Thread: Put to Sleep or Shut Off?
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Old 09-17-2011, 12:34 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by bshar489 View Post
Hi; I was wondering which is better when I'm done with the Kindle, say for a number of hours or overnight--to put it in sleep mode or to completely shut it off? Is one better than the other to conserve battery power?
There is no provision for the Amazon Kindle to be completely shut off. The only thing different about holding the switch a few seconds is the the screen goes blank instead of to an image. If it were actually off, the Kindle would need to boot up, which would take much longer than waking up from sleep. That does not happen. It wakes up from the blank screen just as fast as from the sleep screens.

After I got my Pocketbook 360 and Kindle DXG, I pretty much stopped using my Kindle 2. I started shutting it down to the blank screen, but the battery ran down just as quickly as when it was only put to sleep.

Then I saw this thread, which shows that "power off" for Kindle is really the same as "sleep".
http://www.amazon.com/forum/kindle/r...x1MY2ISK92QX3H

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Originally Posted by bshar489 View Post
And also, is there a better way to charge the battery--that is, I've been recharging when it gets about half down. Is this ok or is it better at times for it to completely drain?
It is never better to completely drain the battery. It is also OK to stop charging before the battery is completely recharged.
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