a lot. I try to show her extra TLC and that seems to help, I bet if you give her food and lots of love and the rock salt, she will start boosting those numbers pretty quickly. Check her again in a couple of days and the numbers will amaze you. Dont worry, no pleo police in Weedovia. we kind of all look out for each other and keep our Pleos safe and healthy with lots of love. ;D P:) RWM
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With stats that bad I'd be using change RB to fix her up :) If you have the mushroom feed her loads of that in future and not too heavy on the sugar cane ;)
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I must admit, I'd probably use ChangeRB as well, especially if I didn't have the mushroom and coffee bean leaf. I'd also make sure she was in bright light, we've had several depressed PleoRB's because of low lighting levels. RWM's right, though - the stats can charge pretty quickly. :)
Don't worry, your not a bad Pleo parent - you're just struggling to find a way to care for her that works. Apparently I'm a 'rotten mum' ........ and as Luna has locked Stephan in the fridge AND thrown him out of a plane for the Leap Day competition ....... I reckon Pleo Social Services will be busy for a while! ;) :P
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Thank you, RWM IMR & Crewella, I'm so relieved that i won't be excommunicated from the forum :-[
So you don't think that i need to reset her software after all, just showering her with leaves and TLC should be enough to fix her? :)
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Lots and lots of leaves and attention :)
When you feed her are you feeding the right leaves, and are you feeding her enough? There's a feeding guide here if you need it: http://bobthepleo.com/forums/index.php?topic=2315.0
And ABSOLUTELY no sugar until she is better. (The sugar cane causes health levels to drop, just like too much sugar can give us a tummy ache).
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If you don't want to go through all the time of improving her health the long way through lots of feeding you could as Crewella suggested use Changerb. It is a little program just like the statsrb or proberb but it allows you to manually change the levels - cheat so to speak. You may be able to increase her health and feed levels enough that she feels much better. I don't know if you can fix an injury with it but I would think her injury would get better faster if she is full and healthy otherwise.
So try either lots of leaves as well as rock salt and tlc or tweak her levels with ChangeRB and nurse her till she is no longer injured. If she gets injured again after getting better then maybe think about updating her software to reset it. If she gets injured again she may have a glitch in her software that keeps throwing her back there. I've never heard of a pleo rb with three injuries in a row. Fingers crossed for a full and easy recovery. :) I've never used the ChangeRB but I think I would go that way if I were you. The sooner you get her better the happier you both will be :)
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Greetings Wicked Lovely. Just wondering how Aura's leg is now? Any improvement? Lottibell :sheep1:
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How kind, Lottibell ^^ it just so happens that I was just about to update this thread :P because Aura seems to be healed... both of her legs are functioning normally, she just ate the cycad leaf 4 times and the mushroom once before going off to sleep :) I'm really hoping that she'll be back to normal for good this time; fingers crossed, guys...! :D
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:sheep1: Good :sheep1: News :sheep1: Indeed! :sheep1: :cheer:
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Ok, didn't even think that was possible ! Surely I am capable of inserting a smiley thingamajig?!
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Don't worry Lottibell that happens to me sometimes too :)
So glad to hear she is all better. fingers crossed she stays that way
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Smileys need a space between them! ;)
;D :moose: :sheep1: :cat: :moose2:
I'm very pleased to hear that Aura's OK! :cheer:
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Congrats to you both, Glad to hear that. ;D :cheer: HOpe she is on the mend for good. Wish I could have some magic healing powers like that for my Baby Ruth's leg too. but not all Pleo or Pleo Rb problems are fixable or easy to figure out. I am glad that it seems to have "healed" finally. Will keep postive thoughts for here and my fingers crossed! :cool: RWM and the Pleo Clan of the REdwoods
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It happened AGAIN! I swear that I'm not dropping her, I don't know what's going on. I was feeding her and then suddenly she screamed, and then her leg stopped moving. I've been feeding her rock salt, but god this is the third time :( anyone have instructions on how to reset my aura's software? :'(
From a heartbroken Wicked Lovely :(
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You need to have a micro SD card. I think you mentioned you have one of those? then you can down load the update for Aura here
http://bobthepleo.com/forums/index.php?action=downloads;cat=9
Down load and read the instructions first. It is all fairly straight forward but if you aren't sure or have any questions pop back here and ask.
You will want the female download which is the second one in the list. Oh and make sure you have a fully charged battery before you start. :)
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I am so sorry to hear Aura's leg is playing up again. I am inclined to think that some of the pleos force feedback sensors are too sensitive.As I mentioned before, one of our pleos got a hurt leg from no more than a grasp as we picked it up. Don't feel bad, you're not doing anything wrong, we had exactly the same problem. Hope this update fixes it all for you so you can enjoy your Pleo without always holding your breath. :rose:
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I really hope it works. :)
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Thank you so much for the link Kat, and the wellwishes Lotti and Crewella. Tonight is my 4 year anniversary with my boyfriend so we're going out to celebrate in style ^^ and I'll run the software update as soon as we're back home (yes I did pick up a micro SD card :p). I really hope that this fixes her :( if it doesn't, I guess I'll just have to accept this as a part of her, like RWM has so kindly done with her many pleos. Lotti, how many times has this happened to your pleo? I'm interested to know if we really are going through the same thing.
