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Originally Posted by keysthatclick
My wife's Kobo Wi-Fi (her second now) doesn't hold a charge, and this is with minimal usage. I.e. she charged to full, read one night for about an hour, left it in sleep mode and then a couple days later she went to read and it was dead. It's not a case of buttons being hit by accident - this thing sits on the bedside table in a case.
With her 1st Kobo (the one we returned) she tried to put shut it down after reading. This helped with the battery, but then it means it's not working as advertised... You shouldn't have to do this.
I've read a few recommendations so far that you have to calibrate the battery, which I don't think has helped make a difference. With her first unit it went dead plenty of times and she had to recharge - it never got any better. It seems like a grasping at straws recommendation. Perhaps it is just poor product design?
We're also running the latest firmware, so we don't know what else to do with this thing.
We're seriously thinking of returning it and getting a Sony reader instead.
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This is normal. "Sleep mode" draws power from the battery. If you use the power off function then it will last 3 weeks easily. I can usually read between 3 and 4 books before needing a charge.