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anagel · 06-06-2010, 12:56 AM

I have had my Kobo for about 6 days (Got it on Monday). On the first day I downloaded some books and of course, you have to have it plugged in to do so...so I think it charges a bit there. It died on Wednesday so I plugged it in and posted somewhere on here that there has been some discrepancy about the red light. I said that the red light only comes on a few minutes into the charge and then you DO NOT unplug it until the red light goes off....no matter what! Well today is Sat and my Kobo froze - I knew it was getting close to end of battery again - so it is only lasting 3 days on a charge. With the Kobo frozen, I decided to just plug it in since it needs charging anyway...and the red light came on about 10 minutes into the charge. So I still believe that the red light comes on to indicate "charging" and is fully charged AFTER the red light goes out. Having said that, I am disappointed in the short battery life so far and will see how the next 2 charges go. If I don't see an increase (even 5 or 6 days would be awesome) then I may return it. Some of you are indicating battery life by page turns...how do you know how many page turns you have performed?

06-06-2010, 12:56 AM	#178
anagel Member Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Battery Charge (red light) I have had my Kobo for about 6 days (Got it on Monday). On the first day I downloaded some books and of course, you have to have it plugged in to do so...so I think it charges a bit there. It died on Wednesday so I plugged it in and posted somewhere on here that there has been some discrepancy about the red light. I said that the red light only comes on a few minutes into the charge and then you DO NOT unplug it until the red light goes off....no matter what! Well today is Sat and my Kobo froze - I knew it was getting close to end of battery again - so it is only lasting 3 days on a charge. With the Kobo frozen, I decided to just plug it in since it needs charging anyway...and the red light came on about 10 minutes into the charge. So I still believe that the red light comes on to indicate "charging" and is fully charged AFTER the red light goes out. Having said that, I am disappointed in the short battery life so far and will see how the next 2 charges go. If I don't see an increase (even 5 or 6 days would be awesome) then I may return it. Some of you are indicating battery life by page turns...how do you know how many page turns you have performed?