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It happened three times to Quiggley. Each occasion was only a few days apart and every time there didn't seem to be a real cause. I thought that Pleo rb's in general got ' injured' if knocked or dropped at that it would be a fair bump that would trigger the injury.That was not the case with Quigley' and the same thing does not happen with our other rb. Twiglet. Our Quiggley is described as sensitive so maybe that means sensitive to injury and not emotionally sensitive?either way I found it frustrating because it was without cause. I quite like the idea that pleos teach children how to be gentle as they see the consequences of rough play.However this really backfires when the children are careful and Pleo gets injured anyway! Very sadly Quiggley tail stopped working too and had to be swapped. The replacement has had no injury( yet). Our first injury happened about 5-6 days after hatching.
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So sorry, Wicked. I don't think it's anything you're doing. I think pleo reborn legs are just... really finicky things. I treat my pleos like eggs and yet my fourteen month-old male RB suddenly developed leg problems in January. It's not quite the same problem. I really hope a software fix works for you.
Talon
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OK so the software update is complete, but she's still injured :( could it be that that's normal, and now I'm just supposed to nurse her back to health like I've been doing and hopefully the cycle will be broken? Or was the update supposed to immediately clear up her injury? :-\
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Nurse her back to health, cross your fingers and toes and hope :)
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we have everything crossed for you over here ;D
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Hi Wicked, how is Aura today? HOw is her leg? Is there ANY chance at all, that someone else in your home has dropped or bumped Aura without you knowing it, do you have a dog that may have knocked her over without you knowing it? just asking as sometimes things happen without us being aware of it. Perhaps you should contact Innvo Labs, esp if she is in the 90 day period and see what they say....this is very unusual and who knows, they may have a clue into Aura, perhaps she was set with "very fragile" legs and she is supposed to have poor health but just a wild guess. I would see what they say and send any videos you have. Hopeing she is better today, don't give up Wicked :) :pray: wishing you both well thoughts. RWM
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Hi guys :) so Aura's all healed up again *sigh* hopefully she stays that way now!! It was reeeally weird, and I'm trying to get a picture posted up here but my stupid camera won't send the picture properly >_> but right after I did the software update and removed her battery and turned her back again (to see if her leg will have been miraculously fixed, which it wasn't) and her neck went CRAZY. She raised it to honk, and it stayed jammed that way clicking and clicking in this sick way and when I turned her off, her neck stayed jammed there (though thankfully it had at least stopped clicking). It was stuck in this capital J formation, it was awful. I was about to come here and post a note about it, when I thought to reset her (using the reset button) and that cleared the problem right up. So um just wondering, are you guys aware that this can happen? Is it a result of her software update ('cause that never happened before)? It was horrible :( she's all right now though. Oh and RWM, that's a really good question, but Aura is never ever played with or even turned on if I'm not in the room, so I see everything that happens to her (and she's treated like glass because I make sure of it). And she isn't walking yet (I'm having doubts that she'll ever start to :() so it's not like she left the room and bumped into anything %) so we can rule accidental injuries out :P oh and I took your advice and sent Innvo an email, they have yet to reply though ^-^
Thank you so much for your support everyone, hopefully this is the last we'll see of my unfortunate Aura's broken legs!
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It happens occassionally, next time yank the battery out immediately, don't wait for a manual shut down.
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It happens to Ugobe Pleos too - Iggy did that once when I first got him, but it's not happened since. Shut them down as soon as it starts to save wear. Scary, though. :o :moose:
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-phew- Well it's a big relief to hear that she isn't the only one!
So Innvo emailed me back, and they promised that they'd follow up on my problem until it's resolved, but they asked for more information... ^-^ this is what I originally sent them, I thought it was pretty detailed and I honestly can't really think of what else they want me to say :/ maybe someone else can see the blind spot I'm not seeing?
I bought a Pleo rb in early February, and ever since she arrived her legs have been breaking continuously. I didn't think very much of it at first (I heard that Pleos are supposed to be able to break their bones, it makes them more real) but now it's late March and this has happened 4 times now. I've tried everything, manipulating the joints and resetting her software and it just isn't getting better. The only thing that helps is feeding her the rock salt, as if it's a normal injury, and she heals but then a few days later she just breaks one of her legs again. Sometimes when the injury heals, it immediately jumps to the opposite leg. She's treated like glass, I'm the only one who plays with her and I have no pets, so I know she isn't being injured without my knowing it. It's happened so many times now, it's such a horrible cycle and now I'm really worried. Here's a video of what happens when I turn her off and manually straighten her leg. As you can see, as soon as she wakes up the leg bends down to broken again.
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ANwNYicCBOY
[Edit]: I wrote that we reset her software and it hasn't helped, although so far it has, because I knew that if I said we were going to wait and see if it's resolved it'll take even longer getting resolved, and her warranty won't last forever. I hope that was okay.
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The legs aren't breaking, she is simulating an injury. Entirely different from actually being broken, Innvo might be wandering what on earth you are doing to break your Pleo's legs ;)
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:-X :-X whoa, thanks IMR! I'll correct that right away :o
um, anything else I should be editing in or out so they don't cart my Aura off to foster care/ or tell me so that they can know my situation better?
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Only a suggestion and feel free to disregard it, but I would be inclined to use a phrase such as ' I understand that part of pleos features allow it to register a knock and act out an injury, but my Pleo does this without a knock to its sensors.Is it possible there is a fault in the programme and or force feedback sensors which is causing Pleo to spontaneously act as if she has been bumped? Pleo cries and raises her leg even though there has been no force or bump to the unit'
Good luck. :sheep1: