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Old 12-01-2015, 02:00 PM   #1
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Kindle DX long-term storage: how to?
TL;DR: best practice for long-term storage of Kindle DX?

Hi. I have two Kindle DX's:
1. It's three year old. I use it everyday.
2. I've recently bought this one on eBay; it was just delivered to my house. It's sealed (I guess there has recently been a Kindle DX sale on Amazon Warehouse?).

Now, my plan is to keep using #1 as far as I can (i.e. until it breaks - I hope it happens very very far in the future!), and then switch to #2.

My question is: what should I do to #2 to be sure that in let's say three years it works as well as possible?

Some notes that you may find useful:

- Kindle #2 is still sealed.

- I've used the generic verb "to do" ("what should I do...") because I'm interested in every side of this: e.g. testing the Kindle to check if it works (or not); getting it at a given battery level before storing it; storing it in a given environment (temperature, humidity, ecc.); charging it periodically (or not); using it periodically (or not); etc.

- I have done a cursory search on the web and found little (I guess buying a gadget and planning to not use for years is a quite unusual situation): nothing about Kindle Dx's in particular; and just the advise to make sure a lithium battery is roughly at 50% when you store it.

- Ask me if you need any more detail.

Thanks.
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