Thread: What's it like using the Kindle without Amazon?
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Old 01-13-2020, 03:56 PM   #50
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Kindle users want enough light to read by, the kindle manufacturer wants enough light to make the background look whiter. The manufacturer (tries to) control the software.
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Thanks, good to know there's a rationale of sorts, even if it's backwards from what I would like.

I've also experienced the Oasis's auto-brightness sometimes upping and lowering brightness within a few seconds--maybe I produced a momentary shadow? I didn't notice any need for upping the light yet the Oasis did, and then quickly didn't.


Thanks, I didn't realize there was an auto-brightness learning function. Guess I'll stick with it.
The Oasis will turn the light off completely if it gets bright enough, but it isn't shy of turning the light to full brightness if ambient light is short of the cutoff. I think it would be some work finding all the bright ambient light levels the Oasis wants to boost its light for and would be interested to hear of methodologies that work and are easy enough to do.

The Oasis really starts eating through its battery at light levels above 12 and the power used at each level goes up exponentially.

See this thread for battery drain versus light level on a Kindle Voyage.
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=293683
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