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Originally Posted by tym

It seems the best Idea is to use a wall charger for charging the battery. Charge it up to 100 percent. Let it completely drain to the point it shuts off once or twice at the most. I am gonna do it twice.

That was good (and necessary) advice for nickle cadmium batteries. Lithium Ion batteries, however, do not have the charge memory issues, and this is not necessary.

Originally Posted by tym

After that, recharge it when it hits 15 to 20 percent.

Again, this was good advice on NiCad batteries, but the research I've seen suggests that this not only isn't true of LiIon batteries, but might actually shorten their life (as opposed to recharging more frequently when its only slightly discharged).

http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/a...ased_batteries

http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/a..._ion_batteries

http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/battery-life.htm

have more information.

Originally Posted by tym

Now of course the new nook touch does not come with the wall charger, I was lucky. The wall charger from my old nook works fine. To buy it I THINK its around 10 bucks but dont quote me on that price.

On my nook color, the wall charger provides more power than the standard USB port allows, so it's important (or at least a whole lot quicker) to use it rather than charging from your computer. If they're not including a wall charger for the Touch, I suspect it makes little difference, but don't quote me on that.

Originally Posted by tym

Now it is still possible you got a bad battery,

I suspect that's the case far more often than not.

Originally Posted by tym

Of course on the new nook you can not change it yourself anymore. Buddy of mine went and got himself a wall charger for his. He says it solved his battery issues. Just a idea to try. Hope that helps.

It could also be a matter of the little tiny USB jack on the device being a little senstive to positioning, and when it's plugged in to the wall charger, it's in a better position for a good, solid connection.