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davidfor · 02-09-2016, 10:17 PM

A comment on the claimed battery life and use:

Kobo claim 60 days. But, that is at 30 minutes per day. Hence, about 30 hours continuous use.

So, 10 hours reading as about a third of the claimed battery life. Which is not great. But, it isn't uncommon for new devices to show shorter battery life. The battery gauge needs to be calibrated. Plus, the initial usage will probably use more power as you experiment. Each page turn uses power, scrolling through the library uses power, adding a lot of new books uses power.

For the configuration, the device defaults to everything on. But, the auto sync will only happen if you have configured the WiFi connection. If you haven't, it might wake to do it, but it won't do anything. And it won't prompt you to turn it on. The firmware is good in this way. If you do something that needs WiFi (start a sync, access the shop or browser) then it will prompt you to turn on WiFi and configure the connection. If a background task needs access (mainly the automatic sync), it will try, and if WiFi is off, or it can't connect to a known network, then it doesn't do anything.

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davidfor Grand Sorcerer Posts: 24,907 Karma: 47303748 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Device: Kobo:Touch,Glo, AuraH2O, GloHD,AuraONE, ClaraHD, Libra H2O; tolinoepos	A comment on the claimed battery life and use: Kobo claim 60 days. But, that is at 30 minutes per day. Hence, about 30 hours continuous use. So, 10 hours reading as about a third of the claimed battery life. Which is not great. But, it isn't uncommon for new devices to show shorter battery life. The battery gauge needs to be calibrated. Plus, the initial usage will probably use more power as you experiment. Each page turn uses power, scrolling through the library uses power, adding a lot of new books uses power. For the configuration, the device defaults to everything on. But, the auto sync will only happen if you have configured the WiFi connection. If you haven't, it might wake to do it, but it won't do anything. And it won't prompt you to turn it on. The firmware is good in this way. If you do something that needs WiFi (start a sync, access the shop or browser) then it will prompt you to turn on WiFi and configure the connection. If a background task needs access (mainly the automatic sync), it will try, and if WiFi is off, or it can't connect to a known network, then it doesn't do anything.