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Old 05-16-2014, 12:01 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by KingD View Post
Hi knc1,

Thank you for the reply. The device was put in airplane mode for quite some time and at the time it was not in a place with Wi-fi connection. Will it still perform OTA update?

The battery was low but from the system battery icon it could still work for hours.
If the OTA update had been downloaded at any time prior - yes.

The battery icon shows terminal voltage - not remaining storage capacity.

@NiLuJe: Last I checked (admittedly, many firmware revisions ago) the updater also **only** checks the battery terminal voltage.

Note: Battery terminal voltage on a Li-Ion battery **does not** indicate storage (or remaining storage) capacity.

The Kindle **can** check the battery storage capacity, and the various battery report add-ins we have here does report it.
A tad bit too late in this case.

This is a Paperwhite - but it has fallen back to downloader mode -
so the utilities on the KUBRICK cd may be able to deal with the problem.

Hint (too late here):
I make it a habit to put my Kindles on external power **before** turning them on after a period of non-use.
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