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Old 06-30-2011, 02:15 AM   #1
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What happens if somebody does not charge Kindle fully before first usage?
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Old 06-30-2011, 02:26 AM   #2
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Well I didn't charge my Kindle till about 10 days after I got it lol. I'm sure I'll have replaced it before any damage to the battery becomes apparent.
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In any case, the first charge needn't take all that long. I got my husband a Kindle recently and charged it up, connected it to wi-fi and downloaded lots of books so that he could immediately use it when he got it. The whole thing took about 5 hours.
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Old 06-30-2011, 07:27 AM   #4
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I got a DXG yesterday and the complete charge was about 3~3.5 hours. I do not see a problem with it to be honest.
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Old 06-30-2011, 08:22 AM   #5
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What happens if somebody does not charge Kindle fully before first usage?
It is not as critical as it used to be with older batteries, so I wouldn't worry about it. The critical things that will prolong the life of Lithium-Ion batteries is not letting them get fully discharged or overcharged. See here.
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Old 06-30-2011, 10:16 AM   #6
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It is not as critical as it used to be with older batteries, so I wouldn't worry about it. The critical things that will prolong the life of Lithium-Ion batteries is not letting them get fully discharged or overcharged. See here.
Hot lava, that's a good read. Thank you for that link.
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Old 06-30-2011, 01:34 PM   #7
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I'm pretty sure the Kindles are fully charged when leaving the factory. Mine came with almost 100% charge, and I didn't recharge it until it was more than 50% down. It's almost a year old, and still works just fine.
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Old 06-30-2011, 09:00 PM   #8
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Hot lava, that's a good read. Thank you for that link.
You are welcome. A few years back I wanted to learn more about battery charging and tripped across a forum devoted to that.

Can you believe it, an entire forum devoted to a silly little bit of electronics?

Good thing we aren't so nerdy..... wait a minute...
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I had a concern about the battery not long ago myself, and found out from others here that the Kindle battery apparently doesn't have 'memory' problems like some batteries do. Or so some of them said in their postings. My only problem is that I get to playing games on it and it drains too fast. lol.
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