Thread: Touch Kobo Touch Firmware 2.0
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Old 09-07-2012, 06:52 AM   #1149
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Originally Posted by Jaden View Post
I did a "test" some time ago and here's what I found out (about my Kobo's battery life):

WiFi was off in all 3 "tests" and I only read ePubs.

1.
sleep: 15 minutes
power off: never
firmware 1.9.17

ca. battery life: 2700 page turns in 12 days

2.
sleep: manually every time when putting the Kobo away
power off: 1 hour
firmware 1.9.16

ca. battery life: 4200 page turns in 24 days

3.
sleep: 5 minutes
power off: 10 minutes
firmware 1.9.17

ca. battery life: 4350 page turns in 15 days

So for me, powering off the Kobo and rebooting it when needed (was about 3 times a day) resulted in a far longer battery life (more page turns).

Don't know about firmware 2.1.1 yet (of course, not enough time to test ).
Thanks, Jaden. Sorry I haven't responded sooner, but it has been a funny week, what with setting up a new laptop and starting a new job.

Those battery-life figures are really interesting. I'm still getting what I regard as quite poor battery-life figures, BUT I'm relying on getting to about the same point (3/4 exhausted) on the meter, because I don't want to run out of reading material when travelling. Things should get a bit more stable soon, so I'll try a full-to-flat reading session this time.
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