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lionel47 · 05-02-2010, 05:34 PM

I softrooted my nook last week to check out the software and I like it a lot. In fact, it is still on my device.

However, I have noticed that, where I used to get about 3.5 days out of the battery before needing to recharge (meaning, the warning comes on and you can't read without recharging), I now appear to get less than a day.

Here is the test I conducted: I left my device charging while I went out with my wife last night (it was at 27% in airplane mode). When we got back about 4 hours later, it was fully charged. I took it off the wired charger and read for about a half hour before going to sleep. As always, I just laid the device down and went to sleep (my device is always in airplane mode). I woke up this morning, had breakfast and went to read. The battery was down to 60%.

I guess my question is whether it is possible that the softroot is causing th shorter battery life? Has anyone else experienced this?

05-02-2010, 05:34 PM	#1
lionel47 Addict Posts: 361 Karma: 170 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Atlanta, GA, USA Device: B&N Nook, Nook Color	Shorter Battery Life with Softroot 1.3? I softrooted my nook last week to check out the software and I like it a lot. In fact, it is still on my device. However, I have noticed that, where I used to get about 3.5 days out of the battery before needing to recharge (meaning, the warning comes on and you can't read without recharging), I now appear to get less than a day. Here is the test I conducted: I left my device charging while I went out with my wife last night (it was at 27% in airplane mode). When we got back about 4 hours later, it was fully charged. I took it off the wired charger and read for about a half hour before going to sleep. As always, I just laid the device down and went to sleep (my device is always in airplane mode). I woke up this morning, had breakfast and went to read. The battery was down to 60%. I guess my question is whether it is possible that the softroot is causing th shorter battery life? Has anyone else experienced this?