Does my Vox have a defective battery?

ficbot · 06-23-2012, 02:37 PM

I am a little nervous now

Things were going so well...

Used it last night and it was at 90% charged when I went to bed. Tried turning it on this morning and it was completely dead.

Checked the settings...accidentally did leave the wifi on, but it was in standby. My iPad does not behave this way...

So, will it really drain overnight, in standby like that, and it's my fault for leaving the wifi on? Or is mine defective?

Cdesja5 · 06-23-2012, 04:47 PM

Generally, mine will last overnight with lots of power left by morning as long as the wifi is off. The wifi will use up the battery pretty quickly if left on.. Get the power control widget onto your home screen and you can easily turn off the wifi when you're not using it...

Graycee · 06-23-2012, 05:50 PM

My battery wears down fast when the wifi is on.

oldyellr · 06-23-2012, 06:13 PM

I try to remember to put my WiFi in airplane mode whenever I don't actually need it. Next time you see the battery has run down excessively in sleep mode, go to Settings/About Kobo eReader/Battery Use and click the battery graph at the top. It will show full screen how the battery has been discharging and what was doing it.

MegaSilver · 06-25-2012, 08:57 AM

Whenever I turn WiFi off, I set Sleep-of-Death

kodak2057 · 08-19-2012, 08:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MegaSilver

Whenever I turn WiFi off, I set Sleep-of-Death

I do too! it sucks because it seems like it drains itself if you don't

peterhondak · 08-19-2012, 08:14 PM

someone posted about fixing SOD recently, I don't know how to link to the post but it was recently

PeterT · 08-19-2012, 08:21 PM

SOD Fixed

GJSmith · 08-22-2012, 08:01 AM

Sleep of death can be fixed by unplugging the battery. Not removing just slide the connector with a fingernail and leave it for a couple of minutes. I have had mine drain several times since doing this and have still not had SOD recur.
As for draining with WIFI on over night. I finally got Watch Dog, an app that lets you monitor what activities are going on and then control them. I found that the Yahoo mail App is checking in the background even if I have just turned on the Vox and not used the mail app. Also Kobo reader app once activated will continue to check in the background if wifi is on.

06-23-2012, 02:37 PM	#1
ficbot Wizard Posts: 2,409 Karma: 4132096 Join Date: Sep 2008 Device: Kindle Paperwhite/iOS Kindle App	Does my Vox have a defective battery? I am a little nervous now Things were going so well... Used it last night and it was at 90% charged when I went to bed. Tried turning it on this morning and it was completely dead. Checked the settings...accidentally did leave the wifi on, but it was in standby. My iPad does not behave this way... So, will it really drain overnight, in standby like that, and it's my fault for leaving the wifi on? Or is mine defective?

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06-23-2012, 04:47 PM	#2
Cdesja5 Wizard Posts: 1,117 Karma: 2094306 Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Montreal, Canada Device: Lots and lots of electronic gadgets...	Generally, mine will last overnight with lots of power left by morning as long as the wifi is off. The wifi will use up the battery pretty quickly if left on.. Get the power control widget onto your home screen and you can easily turn off the wifi when you're not using it...

06-23-2012, 05:50 PM	#3
Graycee Enthusiast Posts: 27 Karma: 4101 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Ontario, Canada Device: Kobo Aura, Kindle (2014)	My battery wears down fast when the wifi is on.

06-23-2012, 06:13 PM	#4
oldyellr Evangelist Posts: 484 Karma: 26106 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Vox, Amazon Fire 7	I try to remember to put my WiFi in airplane mode whenever I don't actually need it. Next time you see the battery has run down excessively in sleep mode, go to Settings/About Kobo eReader/Battery Use and click the battery graph at the top. It will show full screen how the battery has been discharging and what was doing it.

06-25-2012, 08:57 AM	#5
MegaSilver Member Posts: 23 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Niagara Region, Ontario Device: Kobo Vox	Whenever I turn WiFi off, I set Sleep-of-Death

08-19-2012, 08:14 PM	#7
peterhondak Zealot Posts: 108 Karma: 60 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: KoboMini (mine and MIL) KoboVox(returned), sonytouch(mom's),samsung7"	someone posted about fixing SOD recently, I don't know how to link to the post but it was recently

08-19-2012, 08:21 PM	#8
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 12,168 Karma: 73448616 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Nexus 7, Clara, Touch, Tolino EPOS	SOD Fixed

08-22-2012, 08:01 AM	#9
GJSmith Connoisseur Posts: 87 Karma: 2000 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Barry's Bay Ontario Canada Device: Kobo Vox	Sleep of death can be fixed by unplugging the battery. Not removing just slide the connector with a fingernail and leave it for a couple of minutes. I have had mine drain several times since doing this and have still not had SOD recur. As for draining with WIFI on over night. I finally got Watch Dog, an app that lets you monitor what activities are going on and then control them. I found that the Yahoo mail App is checking in the background even if I have just turned on the Vox and not used the mail app. Also Kobo reader app once activated will continue to check in the background if wifi is on.