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phil75070 · 12-29-2010, 10:32 AM

My battery issue was not as serious as you indicate, but in a matter of two days my battery was showing about 1/3 charge left. Granted, I was using it for several hours each day, used the WiFi to download all the books I wanted from our archive (less than 40, though), used the light a fair amount (I have the LIGHTED Amazon cover), and experimented with it showing it off to friends, but I still expected better battery performance given the claim that the battery could "possibly", depending on circumstance, last as long as a month. The first time I charged it overnight, the battery charge indicator was still yellow when it should have been green and the the battery icon was still showing it was not fully charged with the bottom right corner of the icon still showing white.

What I did was check for any indexing problems, there were none, so then I went to the home screen and hit menu...settings...menu...restart (NOT RESET) but reSTART, and have not had a problem since. It now fully charges and though I have not used it extensively since but it does seem to be draining the battery at a much lower rate. Maybe try a restart?

12-29-2010, 10:32 AM	#6
phil75070 Enthusiast Posts: 37 Karma: 658 Join Date: Dec 2009 Device: Kindle 2	My battery issue was not as serious as you indicate, but in a matter of two days my battery was showing about 1/3 charge left. Granted, I was using it for several hours each day, used the WiFi to download all the books I wanted from our archive (less than 40, though), used the light a fair amount (I have the LIGHTED Amazon cover), and experimented with it showing it off to friends, but I still expected better battery performance given the claim that the battery could "possibly", depending on circumstance, last as long as a month. The first time I charged it overnight, the battery charge indicator was still yellow when it should have been green and the the battery icon was still showing it was not fully charged with the bottom right corner of the icon still showing white. What I did was check for any indexing problems, there were none, so then I went to the home screen and hit menu...settings...menu...restart (NOT RESET) but reSTART, and have not had a problem since. It now fully charges and though I have not used it extensively since but it does seem to be draining the battery at a much lower rate. Maybe try a restart?