Troubleshooting Kindle keyboard battery life? - Page 3

geekmaster · 09-26-2012, 06:15 PM

I bought my first kindle about 10 months ago, and now I have about 100 of them.

peter12345 · 09-27-2012, 04:10 AM

Some people still have the original Kindles, I would say that....after 6 years u may still get it to work on an USB external power battery? But I believe the age of a battery is also dependent on temperature variables - living in a cold country could extend the life by about 6 to 8 months?

iansoady · 09-28-2012, 11:45 AM

Well.....

Contacted Amazon by email at around 11 am today. Had a phone call from them around 3 pm - a very nice chap saying that although my Kindle was out of warranty, as it's a battery life problem they would send me a new one anyway. So that's in the post and I have 30 days to send the old one back. A confirmation email arrived a few minutes later.

I call that a result and all credit to Amazon. Their taxpaying record may be a bit dodgy but I can't fault their customer service.

iansoady · 10-01-2012, 10:39 AM

Just a quick update - a brand new Kindle has just arrived and is now on charge. What's more, it is a 3G version - my old one was the basic Wifi one. And it arrived with a new charging cable and plug.

So I'm very happy and well done Amazon.

DustyDisks · 10-01-2012, 10:42 AM

The 3g is nice to have if caught out in the boonies without WiFi.

Congratulations on your upgrade and enjoy!

iansoady · 10-02-2012, 09:45 AM

Just to point out that in another thread I started (now locked) I was not suggesting stealing from Amazon, by whom I have been very impressed. It would have been perfectly possible for people to reply without making such implications.

geekmaster · 10-02-2012, 10:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iansoady

Just to point out that in another thread I started (now locked) I was not suggesting stealing from Amazon, by whom I have been very impressed. It would have been perfectly possible for people to reply without making such implications.

Tethering like you suggested in the locked thread consumes much more bandwidth than using the built-in webkit browser, and amazon has to pay for that bandwidth. Such abuse has already caused severe monthly bandwidth caps to be added for international 3G use, and other restrictions as well.

HarryT · 10-02-2012, 11:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by iansoady

Just to point out that in another thread I started (now locked) I was not suggesting stealing from Amazon, by whom I have been very impressed. It would have been perfectly possible for people to reply without making such implications.

Tethering is stealing 3G service. There is no other term for it. Amazon have to pay real money for that data traffic. You are taking actual real, physical money away from Amazon by tethering. That is theft.

Mike S · 10-19-2018, 12:58 AM

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Originally Posted by soulfuldog

Have you checked to see if there are any books stuck indexing (do a search of your items from the home page for non-existent term, like 'zzxyq' and it'll tell you if there any books not yet indexed). This is something that could cause the battery to drain a bit quicker than normal, and it's something that happens with me on occasion when I transfer books to my Kindle using Calibre (not sure why as when I delete the offending book and reload it's fine).

Would you talk about how the indexing works? I just got a Kindle Keyboard and uploaded 1,048 text files (versions of html that Kindle can render) and .mobi books. The kindle is a bit slow, and using your search technique I found that over 800 of the items haven't been indexed yet. Does that process happen in the background automatically whenever books are copied to the Kindle? It seems to be going on since the number of not yet indexed items has dropped by about 20 in the last few minutes.

Thanks for your post, I had no idea Kindle did an extensive indexing process. I"m hoping the Kindle speeds up when the indexing is done, right now it takes 5 seconds for it to change pages (of book titles) when the right arrow is clicked.

HarryT · 10-19-2018, 02:59 AM

Why are you responding to a 6-year-old thread? There’s a very good reason for the warning that you’re dong so. Please don’t ignore it.

Thread closed.

10-01-2012, 10:39 AM	#34
iansoady Enthusiast Posts: 25 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Kindle	Very happy. Just a quick update - a brand new Kindle has just arrived and is now on charge. What's more, it is a 3G version - my old one was the basic Wifi one. And it arrived with a new charging cable and plug. So I'm very happy and well done Amazon.

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09-26-2012, 06:15 PM	#31
geekmaster Carpe diem, c'est la vie. Posts: 6,433 Karma: 10773668 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Multiverse 6627A Device: K1 to PW3	I bought my first kindle about 10 months ago, and now I have about 100 of them.

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peter12345 Connoisseur Posts: 93 Karma: 498332 Join Date: Jun 2012 Device: 2 * K3 with 3G, Sony PRS-T1	Some people still have the original Kindles, I would say that....after 6 years u may still get it to work on an USB external power battery? But I believe the age of a battery is also dependent on temperature variables - living in a cold country could extend the life by about 6 to 8 months?

09-28-2012, 11:45 AM	#33
iansoady Enthusiast Posts: 25 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Kindle	Well..... Contacted Amazon by email at around 11 am today. Had a phone call from them around 3 pm - a very nice chap saying that although my Kindle was out of warranty, as it's a battery life problem they would send me a new one anyway. So that's in the post and I have 30 days to send the old one back. A confirmation email arrived a few minutes later. I call that a result and all credit to Amazon. Their taxpaying record may be a bit dodgy but I can't fault their customer service.

10-01-2012, 10:42 AM	#35
DustyDisks Old Fart In Training Posts: 534 Karma: 2742476 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Gladewater, Texas Device: K3+3g/KFHD 7"/Nexus 7/Nexus 7.2	The 3g is nice to have if caught out in the boonies without WiFi. Congratulations on your upgrade and enjoy!

10-02-2012, 09:45 AM	#36
iansoady Enthusiast Posts: 25 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Kindle	Just to point out that in another thread I started (now locked) I was not suggesting stealing from Amazon, by whom I have been very impressed. It would have been perfectly possible for people to reply without making such implications.

10-19-2018, 02:59 AM	#40
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Why are you responding to a 6-year-old thread? There’s a very good reason for the warning that you’re dong so. Please don’t ignore it. Thread closed.

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