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RAH · 06-12-2012, 06:53 AM

Mine is still sitting at 100% after 2 days, even having read a few hours on it. If this seems odd, well, this is exactly how mine behaves when it is working well - i.e. in the past, when I have topped it off, it has stayed at 100% for about 3 days and then it starts to gradually drop like a well-behaved Touch, giving me approx 1 month of use. So, in other words, at this point, the turning-off technique seems to be working exactly like the topping-off technique, which is great! Once it starts dropping into the 90 percents, I will get a better idea if it really is OK, but right now it is looking good.

Funny that both soondai and I had the same impression that turning it off didn't work well earlier. Theoretically, soondai, turning it off "for a few minutes" should be OK. I mean, the idea is that it is the turning off operation after the recharge that makes it work correctly after doing it (as opposed to letting it got to sleep after the recharge). This is like shutting down a computer, which is a complete reboot, so it is a significant thing to do. So my thinking is that the length of time you leave it off shouldn't matter. Of course, when you have equipment that is not working like it is supposed to, I suppose it's hard to be theoretical about how it should work using some fixit trick.

Anyway, so far so good!

06-12-2012, 06:53 AM	#109
RAH Guru Posts: 615 Karma: 575652 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Hampton, NH Device: Kobo Aura H20; Kobo ClaraBW	Mine is still sitting at 100% after 2 days, even having read a few hours on it. If this seems odd, well, this is exactly how mine behaves when it is working well - i.e. in the past, when I have topped it off, it has stayed at 100% for about 3 days and then it starts to gradually drop like a well-behaved Touch, giving me approx 1 month of use. So, in other words, at this point, the turning-off technique seems to be working exactly like the topping-off technique, which is great! Once it starts dropping into the 90 percents, I will get a better idea if it really is OK, but right now it is looking good. Funny that both soondai and I had the same impression that turning it off didn't work well earlier. Theoretically, soondai, turning it off "for a few minutes" should be OK. I mean, the idea is that it is the turning off operation after the recharge that makes it work correctly after doing it (as opposed to letting it got to sleep after the recharge). This is like shutting down a computer, which is a complete reboot, so it is a significant thing to do. So my thinking is that the length of time you leave it off shouldn't matter. Of course, when you have equipment that is not working like it is supposed to, I suppose it's hard to be theoretical about how it should work using some fixit trick. Anyway, so far so good! Last edited by RAH; 06-12-2012 at 06:56 AM.