Thread: Clara HD battery drain of my kobo clara hd
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Old 08-15-2019, 09:56 AM   #2
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I've noticed the same thing. My Sony Readers will go weeks in sleep mode but the Clara packs up after a couple of days. A bit disappointing.

The work-around I've found is setting the "automatic power off" to 60 minutes ("Settings" -> "Energy Saving & Privacy").

The fact that it has an automatic power off, and that the maximum time delay is only 60 minutes, seems to hint that they expect it to be shut down completely when not being used, i.e. it's not supposed to remain in sleep mode very long.

The battery life is excellent with the automatic power off set. I waded through an entire Neil Stephenson novel over the course of a couple of weeks on one charge but at the cost of having to go through the start-up drill most every time I want to read.

Edit: I just read the thread I believe you referred to. Another experiment to try might be to disable the "automatic sleep/wake with cover" feature and see what that does. Perhaps the routine to check that is consuming too much power?
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