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Presumably the kobo was probably in the goodwill auction for the very reason that the battery wasn't holding a charge.
It's possible the battery might just need a few discharge recharge cycles.
I have one kobo where the battery was completely discharged for quite a while and wouldn't even start up, the first few times the battery charged up to 100% it discharged extremely fast - but after using it and charging it up with a combination of wall charger and usb to computer it seems to be holding a charge better but it still depletes to half power fairly quickly.
Some of the earlier older firmwares I have heard don't read the battery power properly and some (I have heard) have battery discharge issues.
I would work it in for a few days or couple of weeks first before jumping to changing the battery (which still maybe the case). Just exhaust all avenues first before traveling down that road.
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